The Unknown Effects of the Forever-Chemical PFAS, Found in Drinking Water Near the Yakima Training Center

In January, tests were conducted on 86 drinking water wells of private properties, by the US army. These properties were the next-door neighbors to the Yakima Training Center. The tests confirmed that 30 wells were serving 44 homes and that exceeded the health advisory levels of the environmental...

AFGHAN-TALIBAN CLASH LEFT OVER 100 INSURGENTS DEAD

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• The Camp Antonik in the southern Helmand province was handed over by the US military to Afghan forces as it started the withdrawal process on May 1

• All foreign troops were being taken to Bagram and from there they would leave to their respective countr...

US GEN. MARK MILLEY SAID POST TROOP WITHDRAWAL, AFGHAN FORCES COULD FACE ADVERSE OUTCOMES

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• In an interview with Associated Press and CNN reporters, Milley was asked whether he believes the Afghan forces can hold up under increased strain

• Milley said “On the one hand you get some really dramatic, bad possible outcomes. On the other hand...

US ORDERS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OUT OF ITS EMBASSY IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

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• The United States on Tuesday ordered government employees working in its embassy in Kabul to leave the city if their work can be done elsewhere

• President Joe Biden made an announcement recently regarding the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan...

US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVESTIGATION SAYS RUSSIA ATTACKED US SOLDIERS WITH LASER WEAPONS

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• POLITICO reported the Pentagon decided to launch an inquiry after the alleged attacks as the officials strongly believed that Moscow was behind the incidents

• The Pentagon believes that there is a similarity to acoustic attacks against US officials in C...

US PRESIDENT BIDEN MIGHT EXTEND PRESENCE OF US TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN BEYOND MAY 1

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• President Biden has recently said that it is going to be difficult to meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw out US troops from Afghanistan

• Experts are also in favor of this extension as they feel withdrawal of troops will have terrible impact on the war-...

US ARMY TO START TESTING A COVID-19 VACCINE DEVELOPED BY THEM AMONG ADULTS

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• The researchers are saying that this vaccine is likely to provide protection against different variants of the novel virus

• The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring said that team will test whether the vaccine is safely able to induce...

MICROSOFT SECURES US ARMY CONTRACT WORTH $21.9 BILLION

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• Talking to the Reuters, a Microsoft spokesman said this contract is apparently worth up to $21.88 billion over the period of 10 years

• On the other hand, a Microsoft spokesman said the headsets will be manufactured in the United States

• ...

IRAN THREATENS FORT McNair & US ARMY'S VICE CHIEF OF STAFF

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• Along with the threats against the Army post, the intelligence also revealed threats to kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin and plans to infiltrate and surveil the installation said the officials

• It is also seen that ever since these threats have been intercept...

10 ROCKETS FIRED AT IRAQ'S AIN AL-ASAD AIRBASE HOSTING THE US, COALITION & IRAQI FORCES

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• The base was targeted at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday said US-led coalition spokesperson and US Army Colonel Wayne Marotto

• Reportedly, no casualty has been reported in the rocket attack and these rockets are said to be fired from a location in western...

US SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN INDIA FOR JOINT INDO-US MILITARY EXERCISE

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• A contingent of US Army arrived in the state of Rajasthan, India in order to become part of the fortnight-long Indo-US joint military exercise along the Pakistan border

• This joint exercise will be the 16th edition of the US military exercise under the ...

LLOYD AUSTIN GETS SENATE CONFIRMATION, BECOMES FIRST BLACK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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• Retired General Lloyd Austin had led the US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and then went up to the US Central Command to be the first African-American secretary of defense

• He required special approval from the Senate due to a federal law that needs milita...

US ARMY REDUCES NUMBER OF TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN TO 2,500

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• Talking about this the US President on Thursday said the troop levels in Afghanistan had reached a 19-year-low

• President Trump said that he will always be committed to stopping the endless wars referring to US wars that have dragged on in Afghanistan s...

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE ATTACKED BY HACKERS: REPORT

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• According to a report from Washington Post, this attack was reportedly done on the support of the Russian government 

• Agencies under the attack were the State Department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the FBI, the Naval Inf...

COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND CHARLEY PRIDE, 86, PASSES AWAY

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• The news of his demise was confirmed by his publicist as he stated that Pride left this world on December 12 in Dallas, Texas

• First in the list to pay tribute to the late country music legend was former US President George W Bush, who wrote Pride was a...

U.S. SPECIAL FORCES ALL SET TO USE AI FOR COUNTER-TERROR OPERATIONS

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• US Army General Richard D Clarke has said that his unit is planning to have increased use of AI along with machine learning in an attempt to take forward its effectiveness

• Clark said the United States is currently leading that race as it has jump-start...

RETIRED GENERAL LLOYD AUSTIN LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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• Biden on Monday said that he had made his choice and would be announcing it on Friday

• Austin was the assistant division commander of the 3rd Infantry Division in March 2003 at the time when it marched from Kuwait into Baghdad in the US invasion of Iraq...

U.S. ARMY INVESTS $6.25MN IN A PROJECT TO CREATE MIND-READING TECHNOLOGY

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• According to the experts at the ARO, they have learned to decode brain signals and the scientists have started working on this project

• With the help of algorithms and mathematics, scientists were successful in identifying which brain signals were respo...

I THINK 19 YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN IS ENOUGH: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

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• President Trump in last month itself had said that the U.S. will reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan to 4,000 in coming future

• The US President said that they never had anything like it and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless fore...

U.S. ARMY CONDUCT TRIALS OF AUGMENTED GOGGLES FOR COMBAT DOGS

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• Military dogs are specifically trained to search for bombs and other hazards, and to execute this they need instructions

• Courtesy of these goggles, the dogs will be able to see a visual indicator that they can be trained to follow, directing them to a ...