Shadowland
July 30th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Former deputy chief of the KGB station at the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC, KGB Maj. Gen. Oleg Kalugin (Ret.) – reflected in a window – speaks at the Spy Museum about his 32-year long career in the intelligence trade. He oversaw Moscow’s spy network in the United States, and as head of KGB foreign counter-intelligence, he directed the KGB’s most valuable clandestine agents inside the United States, most notably the Walker case.
John Walker was a Navy communications specialist who gave the Soviets significant intelligence for almost twenty years – and was recruited simply when he walked into the Soviet embassy in DC, looking to sell a radio cipher.
Kalugin’s book has just been reissued, and Kalugin – now a U.S. citizen and a professor at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies – spoke about one of the differences between Russian & Chinese spy services versus the U.S. “We would recruit young students, and invest in a long term view. One of my students eventually joined the State department…..they take a long view of the trade, and don’t worry about the money being spent on that investment. Here, it’s like a Starbucks culture, you have to have instant results when the CIA spends money.”
Ka-Boom!
July 30th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment at FOB Honaker Miracle in the Pesh River valley register their 81mm mortar in the afternoon heat. If you look closely you can see the actual mortar round leaving the barrel.
The Rounds
July 24th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
I love the way a sunset looks on a fully loaded machine gun.
Rockband at Bagram
July 22nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
(From left to right below) Staff Sgt. Jessica VanOot, Staff Sgt. Scott Stroh, Sgt. Yamil Navarez, and SrA Seth Haas compete in the second annual “Rockband” contest at Bagram Air Field on July 22, 2009 in Bagram, Afghanistan. They are the defending champs.
From a Stryker to…THIS?
July 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Major James “Matt” Mock (left) and SGM James H. Jackson, XO and Sergeant Major of the Executive Management Office and Housing Directorate at Ft. Myer, check under the hood of the GEM (Global Electric Motorcars) e4 that they use to drive around post in Arlington, VA, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Mock just returned from Iraq where he served with a Cavalry Regiment and his main mode of transportation was a little beefier – a Stryker.
Need a tire?
July 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
SSG Michael Hess working out in front of the gym on base at Bagram Air Field on July 21, 2009.
SMOY Speaker
July 17th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
July 11th was the annual Military Times Service Member of the Year awards, and Maj. Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, was one of the guests of honor.
Bonham Played Vistalites, Too
July 13th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A2 Brandon Betts, from Mission Viejo, Ca., plays his drums to Linkin Park in an empty room off the hanger deck, during the maiden voyage of the Wasp-class, LHD 8 USS Makin Island, from Pascagoula, Ms. Sailors were allowed to ship personal gear and cars, since the ship hasn’t been loaded up with its full complement yet.
50 Years
July 8th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
A wreath was laid at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for MAJ Dale R. Buis and MSG Chester M Ovnand, killed 50 years ago today, becoming the first U.S. casualties in the Vietnam War. Part of a military advisors group, Buis and Ovnand were killed by Vietcong guerrillas in Bien Hoa while watching a movie in the mess hall. Today they are the first names listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial under the year 1959.
What’s On Page 159?
July 1st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Jarrett Loftis, from Spartanburg, SC, memorizes “Reef Points” at Induction Day 2009 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Plebes must memorize almost 200 pages of seamanship and naval tradition by the end of the summer… so, what’s an Irish pennant?