Saturday, May 23, 2026

Open Comment Post. 23 May 25

Readiness drill at the US Embassy in Venezuela?

Ok. I guess we do kinda "control" that country. Can't imagine us doing this unless we did!

Did a drone just kill a 4.5 gen fighter???

THIS BEARS WATCHING! I HAVE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE AIRMANSHIP OF UAE AVIATORS BUT TO BE SHOT DOWN BY A DRONE????

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Trump makes another threatening post. At this point he sounds desperate for a deal

Ok. I've tried to be patient. I've tried to imagine that there is some type of plan in the background but now this? After other similar announcements? Dude sounds desperate. He damn near telegraphed the punch a day or two by saying a strike on Kharg island was iminent. I can see the shoot from the hip style for the domestic audience but internationally I think he should rely more on Rubio and the creatures in the State Dept (yeah I know they hate the US but they talk pussy so they'll be welcomed). Long story short? Say less. If we're gonna hit them then lets fuck'em up and be done with this madness.

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Calm before the storm. Iran war back on...

Seems like Trump wants complete Iran to fully capitulate before he ends this thing. Opening the straits has to be part of it. But the nuclear part? I'm really not understanding that. Didn't the B-2 strikes a few months ago that used those pentrator bombs set then back for decades? I wonder what the real endgoal is of this thing cause whatever it is they ain't telling us.

Are we seeing a new front in our global war open in Africa?

Ok. This one I kinda get. Its a nugget thrown to his Christian Conservative base. For years Muslim extremist have been killing Christians in Africa. YEARS! I'm not sure if it stretches back to Trump 1 but I do know it was happening during the Biden years. Regardless. If they can keep this an aerial campaign without putting troops on the ground then I'm for it. Put troops on the ground and I get skittish. AFRICA IS HUGE! Logistics...resupply, evacuation etc...is gonna be a bitch. The only way to do Africa on the ground is to setup MANY firebases....I'm talking about bases big enough to at least land C-130s, while at the sametime expecting every radical in the region to be attacking on a daily. Troops on the ground? Doable but fraught with danger.

Friday, May 15, 2026

Israel keeps mowing the grass. Another targeted assassination...

One second you're cooking, the next extra protein falls from the roof...

BLT 2/4 participate in a Mechanized Raid...Pics by Sgt. Martha Linares

In alot of these pics you'll notice hatches and ramps open. Train how you fight right? You would think in the era of drone hysteria and all the vids of combatants in the Russia/Ukraine war flying drones into open ramps and down open hatches that this simple little thing would be practiced. But it ain't. In this case I can identify the problem but have no solution. The US Air Force once promised "air dominance". That promise evaporated without fan fair and without comment. How do we get ADA to a point to where we control the skies? I guess every freaking vehicle in the force needs to have anti-air capability. There is no other way.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Monday, May 11, 2026

These are some great kids.

We have a new shipbuilding plan...

I hate to be the one that doubts but American shipyards won't be able to do it. Neither will European shipyards if we bring them aboard. We have to turn east towards especially S. Korea and maybe Japan to get high tech ships into the water in the timeframe quoted. Currently our yards just can't handle the load.

UK Paratroopers doing God's work! The British people should be proud.