He's talking about a 2 year budget deal but is saying 10 years? He's talking about a defense increase but says its not enough? He wants even more money for Ukraine? When does domestic economics trump further increasing military/foreign spending? Is there a connection or does it not matter and we can actually spend all the money we want? I keep looking at the federal budget like I do my household budget but obviously that just isn't right. What is the proper view?SEN. GRAHAM ON DEBT DEAL: "Not a penny in this bill to help Ukraine defeat Putin! [...] We need to send a clear message to Putin that when it comes to your invasion of Ukraine, we're gonna support the Ukrainians to ensure your loss. If we don't do that, then we're gonna snatch… pic.twitter.com/iyxtnY0ih7
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 1, 2023
SNAFU!
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Thursday, June 01, 2023
What is the nexus between domestic economics vs military/foreign spending?
This dude was Brazil's Punisher before the Punisher (or Dexter)
Pedro Rodrigues Filho's upbringing was marked by extreme violence and tragedy. His father subjected his mother to relentless physical abuse during her pregnancy, causing the unborn Filho to suffer from a bruised skull. The situation escalated horrifically when his father… pic.twitter.com/xWJaAhjsAF
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) June 1, 2023
If this story is true then military AI will kill the human race
We are building skynet.The US Air Force tested an AI enabled drone that was tasked to destroy specific targets. A human operator had the power to override the drone—and so the drone decided that the human operator was an obstacle to its mission—and attacked him. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/HUSGxnunIb
— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) June 1, 2023
The so called leader of the free world exudes nothing but weakness of body, mind & morality. We're screwed.
Does this look like the leader of the free world?He's our Yeltsinpic.twitter.com/XWXXVY1fh0
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 1, 2023
Debt limit deal passed. Another manufactured drama. I wonder what we missed while they had all eyes on that cluster?
I'm past too old to keep falling for this type of diversion. They had all eyes on the manufacturered drama of the debt limit deal and I can only wonder what WE missed while they had all eyes focused on that cluster. Make no mistake something nefarious was going on while they were doing that made for TV drama. My worry? I'm semi-informed and I fell for it. For those that aren't even to my standard this has to be like taking candy from a baby. Our democracy is broken. Our society is in decline and our leadership is corrupt...BOTH sides. America is fucked.Debt-Limit Deal Passes The House, Easing US Default Concerns - BBGhttps://t.co/Ux5jAP4xaS
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) June 1, 2023
Reddit for the win! It is as we feared. The new CMC has been chosen.
It is as we feared. The new CMC has been chosen.Dude is political and when you're on the wrong side of his politics he will fucking destroy you and make sure the Command destroys you too!
by u/jellies56 in USMC
FNSS MAV - MARINE ASSAULT VEHICLE. Can handle SEA STATE 4!
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
25th ID chest thumps about conducting amphibious assault training....
Amphibious Assault Training ⚡
— 25th Infantry Division (@25thID) June 1, 2023
Beats Company had some fun catching waves for on some zodiacs for a change! pic.twitter.com/FUFWaQpYko
So Berger & Smith's plan was for the USMC to act as recon/counter recon for US Army amphibious assaults? I couldn't make this ship up if I tried. The Marine Corps is fucked.Amphibious operations involve the oceanic coordinated movement and deployment of forces from water to land or vice versa, combining naval and ground capabilities.
— 25th Infantry Division (@25thID) June 1, 2023
(U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Jet Hodgkin| HHC 2-35 IN Cacti)#TropicLightning | #StrikeHard
Republicans are debating whether or not the domestic spending cuts are enough in the US while gifting the Ukrainians ANOTHER 1.25 billion grant for salaries/social assistance (welfare).
Make no mistake. This IS NOT the first gift of money to pay for Ukrainian salaries and welfare. Let me ask my fellow countrymen this. How does it feel to be Ukraine's bitch while we debate how much we're gonna CUT here at home.Ukraine has received another $1.25 billion grant from the U.S. It is planned to spend the money on salaries and social assistance. pic.twitter.com/o2Y9CJ8n3o
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 31, 2023
For the second time this year the Navy sends a Carrier Strike Group to perform HA/DR instead of a Marine Expeditionary Unit. Is this the new normal? Is the Marine Corps out of the HA/DR game?
via USNI News
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and its escorts are operating off the coast of Guam awaiting the call to assist in disaster relief ashore, two Navy officials told USNI News.
Last week, Nimitz was dispatched to aid civil authorities if requested in a defense support of civil authorities (DSCA) after Super Typhoon Mawar passed near Guam with 140 miles per hour and waves up to 30 feet high, according to the National Weather Service.
