American journalist abducted in Syria. Gunmen have kidnapped an American journalist in Syria, the journalist's family announced Wednesday. Freelancer ...
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I am in the Army, and I write a blog. To many people I have talked to, this means I write a blog about the Army. Following this logic, this means that I write a blog featuring pictures of soldiers in sandstorms in remote areas of Afghanistan with accompanying stories of intense missio...
“We’ve fooled a great number of people, and while it’s often funny to me to see people commenting and thinking a story is real, more often than not I’m shocked that there are so many people that will simply believe whatever is written on the internet. I mean, seriously, what happened ...
The Indian Army's Additional Directorate General of Public Information, that's a mouthful, has joined Twitter. The official account @adgpi As reported by Hindustan Times , "Sources say that the Army is soon proactively going to make its presence known on social media with an official ...
“Throughout the Libyan Civil War, Twitter users took the initiative to collect and process data for use in the rebellion against the Qadhafi regime, including map overlays depicting the situation on the ground. These data, in some cases, were processed in a way to make it easily consu...
The Pentagon is introducing a new medal to recognized the service of pilots of unmanned drones during combat operations. This medal will be placed in precedence order just below the Distinguished Flying Cross and just above a Bronze Star Medal. Bronze Stars are commonly awarded with a...
There has been quite a bit of talk this week following the Wednesday announcement of the Distinguished Warfare Medal by outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Many critics are upset about the medal, which is designed to recognize service members directly affecting combat operations ...
The White House has released a picture purporting to show President Obama "skeet shooting" at Camp David. An activity he claims he does "all the time." The White House also warns all you mischievous internet types to not mess around with the picture... (BREITBART ) 'America's most let...
When the Arab Spring broke out two years ago, photojournalist James Lawler Duggan grabbed his camera. As waves of protests pulsed through the Middle East, Duggan, on a leave of absence from the Corcoran School of Art, followed conflict through Bahrain, Libya, Egypt and finally into Sy...
