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Clint Eastwood was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a lifeguard and swim instructor at Fort Ord in California. He was discharged in 1953
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A soldier stands next to a poster that reads in Spanish "Not one more dead civilian or Soldier, or guerrilla. Not one more death," in Bogota, Colombia, on Thursday. A FARC leader said the president failed to uphold the peace accord. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
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Illustration on the Taliban and ISIS by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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BGM-71 TOW GUIDED ANTI-TANK MISSILE - Army Pfc. David Mitchell, a Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Battalion, scans the landscape surrounding Vehicle Patrol Base Badel, located at the mouth of the Narang Valley in Konar Province. The base has closed down a large amount of enemy activity in the valley and in the districts of Narang, Chowkay and Nurgal. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Robinson)
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M3 MULTI-ROLE ANTI-ARMOR ANTI PERSONNEL WEAPON SYSTEM - U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire off a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle at a range on Camp Roberts, Calif., Jan 26, 2014. Rangers use a multitude of weaponry during their annual tactical training. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Rashene Mincy/ Released)
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M72 LAW ANTI-TANK WEAPON - A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Ground Combat Element, fires an M72A7 rocket launcher during a familiarization course. This course offered Marines the opportunity to experience firing shoulder fired rocket launchers, Oct. 23, 2017. The 15th MEU is embarked on the America Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Valero/Released)
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AT4 ANTI-TANK WEAPON - Lance Cpl. Pablo Ruiz, a rifleman serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and native of Los Angeles, engages a target with an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon on Range 800 here, Aug 14, 2013. The company conducted day and night platoon attacks reinforced by a combined anti-armor team, mortar fire and machine gun fire as one of their last training exercises before deploying in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU is capable of conducting limited contingency operations, amphibious operations and crisis response in the Asia-Pacific region.
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FIM-92 STINGER MAN PORTABLE AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEM - Sgt. Zane Pettibone and Spc. Svenson Albert, a Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) team with 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct engagement sequences and the 13 critical checks of the Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS), as part of the multinational live-fire training exercise Shabla 19, June 11, 2019. Shabla 19 is designed to improve readiness and interoperability between the Bulgarian Air Force, Navy and Land Forces, and the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort)
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FGM-148 JAVELIN FIRE AND FORGET ANTI-TANK MISSILE - A U.S. Marine attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment - "The Lava Dogs" fires a Javelin at a simulated enemy tank during Lava Viper aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, May 29, 2015. Marines of Weapons Company train and conduct anti-armor procedures while at Lava Viper. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ricky S. Gomez/Released)
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M3 RANGER ANTI-TANK WEAPONS SYSTEM - A civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team on how to use a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification class Dec. 6, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The multi-role weapon can be used against armor, fortifications and personnel. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
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AT4 ANTI-TANK WEAPON - US Army 1st Lt., assigned to the 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, fires a M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, during a live fire training exercise. (US Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton)
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The Rev. Jerome Starling, left, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, second from left, Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes, second from right, and Miami Assistant Police Chief Jorge Colina, right, look over rifles that were turned into Miami police during a gun buyback program held at the Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Saturday, March 12, 2016, in Miami. The event was organized by Starling in response to continuing gun violence in the city. Over 100 firearms were collected. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Lighted pylons at the Century Boulevard entrance to Los Angeles International Airport, which normally flash in a multicolored sequence, shine a steady blue Saturday evening, Nov. 2, 2013, in honor of Gerardo Hernandez, the Transportation Security Administration officer slain at an LAX terminal Friday. He is the first TSA officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the 12-year-old agency, created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A police entry checkpoint, part of an increased visible police presence, is seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Dead bodies of victims lie inside St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than two hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)
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Illustration on attacks on ICE by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone strike. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)
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Illustration on anti-semitic attacks on Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Sgt. Scott Hulsizer (left), a team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan, fires an M136 AT-4 rocket launcher after breaking away from the firing line as part of a weapons training package on the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, March 4, 2014. 3rd Recon Bn. fired multiple weapon systems, such as the .50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine gun, MK-19 automatic grenade launcher and M136 AT-4 rocket launchers, as part of a two day weapons package for Exercise Sandfisher. The weapons package focused on increasing the platoon’s proficiency with each system on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
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Lance Cpl. Pablo Ruiz, a rifleman serving with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and native of Los Angeles, engages a target with an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon on Range 800 here, Aug 14, 2013. The company conducted day and night platoon attacks reinforced by a combined anti-armor team, mortar fire and machine gun fire as one of their last training exercises before deploying in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU is capable of conducting limited contingency operations, amphibious operations and crisis response in the Asia-Pacific region.
