Extraordinary images show dozens of National Guard troops lined up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on fifth day of protests over the death of George Floyd Hundreds of people gathered for a demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday night At least 60 National Guard troops clad in … Read more
Army uses online computer game War Thunder to teach tank tactics to troops while they are under coronavirus lockdown in Texas Soldiers at Fort Hood are playing online games to keep their skills up They use the online war game War Thunder for daily tank maneuvers The game gives soldiers the chance to practice controlling … Read more
Iowa is activating hundreds of National Guard troops to help with testing and contact tracing for employees at meat processing plants in the state which accounts for a third of the US pork supply. Gov Kim Reynolds on Monday announced that 250 National Guard members have been moved to full-time federal duty status to help … Read more
Ministers have drawn up plans to put troops on the streets to help deal with the coronavirus crisis after the number of deaths almost doubled within 24 hours. With the death toll jumping from 11 to 21 and the number of confirmed UK cases leaping by almost 40 per cent, Downing Street accelerated plans to … Read more