by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
Sean Smith. Photo: via The Mittani On Tuesday, Sean Smith, a Foreign Service Information Management Officer assigned to the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, typed a message to the director of his online gaming guild: ”Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw...
by Danger Room staff | Aug 16, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Today’s unmanned robotic planes only seem advanced. A decade after the CIA and the Air Force tucked a Hellfire missile under the wing of a Predator drone, much hasn’t actually changed: pilots in air-conditioned boxes...
by Noah Shachtman | Aug 8, 2012 | Monitor
Soldiers utilize Distributed Common Ground System-Army, or DCGS-A, operations center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Photo: U.S. Army It’s the backbone of the U.S. Army’s intelligence network in Afghanistan. And, according to the Army’s own...
by David Axe | Jul 15, 2012 | Monitor
SAN DIEGO — America’s newest comics publisher has a $200-billion-a-year budget, more than a million employees and just one title in its catalog. At Comic-Con International, the U.S. Army — yes, that U.S. Army — announced the release Friday...
by David Kravets | Jun 28, 2012 | Monitor
Medal of Honor — U.S. Army version. Photo: Wikipedia It’s perfectly legal to lie about being a military hero, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The justices ruled (.pdf) 6-3 that a 2006 law making it a federal criminal offense to lie about being decorated for...