The aeronautical pentathlon is composed of one flying competition and six athletic ones: shooting, fencing, swimming, basketball, obstacle course, and orienteering.
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Beach Volleyball at the Military World Games
Beach volleyball follows the basic rules of indoor volleyball, but with a few adjustments. The first of these is the number of players: there are only two on each side. The other is the number of points needed to complete a set: twenty-one in beach volleyball and twenty-five in indoor [ … ]
Naval Pentathlon at the Military World Games
The naval pentathlon is an individual and team competition for men and women. This competition is made up of five events: obstacle course, life-saving swimming, utility swimming, seamanship, and amphibious cross-country.
Parachuting at the Military World Games
Parachuting includes three types of events: accuracy, formation, and freefall. At the Military World Games, there will only be accuracy and freefall formation competitions.
Military Pentathlon at the Military World Games
The military pentathlon is a competition based on the specific training of combatants. It encompasses six events: shooting, military obstacle course, utility swimming, grenade throwing, cross-country, and relay.
Volleyball at the 5th Military World Games
A volleyball match includes twelve players, six on each team. There are another six athletes on each reserve bench. On the court, the teams are separated by a net, and the objective is to make the ball hit the ground in the area protected by the opponent.
Colombia, Brazil Negotiate Plan to Improve Border Security
Colombia’s defense minister, Rodrigo Rivera, and his Brazilian counterpart, Nelson Jobim, have taken the first steps toward a binational plan for border security between the two countries, with a focus on protecting the vast Amazon River basin. Colombia’s defense minister, Rodrigo Rivera, and his Brazilian counterpart, Nelson Jobim, have taken [ … ]
Colombia’s Campaign Against FARC Rebels Yields Impressive Results
The near-capture last week of the maximum leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, reflects the Colombian military’s largely successful strategy of targeting top rebel leaders in an effort to bring down the 47-year-old guerrilla group. BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The near-capture last week of the maximum leader [ … ]
Team Zeroes In New Sniper System
The Fort Sill Special Reaction Team is setting their sights further downrange, with new M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems. They received the new weapon recently, and they were definitely excited. The Fort Sill Special Reaction Team is setting their sights further downrange, with new M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems. They received the [ … ]
Continuing Promise Colombia 2011: Committed to the Health and Wellbeing of the Colombian People
For the second time in its history, the Colombian city of Tumaco, in the department of Nariño, hosted the visit of the hospital ship Comfort, which arrived in Colombia at the invitation of the national government, the military, and the police... For the second time in its history, the Colombian [ … ]
Brazilian Army Fires Rocket Launcher System Used in Defense of Capital
The upgrades to the system presented by the Planalto Military Command (a major command of the Brazilian Army) at the installations of the 6th Multiple Rocket Launcher Group (6th GLMF) in Formosa, a city in the state of Goiás, near Brasilia, include longer-range rockets and a completely digital command-and-control vehicle.
Interagency Task Force Confronts Drug Trafficking
The poppy fields of Afghanistan — a major revenue source for the insurgency there — may seem a million miles away from U.S. Pacific Command’s headquarters in Hawaii. The poppy fields of Afghanistan — a major revenue source for the insurgency there — may seem a million miles away from [ … ]