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1LT Jacob Barrett of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment talks about what happened during the Cavalry March engagement at the Ploiesti Shopping City in Blejoi, Romania.
The Supreme Court allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.
The Pentagon watchdog found that the Air Force followed the rules in picking Redstone Arsenal, but it questioned whether the service’s base-selection process leads to the best fit.
“The acts of aggression like we’re seeing in Europe, or we might see in the Pacific by [China], put us in a very different scenario from a combat rescue point of view,” says Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
Sikorsky's HH-60W Jolly Green II has multiple improvements to make it safer in a crash and collect information on where the rescue needs to take place.
“There’s enough technology in existence from programs that we’ve already conducted, it convinces me that’s not a crazy idea,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.