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Vocabulary : 
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Military fact file: Drones
"To the military, they are UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems).
However, they are more commonly known as drones...
Those used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force range from small intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance craft, some light enough to be launched by hand, to medium-sized armed drones and large spy planes."
(BBC)
MQ-1B Predator / MQ-9 Reaper
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See Unmanned aerial vehicle (Wikipedia)
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Afghanistan war logs: the glossary
"What do all those military initials mean? This is our guide."
(guardian.co.uk)
"TIC, RPG: glossary of military terms for incidents like this, where an Afghan Army soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade at suspected Taliban at combat outpost Nolen, north of Kandahar."
- IED = Improvised explosive device
- TIC = Troops in contact
- RPG = Rocket propelled grenade
- The
Military - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la
souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
- Military English - Peacekeepers (British Council)
- Our magazine section provides articles on a wide range of military topics.
- Activities : Use these exercises to improve your communication skills in military English.
- Check up on your grammar with explanations and games.
- Ideas and materials
Pictures : 
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A bloody take on the alphabet
"A new illustrated typeface uses images of weaponry to comment on the world's armed conflicts...
these are not images about the beauty of weaponry, but a commentary on its uses, results, sale, and distribution..."
(salon.com)
Abbreviations : 
Facts : 
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The time when the British army was really stretched 
"The British army is due to be reduced to 82,000 by 2020, prompting claims it will be the smallest it has been since the 19th Century.
But if Britain had a small army then, how did it control an empire?"
(BBC)
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Seven Sci-Fi Weapons from Tomorrow Are Here Today
"A number of weapons and weapons systems now on active duty or in the prototype stage seem to have been ripped straight out of the overwrought imagination of a sci-fi writer. Here’s a trip back to the future to look at some of the latest military and law enforcement hardware."
(technewsdaily.com)
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South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North  
"South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North Korea...
Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice recognition systems were integrated into a single unit...
The robot uses heat and motion detectors to sense possible threats, and alerts command centres "
(telegraph.co.uk)
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The United States Cyber Command 
"is a United States armed forces sub-unified command subordinate to United States Strategic Command."
MISSION :
"USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries."
(Wikipedia)
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Listen up, 007, we call it the Puffin
"THE American space agency, Nasa, is to unveil a prototype of a personal flying machine capable of propelling soldiers behind enemy lines.
The mini aircraft, which can soar 50 miles through the clouds or under radar, has been named the Puffin, after the small waterbird famed for being able to land on impossible terrain. "
(technology.timesonline.co.uk)
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What is a war crime ? (BBC)
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Young
Blood : Children of War
Country dossiers - Causes - Impacts - Solutions - Media
"Over 300,000 child soldiers exist in the world today...
Find out which countries currently have child soldiers and find
out details about the country's situation... "
(library.thinkquest.org)
War photographers :  
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NUJP: Camera-gun 
"National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, is a movement defending the rights of journalists.
Since 2001 over 100 journalists have been killed for just bringing the news.
The visualisation shows a camera on the left and on the right you see the barrel of a gun."
(creativecriminals.com)
- War photographers
"Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures
out of the war arena. Journalists and photographers are protected by international conventions of armed warfare, but history shows that they are often considered targets by warring groups..."
(Wikipedia)
- War Photographer (2001) - Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey. + TRAILER
(imdb.com)
Proverbs, Idioms and Sayings : 
- Wise
sayings (wiseoldsayings.com) :
War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it. - Latin (on war
and peace)
We learn little from victory, much from defeat. - Japanese (on success
and failure)
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb
Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. - Hebrew (on friends
and foes)
Listening :
- The
Military - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la
souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)
Conversation questions :
INTERACTIVE exercises :
- Military English - Peacekeepers (British Council)
- Our magazine section provides articles on a wide range of military topics.
- Activities : Use these exercises to improve your communication skills in military English.
- Check up on your grammar with explanations and games.
- Ideas and materials
Exercises TO PRINT :
- U.S.Wars
Matchup (eduplace.com)
- "Write the name of each war next to the time when it took
place."
Lesson plans :
- How
good is your nose? - a lesson plan : Intermediate
- Upper-Intermediate - (english-to-go.com)
- about dogs and drugs / land mines
Games TO PRINT :
Songs : 
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