John Vandiver
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 52
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Surprise drill tests US soldiersâ readiness near Russian exclave (opens the original)
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A soldier installs a radio antenna on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Sept. 30, 2026. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group-Poland, ran a surprise alert exercise to test how quickly the unit could ready its Bradley Fighting Vehicles and respond to a crisis. (Emilie Lenglain/U.S. Army) U.S. soldiers were jolted awake before sunrise this week and ordered to get their Bradley fighting vehicles re
Marines bring drones and sensors to NATOâs Baltic watch (opens the original)
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U.S. Marines and sailors with the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, prepare to launch an RQ-20 Puma unmanned aircraft system from a combat rubber reconnaissance craft in southern Finland on Feb. 28, 2025. A team of around four dozen U.S. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, is being re-tasked to the Baltic Sea region to support Baltic Sentry, a NATO-led enhanced vigilance activity to protect critical undersea infrastructure alongside the Finnish Coasta
Let robots lead the way on the front lines, former Army leaders say (opens the original)
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A Hunter Wolf unmanned ground vehicle assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, holds an overwatch position with a mounted remote operated .50-caliber machine gun during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. The Army wants robots to take the first hit in combat, but a new analysis argues the service is moving too slowly to make unmanned ground vehicles a mainstay of combat brigade formations. (Mariam Diallo/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army wan
US ends military mission in Iraq, closing another chapter in decades of war (opens the original)
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U.S. soldiers with 101st Airborne Division man a guard post on a base half way between Irbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, and the besieged city of Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday, Oct.25, 2016. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) The U.S. military formally ended its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday, closing another chapter in more than two decades of American combat operations, withdrawals and returns to a country that was the defining battlefield for a generation of troops. The conclusion of Op
NATOâs front line now stretches across Europe, top commander warns (opens the original)
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Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATOâs supreme allied commander in Europe, left, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte hold a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 12, 2025. Grynkewich warned European lawmakers this week that drones can threaten NATO countries far beyond the allianceâs eastern flank. (NATO) The growing reach of drones means NATO can no longer regard countries bordering Russia as the allianceâs only front line, its top military commander said this week, warning
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