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President Donald Trump holds up a chart documenting ISIS land loss in Iraq and Syria as delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, the American military engineered the destruction of the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed empire in Iraq and Syria. That’s a military success, but not one that’s certain to last. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Rohingya refugee children shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The head of Bangladesh's refugee commission said plans to begin a voluntary repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their native Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Thailand's Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has demanded that future coup leaders be punished and favors cuts to military spending. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Portland police keep Patriot Prayer affiliates separate from antifa protesters during a rally in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Small scuffles broke out Saturday as police in Portland, Oregon, deployed "flash bang" devices and other means to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described anti-fascist protesters.(AP Photo/John Rudoff)
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard members arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. On Feb. 11, 1979. Iran's military stood down after days of street battles, allowing the revolutionaries to sweep across the country, and the government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi resigned. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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FILE - In this March 7, 2019 file photo, U.S. Africa Command Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Africa Command says new information shows a woman and a child were killed in a U.S. airstrike that was targeting al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia last year. The information released Friday contradicts military insistence last month no civilians had been killed in Somalia strikes since 2017, despite a human rights group’s claims casualties had occurred. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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New Freedom Farms
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Thomas Brandon, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Firearm Accessory Regulation and Enforcing Federal and State Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)," on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Two Palestinian flags flying. (Wikipedia)
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Illustration on NATO's 70th anniversary by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and bloc members kick off a three-day tour of Washington for the 70th anniversary of the world's biggest security alliance amid heightened tensions with Russia and military stalemate in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on anti-ballistic missile systems by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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A soldier trains at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Image: Facebook, U.S. Army Fort Benning)
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Illustration on the survival of NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Trucks full of goods depart from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Israel on Wednesday opened its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip weeks after closing it amid a surge in violence with the Islamic militant group Hamas. The reopening of the Kerem Shalom crossing came as Egypt was stepping up efforts to broker a lasting cease-fire. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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Afghan first vice president, a former Uzbek warlord, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, center, and members of his entourage disembark on arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2018. An Afghan spokesman said there has been a large explosion near the Kabul airport shortly after Dostum landed on his return from abroad. Dostum and his entourage were unharmed in the explosion which took place after his convoy had already left the airport. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) is a fighting vehicle platform of the United States manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, formerly United Defense. It was named after U.S. General Omar Bradley. The Bradley is designed to transport infantry or scouts with armor protection, while providing covering fire to suppress enemy troops and armored vehicles. The several Bradley variants include the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the M3 Bradley cavalry fighting vehicle. The M2 holds a crew of three (a commander, a gunner, and a driver) along with six fully equipped soldiers. The M3 mainly conducts scout missions and carries two scouts in addition to the regular crew of three, with space for additional BGM-71 TOW missiles. The Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, is the Center of Industrial Technical Excellence for the maintenance and repair of the Bradley system. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric M. Garland II/ Released)
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Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV), nicknamed The Shredder, is a U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams-chassis, equipped with a mine-plough and line charges. Its first large scale use by the US Marines was in the joint ISAF-Afghan Operation Moshtarak in Southern Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan in 2010 against the Taliban insurgency.
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M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle is a U.S. armored fighting vehicle from the Stryker family of vehicles. As the brigade's primary tank destroyer system, the ATGM reinforces the brigade's infantry battalions, reinforces the brigade reconnaissance squadron and provides long-range direct fire. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)
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The M1130 Commander Vehicle is an armored command vehicle based on the Stryker platform. It is used within the brigade to provide means to receive information, analyze and transmit data, and control forces carrying out combat missions. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Brooke Davis, Operations Group, National Training Center)
