Guam’s Andersen AFB Gets Multi-Million-Dollar Facelift

Guam’s Andersen AFB Gets Multi-Million-Dollar Facelift

The formerly sleepy and isolated Pacific outpost has become a potential forward operating base in a future conflict with China. So, the DoD feels the island’s largest airbase must be up to the challenge. Much of the work includes hangers and other air installations designed to service drones, tankers, and other long-range aircraft. One such facility, a Tanker General Purpose …

Al-Shabaab Attack Kills Two Contractors

Al-Shabaab Attack Kills Two Contractors

An Al-Shabaab attack killed two contractors and an Army specialist and destroyed six aircraft in a daring raid on the Manda Bay Army base in Kenya. About a dozen militants stormed the sleepy airbase, taking Americans by surprise. Most personnel huddled together in tents, anxiously waiting out the hours-long firefight. The three people killed was the largest number of fatalities …

Edging Closer to Peace in Afghanistan

Edging Closer to Peace in Afghanistan

Three years after longtime Afghanistan NATO commander John Nicholson said the conflict was a “stalemate,” America’s longest war might be closer to ending than it has ever been. An RIV (reduction-in-violence) agreement is already in place. This pact, which is basically a limited cease-fire, has largely held. As a result, negotiators felt it was time to take the next step. …

Could Advanced Oxygen Therapy Help Brain Injury Victims?

Could Advanced Oxygen Therapy Help Brain Injury Victims?

Researchers at Purdue University believe oxygen saturation will help Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury victims from Syria and elsewhere recover more quickly from their wounds. 15 veterans will receive treatment for a year at a Jeffersonville, Indiana hospital. The study includes multiple MRIs and 40 hours in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been …

Iraq War Tab Exceeds $2 Trillion

Iraq War Tab Exceeds $2 Trillion

The massive cost might have been even higher, had it not been for the use of contractors in the war-torn country of Iraq. The Pentagon’s base budget has increased significantly since the war began. Additionally, the DoD has received about $900 billion in “overseas contingency” and “emergency” funding. The $2 trillion figure also includes interest costs. The government has not …