Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/military-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/military-1.php 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:48:00 GMT Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Test Autonomous Aerial Refueling for Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration http://thesop.org/story/20120126/surrogate-testing-with-learjet-validates-flight-control-algorithms.html http://thesop.org/story/20120126/surrogate-testing-with-learjet-validates-flight-control-algorithms.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:32:00 GMT Growing up in the Cleveland suburb of Wickliffe, Ohio, I was taught from the very first day I can remember, that I had the potential of being anything I wanted to be. http://thesop.org/story/20120124/tuskegee-airman-roy-s-richardson-my-daddy-red-tails.html http://thesop.org/story/20120124/tuskegee-airman-roy-s-richardson-my-daddy-red-tails.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:34:00 GMT Grammy Winner Patti Austin wants to illuminate the world stage and dedicate her hit song "Soldier Boy" to all of the troops coming home from Iraq. http://thesop.org/story/20120108/grammy-winner-patti-austin-to-illuminate-the-world-stage-with-soldier-boy.html http://thesop.org/story/20120108/grammy-winner-patti-austin-to-illuminate-the-world-stage-with-soldier-boy.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:09:00 GMT Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta added a pointed anti-bullying directive to a message sent Dec. 23 to service members around the world. http://thesop.org/story/20111227/panetta-will-not-tolerate-bullying-hazing-in-military.html http://thesop.org/story/20111227/panetta-will-not-tolerate-bullying-hazing-in-military.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:17:00 GMT Catastrophic injuries are a sad reality of war and our brave men and women of the military are aware of these risks and still elect to carry out their duties in defending our country. http://thesop.org/story/20111219/our-soldiers-are-suffering-project-backbone-to-the-rescue.html http://thesop.org/story/20111219/our-soldiers-are-suffering-project-backbone-to-the-rescue.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:55:00 GMT During the German-led exercise Rapid Arrow 2011, the NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Interim Capability was succesfully tested. http://thesop.org/story/20111122/natos-missile-defence-the-first-livefire-test.html http://thesop.org/story/20111122/natos-missile-defence-the-first-livefire-test.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:10:00 GMT A Tennessee Muslim leader says that the Quran does not support violence and that he denounces all violence. I believe him. But he is an exception http://thesop.org/story/20111112/remove-all-muslims-from-us-military-says-tenn-legislator.html http://thesop.org/story/20111112/remove-all-muslims-from-us-military-says-tenn-legislator.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:58:00 GMT Judyth Piazza interviews David R. Leffler, Ph.D., Tactical Air Command (TAC), United States Armed Forces in Europe (USAFE), Air Training Command (ATC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC) on The American Perspective Radio Program http://thesop.org/story/20111029/judyth-piazza-interviews-david-r-leffler-phd-united-states-air-force-veteran.html http://thesop.org/story/20111029/judyth-piazza-interviews-david-r-leffler-phd-united-states-air-force-veteran.html judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:29:00 GMT One of the many projects that the military has going is now suddenly being looked at as to what it is really being used for. http://thesop.org/story/20111013/is-the-militarys-haarp-project-being-used-for-more-than-just-research.html http://thesop.org/story/20111013/is-the-militarys-haarp-project-being-used-for-more-than-just-research.html clovermorning@aol.com (Ron G Anselm) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:41:00 GMT There are about 150 Predator drones and 50 Reaper drones being used just in Afghanistan and Iraq alone. http://thesop.org/story/20111009/is-the-day-of-the-terminator-finally-upon-us-reaper-and-predator-drones-infected-with-software-virus.html http://thesop.org/story/20111009/is-the-day-of-the-terminator-finally-upon-us-reaper-and-predator-drones-infected-with-software-virus.html clovermorning@aol.com (Ron G Anselm) Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:48:00 GMT NATO has taken a significant step forward in providing its commanders the capability to defend deployed forces against attacks from ballistic missiles. http://thesop.org/story/20110826/nato-missile-defences-pass-first-field-test.html http://thesop.org/story/20110826/nato-missile-defences-pass-first-field-test.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:38:00 GMT Operations continued at the Pentagon despite the magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Mineral, Va., today. http://thesop.org/story/20110824/magnitude-58-earthquake-rattles-pentagon.html http://thesop.org/story/20110824/magnitude-58-earthquake-rattles-pentagon.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:16:00 GMT It is a great day for America and the democratic principles we've sworn to defend as service members. The Department of Defense has recently established the first Hindu Military Chaplain http://thesop.org/story/20110608/american-armed-forces-first-hindu-military-chaplaincy-hindu-priests-serve-us-armed-forces.html http://thesop.org/story/20110608/american-armed-forces-first-hindu-military-chaplaincy-hindu-priests-serve-us-armed-forces.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 5 Jun 2011 16:40:00 GMT This is a question that has posed many opinions since the economy hit rock bottom a few years ago. http://thesop.org/story/20110605/are-women-veterans-having-a-harder-time-finding-employment-than-male-veterans.html http://thesop.org/story/20110605/are-women-veterans-having-a-harder-time-finding-employment-than-male-veterans.html clovermorning@aol.com (Ron G Anselm) Wed, 25 May 2011 02:21:00 GMT The ultimate guarantee against success of aggressors, dictators and terrorists in the 21st century is the size, strength and global reach of the United States military, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. http://thesop.org/story/20110524/robert-gates-strong-military-key-to-longterm-success.html http://thesop.org/story/20110524/robert-gates-strong-military-key-to-longterm-success.html mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3)