There’s been widespread destruction across the island, including power and water outages across the U.S. territory that’s home to 150,000. The territory’s leadership has formally petitioned the Biden administration for federal assistance.
Until civil authorities formally request aid, the carrier is assisting by providing communication assistance to the island, according to a Navy official.
It’s the worst typhoon to hit Guam since Typhoon Pongsona made landfall in 2002.
“Most of Guam is dealing with a major mess that’s going to take weeks to clean up,” Landon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said last week.
The strike group deployed on Dec. 3 and has been operating in the Western Pacific since Dec. 16th, according to the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker.
Nimitz deployed with Carrier Air Wing 17 embarked, guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108), USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93), USS Decatur (DDG-73) and USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60). It’s unclear which of the strike group’s escorts are operating nearby.
Meanwhile, USS Makin Island (LHD-8) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and are headed east toward the West Coast, officials confirmed to USNI News. The Pentagon had considered also dispatching the Makin Island ARG top support potential humanitarian relief operations on Guam, but has elected instead to send the ARG closer to the U.S.
There are just two possibilities in my mind to explain this and both are bad.
1. The DoD and US Navy has decided that the CSG is a better platform to conduct HA/DR. Additionally the Marine Corps leadership has signaled that this is one of those missions that they no longer want to perform or...
2. The ARG/MEU is incapable of operating in heavy seas churned up by the typhoon that struck the island and are being moved closer to the USA to safeguard those ships.
Either way the Marine Corps has once again been proven impotent and no longer able to carry out legacy/real world missions that are MUCH MORE LIKELY than full scale combat in the Pacific against the Chinese.
That one foe, one region mindset that has been foisted on the Marine Corps by the outgoing and probably incoming Commandants is gonna be the end of the Marine Corps.
I mean seriously what good is the Marine Corps if its only good for the big fight against the Chinese? Imagine if the US Army during the cold war said "fuck the rest of the world, we're only focused on the Fulda Gap".
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
China plays by a different set of rules...
I've been kinda mystified by the Russian approach to the war in Ukraine. They're fighting but when they're receiving side blows from the EU/NATO/US they tend to be on the side of restraint.Chinese Defense Minister Rejects Meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary https://t.co/efJrSshhPb via @BreitbartNews
— RealClearDefense (@RCDefense) May 31, 2023
The next Commandant is a Berger zealot.
The Marine Corps is fucked. Bergers folly continues. No organization can survive a succession of flawed leaders. The Marine Corps is no exception. I hope I'm wrong but confidence is not high.NEWS: President Biden is expected to nominate the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, to lead the service as commandant, officials familiar with the situation say. The nomination could be announced any day.https://t.co/wSdlOJfnsf
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) May 30, 2023
Did Turkey's FNSS out Marine Corps the US Marine Corps with their ZAHA Marine Assault Vehicle?
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Luv this vehicle hate that RWS. They should be able to slim that down tremendously. I have yet to get an explanation of why its so damn big yet carries such a small gun. Anyone know? |
Monday, May 29, 2023
The NATO Kosovo Force suffered at least 3 critically injured (Italian Soldiers)
Italian FM Antonio Tajani has confirmed that 11 Italian NATO soldiers have been injured in the clashes, and that 3 of them are in critical condition. Italy has over the years been one of the main contributors to KFOR and the forces have been led by a string of Italian commanders. https://t.co/aZYw3NZSKy
— Una Hajdari (@UnaHajdari) May 29, 2023
Eitan Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier finally goes into service.
This is the BEST wheeled armored personnel carrier in the world. Add a proper turret (which is planned) and it becomes the best infantry fighting vehicle wheeled in the world. The Israelis did it again.Watch: The first serial production Eitan Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) were delivered to the Israel Defense Forces Nahal Infantry Brigade. 📸IDF pic.twitter.com/sz8UdIIL1v
— Ministry of Defense (@Israel_MOD) May 28, 2023
NATO Kosovo Force kinda looks like they got their ass kicked. Plus I'm seeing a 101st Airborne Combat Patch in the pics...
Brothers morlae high pic.twitter.com/qO988LyGTr
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) May 29, 2023
NATO forces beaten up pic.twitter.com/k1Y5XBXqY7
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) May 29, 2023
NATO Kosovo Forces are in the middle of it...
Always a bad sign when external forces involve themselves in local politics. This mission has been going on for years with no end in sight. I contend that the reason why we have so many wars is because we never allow wars to become TOTAL wars. No conclusion, no resolution so no peace is possible despite the fighting. We've normalized warfare.#KFOR statement pic.twitter.com/kfYybyqC2G
— NATO Kosovo Force - KFOR (@NATO_KFOR) May 29, 2023