On Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order in United States v. Flynn that, while widely unnoticed, reveals something fascinating: A motion by Michael Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea based on government misconduct is likely in the works. Just a week ago, and thus before Sullivan quietly directed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team to provide Flynn’s attorneys “any exculpatory evidence,” Washington Examiner columnist Byron York detailed the oddities of Flynn’s case. The next day, former assistant U.S. attorney and National Review contributing editor Andrew McCarthy connected more of the questionable dots. York added even more details a couple of days later.Story here.
Monday, February 19, 2018
General Flynn made a motion to withdraw his guilty plea???
via Yahoo News.
US Army general says new recruits are not strong enough to throw grenades
via Popular Military.com
The needs of the Army and the quality of the recruits it is acquiring have changed, so the Army is adapting. One of the many changes coming to Army Basic Training (BCT) is the removal of grenade qualification from basic training, which could happen as early as this summer.Story here.
The Army says this training takes too long and the time could be used for more needed training.
Commanders have complained about receiving undisciplined and “sloppy” appearing soldiers to their units after BCT. So the Army has decided to dedicate more time for recruits to become physically fit and develop discipline by spending more time on drill and ceremony, inspections, and learning military history.
“What we have found is it is taking far, far too much time. It’s taking three to four times as much time … just to qualify folks on the hand grenade course than we had designated so what is happening is it is taking away from other aspects of training,” Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost, commanding general of the U.S. Army Center of Initial Military Training, told defense reporters on Friday.
“We are finding that there are a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don’t have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters. In 10 weeks, we are on a 48-hour period; you are just not going to be able to teach someone how to throw if they haven’t thrown growing up.”
The pussification of America is complete.
They're gonna get slaughtered.
Failed attack on US backed forces in Syria planned and led by Former Russian Marine Officer?
via Kyivpost.com
Inform Napalm, an international open-source intelligence community, says it has identified the Russian officer who planned a failed assault on Feb. 7 against U.S. and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, in which scores of mercenaries from Russian private military company Wagner were allegedly killed.Story here.
As the activists say on their website, the operation was led by a Russian citizen Sergey Kim, a former Marine officer with the military ID number M-0971.
“It was he who masterminded the failed operation and coordinated it with his command from Russia’s official military contingent,” the community said on Feb. 19, referring to insider information provided by “Ikhtamnet_m0209”, an open-source intelligence group with sources close to Wagner.
UK Brexit Office tweets pic of French VBCI...
via Mirror.uk
The Government department in charge of Brexit just tweeted a picture of a tank, sending Twitter into confusion.Story here.
Shortly after 10.35am, the official DExEU Twitter account posted the picture of an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) flanked by troops rolling through a village.
The ominous tweet didn't include any words of explanation or context for the image.
It's left some people concerned that David Cameron 's much derided warning ahead of the Referendum that Brexit would be like World War III might have been right on the money after all.
The picture appears to be from a joint training exercise between the British and French armies.
But it only gets more awkward when you know the real reason behind it.
I don't like giving advice to foreign govts. It's not my business and I'm not involved. To be actual and factual I really don't care.
But this Brit business with Brexit is becoming an embarrassment.
My recommendation?
Either do it or don't. But whatever you decide to do, do it quickly!
Blast from the past. U.S. Marines going ashore at Iwo Jima
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“U.S. Marines going ashore at Iwo Jima, a Japanese Island which was invaded on February 19, 1945. Photo made by a Naval Photographer, who flew over the armada of Navy and coast guard vessels in a Navy search plane.”
(AP)
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Gun control? I was born free!
I did a swing thru my Twitter account this morning. Bad idea cause I'm in a foul mood. Low and behold what did I see? I saw a few military types (retired), a few think tank types (some retired military) and the usual suspects on the liberal side of things talking about how after this latest travesty we need more gun laws.
I'm beyond perplexed. I'm pissed.
The FBI got tips. The national security establishment AND law enforcement has the American people practically informing on each other as we speak.
This time they got a tip of a young maniac with a gun and the FBI ignored it. We give them spying power beyond belief, they can arrest us on a whim, and they have us practically to the point of ratting on each other if we have certain views outside the mainstream and yet they did nothing?
Now they want to add more restriction?
I won't state my real feelings but let me be clear. Eat shit and die. Not while I live. No way in hell. I am not a slave. My ancestors had no choice. I do.
From my cold dead hands!
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Singapore Air Force MRTT is sporting a darker shade of grey...
First .@TheRSAF .@AirbusDefence A330 MRTT breaks cover. I like the darker grey! Photo by Bavarian Aviation Photonews pic.twitter.com/5u6p9GTfhH— Mike Yeo 杨启铭 (@TheBaseLeg) February 19, 2018
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