Nov 15 Violence in Gaza Escalates By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On Thursday three Israels and 15 Palestinians were killed as Hamas missile barrages and Israeli air strikes continue for a second day. These photos catalog the events of the past 48 hours as the violence escalates. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations… Continue watching
Nov 13 Key Players in the Gen. David Petraeus Investigation By Larisa Epatko On Nov. 9, President Obama accepted the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus after an FBI investigation into an email exchange revealed an extramarital affair between the former general and his biographer. We profile some of the key players in… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed Veterans Face Uphill Battle for Benefits When Field Records Are Lost, Destroyed… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation As Details Emerge on Petraeus Affair, Fallout May Echo Far Beyond Resignation… Continue watching
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