Tag: Military-related: Page 15

Patrol

Woolrich Honors Wounded Warriors With Freedom Throw Blankets

The presentation of the blankets is held in conjunction with the Wounded Warrior marches that take place every four to six weeks at the Pentagon.

August 31, 2010

Patrol

Army Deserter Killed In Gun Battle With Utah Officers

A 28-year-old Army deserter wearing fatigues, military boots and full body armor exchanged fire at a busy intersection with Salt Lake City (Utah) PD officers, who fatally shot him.

August 27, 2010

Patrol

Army Deserter Engages Utah Officers

A 28-year-old Army deserter wearing fatigues, military boots and full body armor exchanged fire at a busy intersection with Salt Lake City (Utah) PD officers, who fatally shot him. Watch KSL-TV's news report.

August 27, 2010

Vehicle Ops

Granite Tactical Vehicles Will Offer ROCK To LE

After more than six years of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ROCK is ready to meet the increasing needs of American law enforcement facing threats at U.S. borders.

August 20, 2010

Special Units

Tucson Home Invasions: The Missing Man

In the south Arizona drug trade, armed home invasions usually differ from other robberies because police don't have a traditional victim or witnesses. They can be dynamic, armed confrontations in the middle of the night between drug crews looking to heist drugs and money. View crime scene photos from one case, in which the Tucson PD's home invasion special investigative unit arrived to find a blood-stained driveway, spray of rifle rounds embedded in doors and walls, as well as a pair of ostrich boots. Photos courtesy of Tucson PD.

July 20, 2010

Patrol

Ohio Cousins Head to Prison for Providing Material Support to Terrorists

In May 2004, they traveled together to Cairo, Egypt, where they hoped to make contact with the mujahedeen, receive training, and be placed in either Iraq or Afghanistan to fight U.S. troops. They returned to the U.S. where they came in contact with an undercover informant and sought military training.

July 13, 2010

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Glock Donates Another $100,000 To Special Operations Warrior Foundation

So far, Glock has given $500,000 to the non-profit organization that provides college educations to the surviving children of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps special operations personnel killed in combat or training.

June 29, 2010

Weapons

Reinventing the Shotgun

People who've witnessed Metal Storm's stacked munitions technology have a tendency to walk away with a look on their faces like they've just seen the future of tactical firearms. The concept is really that innovative and revolutionary.

May 19, 2010

Weapons

FN SCAR Reaches Milestone C Phase of Approval by U.S. Military

This decision authorizes the production and deployment of the FN Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) MK 16 and MK 17, as well as the Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module (EGLM) MK 13.

May 6, 2010

Weapons

ATK To Deliver $372 Million In Small Caliber Ammunition To U.S. Military

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has received orders totaling $372 million to produce 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50-caliber ammunition for the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Rock Island, Ill.

May 2, 2010

Patrol

Fatal Rounds Penetrated Nevada Deputy's Body Armor

Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday for Nye County (Nev.) Sheriff's Deputy Ian Deutch, who was shot and killed responding to a domestic dispute that spilled into a Nevada casino.

April 27, 2010

Patrol

Chicago Lawmakers Want National Guard to Reduce Gun Crime

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis answers that the National Guard isn't part of the solution. So far this year, 113 people have been killed across the Chicago area, the same number as U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

April 25, 2010