The Assault on Gabon’sForest Elephants By Tatiana Mossot | VOANews VOA journeys for eight days deep into remote Minkebe National Park, where more than 80 percent of the forest elephants have disappeared over the last decade, mostly due to poaching. Poachers escape across the Ivindo River and deeper into the forest along the borders of …
Vasily Ozerov has been traveling around Russia in his tractor-powered mobile home for 40 years. “I’m probably the happiest man on Earth,” he says. “I have the road ahead of me.” RFE
Russia plans to involved some 300,000 troops in the Vostok 2018 drills, Russian Defence Minister stated during his working visit to the Central Military District. General of the Army Sergei Shoigu noted that this will the biggest exercises since 1981. According to him, the Vostok 2018 drills traditionally starts with a number of preparatory measures …
Marine reflects on Leadership By Greg Chabot I would offer that combat leadership is less complex. Marines live for battling with the enemy. The stakes are high in combat and that lends to Marines being naturally focused. There are also less distractions in combat such as: liberty, family and alcohol. In my experience I have …
ONE OF THE LAST LIVING WWII MARINE FIGHTER PILOTS By Pfc. Ryan Persinger, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Sam Folsom, born July 24, 1920 in Quincy, Massachusetts, was one of the first echelon of 17 Marine fighter pilots with Marine Fighter Squadron 121 tasked with defending Guadalcanal. He is also one of the last living Marine …