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FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — More than 20 military working dog teams from across the Army converged on Fort Leonard Wood last week to participate in an assessment of a new explosives detection training aid developed at the U.S. Army Read More …
WASHINGTON – Travelers may have a new way to screen their carry-on bags in the future with technology being developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). S&T recently installed a next generation carry-on baggage Read More …
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Hand-picked American Soldiers from a one-of-a-kind U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal company that combats Weapons of Mass Destruction train for high stakes missions around the world. U.S. Army EOD technicians from the 21st Ordnance Read More …
For the first time in more than eight years of war, there are real and concrete signs of peace. But as a Sky News team has discovered on the ground, this is a country broken by thousands of bombs, mines Read More …
CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. – More than 500 California National Guard Soldiers and Airmen proved their mettle March 27-31 during the California Homeland Response Force’s external evaluation exercise at Camp Roberts. Service members worked 12-hour shifts for a week straight while Read More …
Taking joint warfighting concepts and translating them into the capabilities that are needed for the future in a highly contested fight is a key focus, said Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, who spoke today on a Read More …
U.S. aid helped Ukraine clear and destroy more than 530 explosive remnants from its land last year, but Ukraine still has massive swaths of territory contaminated with land mines, unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices as a result of Russia’s Read More …
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MGSO) arrested a man Tuesday morning after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Montgomery County Detectives searched his home and found what appeared to be explosives inside the room where Whittley was located. The Read More …
The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office explosive team blew up a pipe bomb a pedestrian found on Tuesday afternoon near Kalispell’s Old Steel Bridge. Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino says the person stumbled across the device around 1 p.m. A police Read More …
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Special Operations Command and Global Special Operations Foundation (GSOF) will co-host Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week in Tampa, FL, 8-11 May. SOF Week combines a defense industry conference with a national convention for Special Operations Forces Read More …
As part of their continuing education plan, two members of Piscataway’s River Road Rescue Squad recently completed course work certifying they are ready to respond to terrorist bombing incidents if necessary. Chief Evan Shegoski and Lieutenant Rihi Jain traveled to Read More …
Whether they’re helping track fugitives, finding a missing person, or searching for narcotics or weapons, Police K9s are a vital part of law enforcement and training is intense and continuous. K9 teams spent part of this week in Tupelo as Read More …
The 67th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dog), Special Troops Battalion, teamed up with 523rd MP Detachment (MWD) out of Fort Riley, Kan., as well as local police K9 agencies for training March 8 at the old Patton Junior High Read More …
A military K-9 kicked off his retirement by reuniting with his handler on Monday. Bady, a 10-year-old German shepherd, has been stationed at Kusan Air Base in South Korea as a patrol and explosive detection dog. He spent a year Read More …
A software engineer in San Jose has been charged with blowing up two electric transformers in the San Francisco Bay Area, which knocked out power for thousands of residents in December and January. Peter Karasev, 36, was arrested last week Read More …
The FBI announced a new reward Tuesday of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square. The Read More …
A Merced man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for making bombs that he used to retaliate against three intended victims in Merced and Lemoore, federal prosecutors said. The office of U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert Read More …
A teenage boy was badly injured by a pipe bomb he was allegedly making in the backyard of a Louisiana home. The teen’s hand and other areas were injured in the explosion Friday evening near Slidell, and he had to Read More …
A woman died in Midtown Sunday after being exposed to “hazardous materials,” police said. The 35-year-old victim was found unresponsive in the back of a vehicle on East 56th Street and Sutton Place at around 11:23 a.m. on March 5. Read More …
Pakistan will host a two-day meeting with the United States starting Monday to discuss cooperation in countering what Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry called the “common threat of terrorism” facing the two countries. Christopher Landberg, the U.S. State Department’s acting coordinator Read More …