The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed, light machine gun with fixed headspace and quick change ...

The XM7 is the Army's replacement for the M4 while the XM250 will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Both new weapons ...

Jovon Propst, Spartan Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, achieved on October 9, 2024, when he made his 100th jump, earning the prestigious title of centurion paratrooper. "I get asked all ...

Witness M249 says he served five tours in Northern ... he spent most of the rest of the day on reserve inside Vere Foster school. The ex-paratrooper and his platoon were upstairs in a former ...

On Oct. 13, Russian marines from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade captured, stripped and executed nine Ukrainian drone operators while counterattacking the 300-square-mile Ukrainian-held salient ...

The 82nd Airborne Division has announced the recent death of one of its paratroopers, which is under investigation. "It is ...

Paratroopers from Australia and Britain joined drop training exercises involving Japan and the United States for the first time to simulate rushing to the aid of a remote island under enemy attack.

John Bream leapt from a helicopter into the sea without a parachute A former paratrooper who leapt from a helicopter into the sea without a parachute has had his jump confirmed as a world record.

IDF soldiers find weapons in evacuated residential buildings in southern Lebanon (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The combat team of the IDF's Paratrooper Brigade has eliminated 15 Hezbollah terrorists ...

Paratroopers from eight Nato member countries, including the UK, USA, Portugal and Spain, parachuted from 12 aircraft into Ginkel Heath, a nature reserve near the Dutch town of Ede, on Saturday.

Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. A former paratrooper used his skills to survive the gruelling Scottish Highlands for seven days after going missing searching for Britain’s ...