About 90,000 troops will participate in the drills to prepare for a potential conflict with Russia
NATO to Hold Its Largest Military Exercises Since the Cold War
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NED: Georgia, still in their crosshairs
The European Commission’s November recommendation that EU candidacy status be granted to Georgia is the latest in a string of hard-won victories the Georgian people have achieved in recent months. In March, hundreds of thousands of Georgians took to the streets and forced the government to abandon a draconian Russian-style NGO law. In October, a controversial partisan gambit to impeach President Salome Zurabishvili failed after vocal opposition both in the parliament and throughout civil society. The loudest voices pushing back against democratic decline in the country belong to youth, civil society, and parliamentarians such as the women on this panel. Women from different political parties are coming together to highlight the importance of expanding political participation and keeping European integration the nation’s top priority.
Georgia’s Path to Europe
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Read More »Israel Continues Ops in Gaza, Storms Hospital – US Continues Arming IDF
Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza for November 15, 2023…
– Israeli forces have stormed Gaza’s largest hospital, claiming Hamas fighters are hiding in/beneath the facility;
– Israeli tactics appear to deliberately maximize regional and international outrage;
– The violence is aimed at pressuring regional governments to take action and trigger a series of conflicts that allow the US to reassert a previous conflict-based “security architecture” on the region;
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Defense Department identifies U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash
Defense Department identifies U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash
Killed were:
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, 38, of Clarksville, Tennessee.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, 34, of Sacramento, California.
Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire.
Sgt. Andrew P. Southard, 27, of Apache Junction, Arizona.
Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe, 24, of Mankato, Minnesota.
Previously:
5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed In Helicopter Crash In The Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Five U.S. Army Special Operations forces have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, American officials said on Sunday.
5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed In Helicopter Crash In The Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has for years experimented with high-altitude balloons and long-endurance, fixed-wing, solar-powered platforms capable of operating in the stratosphere. Now the service is pursuing prototyping efforts that could lead to programs of record, including one able to deploy launched effects.
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
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What The U.S. Army Plans For High-Altitude Balloons, Solar Aircraft
SMDC’s Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence actively works across the Pentagon to find high-altitude platforms, payloads and command-and-control capabilities for the service. This includes small, tactical balloons for payloads such as extended-range communications up to large, stratospheric balloons, according to a command fact sheet. In April 2022, for example, U.S. Army soldiers launched a Thunderhead High-Altitude Balloon System during exercise Balikatan 22 in the Philippines.*
*Flynn for balloons. Guess there is a different standard for the US gov?
US to cut military presence in Niger + Pentagon lied to Congress
The Pentagon reportedly plans to pull out some of its troops from the African country
The US has begun “repositioning” the troops it has in Niger and plans to cut their number “nearly in half” over the next several weeks, Politico reported on Friday citing two Defense Department officials.
US to cut military presence in Niger
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2 US military veterans killed in Ukraine during intense fighting
Two U.S. military veterans were killed in Ukraine late last month as they fended off intense Russian attacks so their comrades could maneuver, according to Ryan O’Leary, a U.S. Army veteran who leads foreigners in Ukraine’s 59th Motorized Brigade.
2 US military veterans killed in Ukraine during intense fighting
H/T: Emil Cosman
Previously:
Ukraine’s army has for now set aside U.S. fighting methods and reverted to tactics it knows best.
Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle
Ukraine’s army has for now set aside U.S. fighting methods and reverted to tactics it knows best.
H/T: Emil Cosman
Military.com Op-Ed Calls for Military Draft
An op-ed published by Military.com called for the US military to restart the draft amid a recruiting crisis resulting from decades of endless wars in the Middle East and Africa and skyrocketing veteran suicide rates.
Military.com Op-Ed Calls for Military Draft
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