Nov 05 Could New Technology Cut Risk of Giving Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles? By David Chalian A member of the 8th Security Police Squadron is silhouetted against the sky as he holds a Stinger anti-aircraft guided missile. Photo by USAF. With the Syrian civil war seemingly locked in stalemate as the violence enters its 20th month,… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Congressional Sequestration Squabble Has Local Economic Resonance in Virginia Congressional Sequestration Squabble Has Local Economic Resonance in Virginia… Continue watching
Oct 15 U.S. Navy, Allies Find Less Than Half the Sea Mines Planted in Key Exercise By David Chalian Below the flight deck of the USS Enterprise, one of the aircraft carriers that participated in the mine hunting exercise in September. Photo by Dan Sagalyn A major international naval exercise last month in and around the Persian Gulf and… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan-American Patrol in Afghanistan In other news Monday, a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle through the center of a market in the eastern city of Khost in Afghanistan, killing 14 including three Americans. The Associated Press reported that the American death toll in Afghanistan… Continue watching
Sep 28 Jellyfish, Sea Snakes and Beetles: The Challenges of Hunting for Sea Mines By David Chalian Navy divers use MH-53 helicopters, like this one on board the USS Ponce, to hunt for mines in the Persian Gulf. Photo by Dan Sagalyn/PBS NewHour PERSIAN GULF -- One of the biggest challenges hunting for mines in the Persian… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch News Wrap: Libyan Military Pushes to Disband ‘Illegitimate’ Militias in Benghazi News Wrap: Libyan Military Pushes to Disband 'Illegitimate' Militias in Benghazi… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch News Wrap: Leon Panetta Announces U.S. Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan News Wrap: Leon Panetta Announces U.S. Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan… Continue watching
Sep 20 As Israel’s Threat to Bomb Iran Looms, U.S. Vows to Keep Aircraft Carrier Strike Group in Persian Gulf By David Chalian USS ENTERPRISE, North Arabian Sea | The U.S. Navy is vowing to keep commercial sea lanes open in the international waters off Iran, despite a view among a small number of critics that Washington's military muscle may inadvertently stoke… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Judy Woodruff Talks to Charles Scoville About Public Service Judy Woodruff Talks to Charles Scoville About Public Service… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Tammy Duckworth: ‘Barack Obama Will Never Ignore Our Troops’ Tammy Duckworth: 'Barack Obama Will Never Ignore Our Troops'… Continue watching