Friday coming up. Get after it tomorrow. Hit it hard, then get ready to dive into the weekend (also, we have combat divers in the 18th Airborne and they are cool) pic.twitter.com/KRU5XvWoJF
— XVIII Airborne Corps🐉 (@18airbornecorps) December 11, 2020
Wow.
The Army can swim?
Who knew!
It's a day off and just got back from the hospital (no big deal...routine stuff) and was watching "Deadline:White House with Nicole Wallace" and she had two segments covering the potential for violence from the right.
When I say the left media is worried sick about it I can't put too big an emphasis on it! They're almost scared shitless. I did a spin around the net and found this article from the Washington Times.
When Joe Biden is inaugurated in a little over a month, he’ll face an opposition that has convinced itself that the election was stolen from them, that the public health measures he encourages to get control of the coronavirus pandemic are a terrifying assault on their freedom, and that Biden and his party will literally attempt to destroy the United States.
We can’t know for certain how this era in our national life will play out. But the potential for a wave of right-wing domestic terrorism is absolutely real, and we ignore or dismiss it at our peril.
Even Republican politicians understand that the threat is moving beyond the realm of ordinary politics — primary challenges, letter-writing campaigns, the occasional angry voter at a town hall — to a place where people’s physical safety is at risk.
Consider this shocking comment from a Republican leader in the Pennsylvania state Senate, about a letter some of her colleagues sent to Congress demanding that their own state’s results in the presidential election be rejected:
Kim Ward, the Republican majority leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, said the president had called her to declare there was fraud in the voting. But she said she had not been shown the letter to Congress, which was pulled together hastily, before its release.
Asked if she would have signed it, she indicated that the Republican base expected party leaders to back up Mr. Trump’s claims — or to face its wrath.
“If I would say to you, ‘I don’t want to do it,’” she said about signing the letter, “I’d get my house bombed tonight.”
Perhaps she was exaggerating, but the fact is that this is what immediately comes to the mind of a loyal Republican in the midst of an election controversy: If I don’t support Trump’s insane claims of fraud, my own party’s supporters might kill me and my family.
That sounds like some Shia vs Sunni stuff. Tribal to the extreme. Primitive. It doesn't sound like the USA to me.
Is this real or fiction?
Is the news media just shouting because of imagined dragons or is there actually something to this?
Sidenote. I know my audience. I know some of you will say that the Black Lives Matters protests (that were hijacked by anarchists) were political violence. I will say you're wrong. That was a two part series. First you had the peaceful protests and then you had the outright violence. The protests were very different from the riots and should be seen as such. Was that political violence? Maybe. I'm not sure. Define the riots how you want but at least have the courtesy to defend your opinion.
Alot of bluster. Alot of happy talk. Mostly a political circle jerk but you can check it out for yourself here.
Russia Tuesday signed an agreement with Sudan to build a naval base on the country's Red Sea coast, the latest move in Moscow's push into Africahttps://t.co/XbTp8YmHfl
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) December 9, 2020
#ICYMI - in April 2020, we delivered two fully-electric 8x8 Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (#MUTT) Unmanned Ground Vehicles (#UGV) to the British Army. Take a closer look... pic.twitter.com/yVrRTQa6Al
— General Dynamics UK (@gduknews) December 10, 2020
The gear rides.
The troops walk.
Does anyone think that we're de-evolving in the desire to evolve?
Les AUF1 du régiment sont en manœuvre. École à feu, service en campagne, #PrepaOps de la 2e batterie avec cette « bête de guerre ». Un monstre de précision apte à la haute intensité qui faisait preuve de son efficacité en réel il y a 25 ans... pic.twitter.com/kYoU5tsRLZ
— 40e Régiment d’Artillerie (@40RA_Officiel) December 8, 2020
Wow! I didn't even know France still had tracked artillery!
NAGORNO KARABAKH: Footage has emerged of Azerbaijani soldiers forcibly holding down what appears to be a civilian before beheading them whilst they are still alive. pic.twitter.com/Qy52eCznd4
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) December 8, 2020
How do you properly punish people like this? An eye for an eye? Seems about right but then we'd be at their level.
