The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File information. Structured data. Captions English Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Summary [ edit ] Description Morgan Black. You cannot overwrite this file. The drink was invented in and mass production began in Once absinthe became popular, it made as much sense to give that to the troops directly as it did to infuse issued wine with the herb, though the higher costs of absinthe likely limited how much troops got.
An article in The Drinks Business gives a barracks rate of 5 centimes for the cheapest wine, 15 centimes for a more popular one, and a stunning 40 centimes for true absinthe. Christian Lowe. Holsters like this one require the user to manually flip a retention bar over the slide to keep the handgun from falling out or being easily grabbed by an opponent. The Serpa holster requires the user to press down on a release button with his trigger finger to draw the weapon.
Some argue that configuration contributes to negligent discharges and the Army wants no part of it for the AMTH. Photo: U. Marine Corps. The Army also wants the AMTH to work both outside and inside the waistband for concealed carry environments. The Guardian. Russia is preparing to mount what could be one of its biggest military exercises since the Cold War, a display of power that will be watched warily by NATO against a backdrop of east-west tensions. Western officials and analysts estimate up to , military personnel and logistical support troops could participate in the Zapad West 17 exercise, which will take place next month in Belarus, Kaliningrad, and Russia itself.
Moscow puts the number significantly lower. The exercise, to be held from Sept. Congress recently imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Moscow in response to allegations of interference in the US election. Photo from Russian Kremlin. Moscow has portrayed Zapad 17 as a regular exercise, held every four years, planned long ago and not a reaction to the latest round of sanctions. NATO headquarters in Brussels said it had no plans to respond to the maneuvers by deploying more troops along the Russian border.
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Our exercises are planned long in advance and are not related to the Russian exercise. The US may deploy extra troops to eastern Europe during the course of the exercise and delay the planned rotation of others. Joerg Vollmer, the chief of staff of the German Army. Photo courtesy of US Army.
The Russian armed forces have undergone rapid modernisation over the last decade and Zapad offers them a chance to train en masse. Russia has not said how many troops will participate in Zapad 17, but the Russian ambassador to NATO , Aleksander Grushko, said it was not envisioned that any of the maneuvers would involve more than 13, troops, the limit at which Russia — under an international agreement — would be obliged to allow military from other countries to observe the exercise.
Zapad Russia could, theoretically, divide the exercise into separate parts in order to keep below the 13, limit.
Western analysts said the last Zapad exercise in involved an estimated 70, military and support personnel, even though Russia informed NATO in the run-up it would not exceed 13, But Putin is a master at doing the unexpected, he said, and Russia could take action elsewhere, such as taking more land in Georgia. Adding in troops already in place in Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad as well as troops arriving by air, it might be the largest Russian exercise since We have four multinational NATO battle-groups in place in the Baltic states and Poland, a concrete reminder that an attack on one ally is an an attack on all.
During the Cold War, Zapad was the biggest training exercise of the Soviet Union and involved an estimated , to , personnel. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was resurrected in and has been held every four years since. Business Insider. We have 2, They can do a lot of damage to the U. The U. A senior Defense Department official with expertise in nuclear strategy told Business Insider that while the US has said it cannot and will not accept a North Korea armed with a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile, that amounted more to an opening position in an ongoing negotiation than an intention to use military force to stop it.
Photo from Stratfor. Because US nuclear weapons would have to fly over China or Russia and most likely would spread deadly fallout in South Korea or as far as Japan, nuclear conflict with North Korea would be likely to bring about World War III — a great power war between nuclear states that the world has developed nuclear weapons to avoid.
To an extent, the US already lives with and deters a nuclear North Korea daily. Army News Service. The Torso and Extremity Protection System. With the TEP, commanders can require Soldiers to go with full protection — which provides the same level of protection as a fully-loaded IOTV — or go all the way down to wearing soft armor under their uniforms for missions that require less protection. Soldiers might have also been asked to wear the smaller, easily-lost collars that also snapped on to the IOTV.
Both are gone with the TEP. There is 95 percent Soldier acceptability of it. What we are working on now is tweaking the sizes. The TEP also includes the Blast Pelvic Protection System, which is designed to protect a Soldiers thighs and groin against ballistic threats and burns. Brown said that after successful ballistic testing, production of the TEP will begin in probably May of this year, and that Soldiers could see it in or In its full configuration, it looks similar to a motorcycle helmet. Brown said that eventually all deploying Soldiers will get the IHPS with the base helmet, which is the standard configuration.
Other Soldiers, vehicle gunners in particular, will also get the mandible portion and the ballistic applique as well, known as the turret configuration. The IHPS currently has a Picatinny rail mounted on the side for attaching gear, and will also provide for attaching head-mounted night vision goggles.
So Soldiers wearing it will need to wear darkened sunglasses underneath the visor if they are in bright environments. Jaun F. Carleton, also with PEO Solider, had a pair of new sunglasses that are authorized for use by Soldiers if they want to buy them, or if their commanders buy them for them. The sunglasses, which also come in a face mask version as well, start off as un-darkened — offering no protection against the sun. But with the press of a button, LCD modules that adhere to the lenses darken and provide protection against the sun.
That happens in less than a second. Brown said the goggles will be available for units to be able to requisition as part of the Soldier Protection System. As part of extensive human factors evaluations, Brown said that PEO Soldier has used Soldiers, extensively, to evaluate the new gear. Afterward, she said, those same Soldiers were asked what they think of the gear through a qualitative evaluation methodology Soldier survey.
First, Soldiers are brutally honest and they are going to tell you exactly how they feel about the equipment. Military Spouse. But what if I told you that it could be different? What if our homes were already pretty much prepped for the next PCS, no matter what time of the year it is? And yet, as I watched, I was quickly sucked in because you could actually see the joy she experienced teaching people how to become more tidy, and she even has a system, which she calls the KonMari Method, which is to organize by category rather than by location, and also to tidy the five categories in the home in a specific order:.
According to the KonMari Method, you should hold each item individually and ask if it brings you joy. If it does not spark joy, it should be given to a friend or donated check out your local installation thrift store information and how to donate! Marie also believes that folding your clothes is another way to show love and appreciation to your clothes, and to maximize storage space, she has a method of folding your shirts and pants into thirds so they can stand upright, which is similar to how servicemembers learn how to fold in bootcamp.
Marie says that the item should spark the same feeling as holding a puppy or wearing your favorite outfit, giving you a warm, positive feeling. If you do not get that feeling and it is not something that you use regularly, you should let the item go and thank each item before you donate or give it away. After you sort through the first three categories by taking everything out and touching each item, the next step is sorting through the Komono category, which includes all of your miscellaneous items everything in your home that is not clothes, books, and papers such as legal documents, orders, and military records as well as the garage and kitchen.
Marie is a huge fan of using boxes to store items that are of like-size as well as sorting items into categories.
For the final category, Sentimental items, there are many categories — memorabilia, old letters, photos, and even old medals, challenge coins, and uniform items could be considered to have sentimental value. Marie challenges you to store your sentimental items where you can view them, such as putting photos into frames and coffee table albums so that they can be more easily viewed.
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