by Noah Shachtman | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
On Monday night, Hurricane Sandy hit the armory of the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry Regiment, leaving the soldiers without power, hot water, or anything but the most rudimentary means of communicating with the outside world. So the next morning,...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 31, 2012 | Monitor
Gen. George Casey, left, the retired Iraq commander turned Army chief of staff, is one of the villains of Tom Ricks’ new history of the modern Army, The Generals. Photo: U.S. Army The U.S. Army only seems impressive. Yes, it’s got plenty of tactically...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 31, 2012 | Monitor
Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University’s Tisch Hospital on Monday. Photo: AP / John Minchillo Updated 8:42 a.m. Hours after being contacted by Danger Room, the New York Army National Guard on Tuesday night...
by Benjamin Plackett | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
How do you solve a problem like targeted violence? Photo: West Midlands Police/Flickr In the years to come, a top group of military scientists believe, the Pentagon may be able to use genomics and bio-markers to spot when a soldier is about to snap. But that moment is...
by Benjamin Plackett | Oct 5, 2012 | Monitor
An AC-130U gunship fires flares to emit masses of infrared and confuse heat seeking missiles. Other techniques involve hiding infrared rays all together Photo:Simon Poter/Flickr Now you see me, now you don’t. From the simplicity of a camouflaged uniform to the...