#GutenMorgen: Hochmotivert startet das #Heer in den Tag & bringt für euch über 60 Tonnen #Panzer|stahl auf die #Heide. Hoher Schutz, Beweglichkeit & enorme Feuerkraft - das ist der #Leopard2. Mehr Infos zum Waffensystem der #Bundeswehr: 👉 https://t.co/ciOhVAVz9M pic.twitter.com/6TC0rAXLDp
— Heer (@Deutsches_Heer) December 8, 2020
This nomination is historic, but I had hoped the idea of recently retired 4 stars serving as SECDEF was a Trump administration anomaly, not the new normal. Not healthy for civil-military relations, no matter who the person is. https://t.co/vNiCTGoUcq
— ProfTalmadge (@ProfTalmadge) December 8, 2020
I read that this guy had moved into the favored position but I also knew that many insiders were hoping for Michele Flournoy to get the job.
Don't get me wrong. Austin is a "conservative" pick. He (speaking frankly) won't rock the boat and falls in line with the standard thinking in the Pentagon. Forward deployments forever. Partnerships. Small wars forever. Think along the lines of the Bush-Obama foreign policy (I personally see no distinction in our foreign relations during that time with the exception of an attempt at warming relations with Iran during Obama's term, but the beltway was gonna kill that regardless).
The funny thing?
In my opinion what really killed Flournoy's chances was the vast number of women appointed to positions before he got around to defense.
The Biden admin is "woman heavy" and that made it easy to go a different way with defense. Sadly politics is sprinkled heavily in these appointments (as is usual) and the best are once again being left on the sidelines.
90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 8, 2020
Read more about this huge moment in the fight against #COVID19: https://t.co/YVcEqzmsPj pic.twitter.com/oCDV8Sv90X
Controversial opinion. Don't hate just read and comment.
Does it make sense to give a 90 year old person the vaccine? Does it make sense to prioritize the elderly and those with serious physical illness first?
Before you fly off and to the right hear me out.
I have both in my family and love them dearly. But shouldn't those that care for them get it first? From the 32 year old nurse that cares from them, to the 65 year old doctor that prescribes medicine and evaluates their health?
What about those that are considered essential outside the medical field? Our population is on the verge of wigging out because of the lockdowns. Shouldn't we make sure that they're up and running? Not talking law enforcement either. I'm talking about fast food workers, convenience store clerks etc...the so called little people that we've discovered give a large part of the population a bit of comfort in their tiny indulgences (health wrecking though they may be)?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this thing. I've talked to my brother and we both have serious doubts about this thing. But if its gonna be issued shouldn't we at least be a bit practical in how we're doing it?
Первый "официальный" засвет коаксиально-радиальной решётки (сиречь радар-блокера) в воздухозаборнике Су-57#sukhoi #su57 #су57 #RuAF #ВКСРФ
— Слава Третий (@SlavaTheThird) December 6, 2020
The first leaked image of a radar blocker inside Su-57's air intake! pic.twitter.com/9x6uA6JSZP
via Military.com
Marines whose jobs are going away as part of a force-wide reorganization that includes getting rid of tanks will get the option to leave the Corps earlier than planned.
Enlisted Marines and officers in tank-related military occupational specialties will be eligible for early-out programs, the service announced this week. The programs will allow those in four specialties to leave the Marine Corps early if they desire: armor Marines; senior-armor staff noncommissioned officers; main battle tank repairer/technicians; and tank officers.
The move is part of a 10-year force-wide redesign announced by Commandant Gen. David Berger earlier this year. The Marine Corps is folding its tank battalions and getting rid of the heavy-armor vehicles as it prepares for lighter, naval-based missions.
Don't be fooled.
Boatspaces are being sacrificed to pay for missiles.
The problem?
We were promised that this move would make the USMC distinct, would move us back to our "naval roots" and would make us an essential part of America's defense.
The reality?
Without amphibious assault the USMC provides NOTHING that other services can. Long range missile strikes from land toward naval targets? The US Army is doing that and if they decide to dedicate the 25th and 2nd ID to the Pacific will provide vastly more fires. Forward basing? The USAF announced that they're getting into that game. Acting as the forward deployed "eyes" of the joint force? SOCOM is about to elbow out the USMC from that mission.
Without amphibious assault the USMC duplicates the capabilities of others.
