military

  1. LazyLion

    US Soldier to be Sentenced in Espionage Case

    A U.S. soldier convicted of attempted espionage faces up to life in prison when he goes before an Army sentencing panel Monday, the military said. Spc. William Colton Millay pleaded guilty last month, but his plea was announced only on Thursday by officials at Joint Base Richardson-Elmendorf...
  3. LazyLion

    Hidden Skeletons in the House of C.Africa's Bozize

    Looters after gold or jewels in the abandoned home of deposed Central African Republic president Francois Bozize came instead across a gruesome discovery -- two human skeletons hidden beneath the garage floor. At the house in Sassara, on the outskirts of the capital Bangui, Colonel Ali Garba...
  4. LazyLion

    Bradley Manning Pretrial Hearing Focuses on Evidence

    An Army private who sent reams of U.S. secrets to the WikiLeaks website is returning to a military courtroom at Fort Meade. The pretrial hearing starting Wednesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning includes arguments about evidence the government must produce to prove charges that include aiding the...
  5. LazyLion

    Philippine Dictator Staged Military Drag Show: Wikileaks

    Then-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos forced his military chiefs to parade as women during a tasteless, sycophantic birthday party planned by his unstable wife, according to US diplomatic cables. The US ambassador to the Philippines in the mid-1970s, William Sullivan, wrote a series of...
  6. LazyLion

    The Known Unknowns of Kim Jong-Un

    Like his father Kim Jong-Il, North Korea's new young leader Kim Jong-Un is viewed by much of the outside world with a heady mix of incomprehension, ridicule and fear. (In early March, people were shaking their heads in bemusement at photos of Kim partying with flamboyant former NBA star...
  7. LazyLion

    Parliament Defence Meeting a Disgrace: DA

    A meeting of Parliament's joint standing committee on defence on Thursday was an internationally embarrassing disgrace, the DA said. "The joint standing committee on defence meeting was a disgrace," Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier said in a statement. "The fact is that today the...
  8. LazyLion

    North Korea Cuts Military Hotline with South

    North Korea severed its military hotline with South Korea on Wednesday, breaking the last direct communication link between the two countries at a time of heightened military tensions. The decision coincided with an announcement that the North's top political leadership would meet in the next...
  9. LazyLion

    Rape Victims Say US Military Justice System has Failed Them

    Former US troops who were raped during their time in uniform recounted their traumatic experiences at a Senate hearing and demanded changes to the military's justice system. Four victims, three women and a man, told lawmakers Wednesday in poignant testimony how they had been sexually...
  10. LazyLion

    Department to Verify Soldiers

    Azanian People's Liberation Movement veterans who were excluded from the 1994 integration into the defence force would be verified, the defence department said on Wednesday. The department and the Azanian People's Liberation Movement Veterans' Association (Aplamva) met in Pretoria on Tuesday...
  11. LazyLion

    North Korea Criticises South Korea President's 'Swish of her Skirt'

    North Korea's first public, senior-level mention of South Korea's first female president ended up being a sexist crack. The body that controls Pyongyang's military complained Wednesday about the "venomous swish" of her skirt. But despite that swipe, and a continuing torrent of rhetoric from...
  12. LazyLion

    S. Korea & US begin Drills as N. Korea Threatens War

    North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South's joint military drills with the United States and recent U.N. sanctions...
  13. LazyLion

    GI Pleads Guilty in Wikileaks Case, Could Face up to 20 Years

    The Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history could face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 charges, saying he wanted to expose the U.S. military's disregard for human life in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military prosecutors said they plan to move...
  14. LazyLion

    China Launches Stealth Frigate Amidst Ocean Tensions

    China has launched the first ship in a new class of stealth missile frigates, state media reported Tuesday, amid ongoing tensions with neighboring countries over Beijing's maritime claims. The People's Liberation Army Navy is building a total of 20 Type 056 Jiangdao class frigates to replace...
  15. LazyLion

    Soldier in Wikileaks Case Headed Back to Court

    A U.S. Army private accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks is back in court for a four-day hearing that may address his attorney's motion to dismiss the charges against him. Pfc. Bradley Manning is expected to be in a military...
  16. LazyLion

    US Special Forces Told to Leave Key Afghan Province

    Afghanistan's president has ordered US special forces to leave a strategic province as he seeks tighter control over Afghan militia, exacerbating tensions before the 2014 withdrawal of NATO troops. Hamid Karzai on Sunday gave American special forces two weeks to pull out of Wardak, a hotbed...
  17. LazyLion

    North Korea warns U.S. forces of "destruction" ahead of war drills

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/23/us-korea-north-idUSBRE91M05220130223 North Korea on Sunday warned the top U.S. military commander stationed in South Korea that his forces would "meet a miserable destruction" if they go ahead with scheduled military drills with South Korean troops...
  18. LazyLion

    Iran unveils its very own stealth fighter

    Video Here http://www.gizmag.com/qaher-f-313-stealth-fighter-iran/26088/
  19. LazyLion

    UN slams SA’s ‘private army’

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/un-slams-sa-s-private-army-1.1373943 Special Forces trained guys got to use their leet skillz somewhere! :D
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    Military veterans pension

    Hi guys, I want to find out the easiest way to register for the veterans pension? I read somewhere the deadline is tomorrow? Any info one this topic would be appreciated.... Thank you!
  21. LazyLion

    Military vets demand land, jobs

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/military-vets-demand-land-jobs-1.1271111 I thought most of these guys were merged into the SANDF? ... and how many of these guys are real veterans anyway? How do they plan on checking?
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