Accidental Reserve Parachute Deployment (Video)

WNU Editor: According to SOFREP.com he survived the jump and is OK, but he landed 30 miles from the landing zone.

Awesome Video Of U.S. Navy Pilot Flying F-18 Fighter Jet

Thrilling Video of Pilot Flying F-18 Fighter Jet -- Trending Now/Yahoo News

How awesome would it be to sit at the gears of a fighter jet and see the world from tens of thousands of feet above ground at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour? Most of us will never get the opportunity to fly a fighter jet, of course, but worry not, you can now experience the view.

A new YouTube video uploaded by a Navy pilot gives viewers a firsthand experience inside the cockpit of an F-18 Super Hornet -- no rigorous training required. The video was uploaded by YouTube user Sir Francis 92, whose nickname matches the name on the pilot's helmet. It documents an entire flight from takeoff to landing from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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My Comment: Wow .... cannot embed the video but the link to watch it is here.

A Toast To The Troops

Hat Tip: Theo Spark

Call Me Maybe Cover - Kunar, Afghanistan - US Army Soldiers

Strike Eagle Show Of Force (Video)

Hat Tip: Theo Spark

US Army Sniper Team Footage

WNU Editor: Not all of the pics and video are on US sniper teams .... but it is still an OK vid.
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C4 Blast Buries Troops In Debris

My Comment: What is the lesson learned today ..... always stay as far away as possible when doing a controlled explosion.

Landing On An Aircraft Carrier Takes Skill (Video)

Russian Military Recruitment Video :)

WNU Editor: It's a quiet night. What more can I say.

F-18 Flight USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

Hat Tip: Theo Spark

A Must See Video

Six-Year-Old Boy With Cerebral Palsy Surprises Marine Father When He WALKS To Him For First Time

Welcome Home, Dad! Moment Six-Year-Old Boy With Cerebral Palsy Surprises Marine Father When He WALKS To Him For First Time -- Daily Mail

A U.S. Marine got the gift of a lifetime when he returned from Afghanistan to find that his son Michael, 6, had learned to walk.

The heartwarming event was recorded as it unfolded in a North Carolina school gymnasium, as Staff Sgt. Jeremy Cooney believed his son's cerebral palsy would keep him from being able to move without assistance for his entire life.

'We kept the fact that he could walk a secret the whole time his dad was gone,' wife Melissa Cooney told the Welcome Home Blog.

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My Comment: It's usually the soldier who is surprising his kids .... this time it is the other way around.

2012 Raytheon Award Video

2012 Raytheon Award Video from Jersey on Vimeo.

WNU Editor: This video is from Vimeo.

Black-Hawk Down: Helos (Only) Theme

Hat Tip: Theo Spark

This Should Be The US Marine Recruitment Video

Apache Crash In Afghanistan (Video)

Hat Tip: Bring the heat. Bring the Stupid

Update: Video: Copter Crash Near Afghan Outpost Narrowly Misses Bystanders -- The Danger Room

Raptor Refueling (Video)

If You Like Low Passes and Good Music

My Comment: Some of these passes are waaayyyyy tooooo low for me.

A Tribute To Those Lost In RC-E During The Spring 2011 Offensive

Filling the Gap: A Tribute To Those Lost In RC-E During The Spring 2011 Offensive -- Small Wars Journal

This video, and the footage contained in it, is courtesy of Doc Brit Jacobs. Doc was 3rd Platoon's medic, and was able to have his camera out for much of the fighting. Cougar Company was tasked with seizing and clearing the town of Sarwobay, Afghanistan. 10 km from the Pakistan border, and a known Taliban stronghold. Cougar company air assaulted into the town, and immediately made contact with the enemy. The soldiers of Cougar company, with less than 50 infantrymen on the ground, were surrounded by 150 hardened Taliban fighters. Strong Eagle III was originally planned to take only 3 days...it turned into a 9 day battle against the enemy and the terrain. In the end, we lost 6 brothers within Task Force NO SLACK. 4 of our fallen were Cougars. We will never forget SSG Frank Adamski, SSG Bryan Burgess, SPC Dustin Feldhaus, and PFC Jeremy Faulkner. Thanks to Doc Jacobs for helping us tell our story.

Hat Tip: Small Wars Journal

Video: Thai Bomb Disposal Expert Survives Car Blast