Russia for the first time in 20 years has reduced military spending

For the first time in almost two decades, Russia's military spending at the end of 2017 decreased, and by 20% compared to the previous year. This is stated in the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on May 2. As the main ...

Trump signed a ban on the admission of transgender to military service

President Donald Trump has signed a decree barring transgender people from serving in the military, except in "special cases." The White House said in a statement that the ministers of defense and homeland security “have concluded that individuals previously diagnosed with gender dysfunctions ...

American soldier originally from Riga was buried in Arlington Cemetery

On January 1, an American soldier, 1st class sergeant, born in Riga, 34-year-old Mikhail Golin, was killed while patrolling in Afghanistan. According to Voice of America, the sergeant was killed in the province of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan. His patrol came under fire. Four soldiers were injured ...

Ukrainian married grandmother to avoid conscription

The marriage of 80-year-old grandmother Zina with her grand-nephew, 22-year-old Vinnitsa resident Alexander, caused a stir throughout the country. In the military registration and enlistment office, where the guy brought a certificate of custody of his elderly wife, they immediately realized that there was no question of love, to which all ages are submissive, but such ...

From private to PhD - how the US creates the best army in the world

Oksana Bedratenko, a journalist for the Ukrainian service of the Voice of America, in her blog told why the United States is proud of its army. I remember about twenty years ago, during my first visit to the States as an exchange student, I was amazed that Americans find the time and opportunity to ...

Blind guy was recruited into the army of Israel. VIDEO

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally accepted into the ranks of the IDF a blind young man who dreamed of joining the army, writes RTVi. Netanyahu and his wife received 18-year-old Daniel Defour at his office in Jerusalem. He presented the young man with the main attribute of an Israeli soldier ...

Trump has banned taking transgender into the US Army

US President Donald Trump has signed a directive banning transgender people from serving in the US military. The president's intention to do so was announced three weeks ago. Thus, Trump overturned the decision of the Barack Obama administration, taken a year ago. According to CNN, the document also prohibits ...

DPRK announced the desire of 3,5 million Koreans to join the army to confront the United States

3,457 million people from 9 to 12 August applied, "begging" to join or reinstate in the ranks of the North Korean armed forces in connection with the new sanctions against the DPRK imposed by the United States and the UN. This is reported by the official newspaper of the ruling party of North Korea ...

I want to return to Russia in a couple of years: the story of a Crimean woman who ended up in the Israeli army

ForumDaily продолжает рассказывать истории русскоязычных эмигрантов из разных стран. На очереди — рассказ парикмахера Алины из Евпатории о том, как она решилась на переезд в город Хайфу и стала на новом месте военнослужащей, подготовленный изданием «Лента.ру». Больше историй наших эмигрантов читайте здесь.…

Transgender servicemen sue President Trump

The servicemen filed a lawsuit in court, in which they said that the president made the decision without consulting the high military command. Five transgender military personnel have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, challenging his intention to ban transgender people from serving in the military, writes Voice of America. Trump wrote ...

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