Faced with a shortfall of more than 7,000 sailors, the head of Navy personnel is tapping into a new population of potential recruits: those who haven’t finished high school.
Navy Personnel Chief Sees Low Risk in Recruiting Sailors Without High School Diplomas
Tag: National Defense Authorization Acts
Report: US Military Advisors Deployed to Taiwan-Controlled Islands on China’s Coast
US military advisors have been deployed to Kinmen, a group of small islands that are controlled by Taiwan but located just off the coast of mainland China, Taiwan’s TVBS has reported.
Report: US Military Advisors Deployed to Taiwan-Controlled Islands on China’s Coast
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Dan Crenshaw’s measure greenlighting psychedelics to treat PTSD part of defense bill + More
The legislation would allow supervised clinical studies with active-duty members.
Dan Crenshaw’s measure greenlighting psychedelics to treat PTSD part of defense bill
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National Defense Authorization Act, pp. 402-406, p. 1817 ($50,311 allocated for R&D)
Free Speech Groups Call on Congress To Block NewsGuard Funding
As many as 36 groups advocating free speech, the Free Speech Alliance, have turned to US Congress with a request to stop any further funding of NewsGuard.
Free Speech Groups Call on Congress To Block NewsGuard Funding
Previous NewsGuard posts (not necessarily conservative):
NewsGuard is very neutral. Its Board of Directors is
The EU, NATO, NewsGuard and the Voltaire Network (original)secret, but its Advisory Board includes one of the co-founders of Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales) as well as the former director of the CIA and the NSA (General Michael Hayden), the former Secretary General of NATO (Anders Fogh Rasmussen), the former Secretary for Homeland Security (Tom Ridge) or the former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy – i.e. Propaganda (Richard Stengel)
Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
Read More »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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US to Declare Azov’s a ‘Friendly’ Neo-Nazi Group
As if imposing a $900 penalty on every American household for Ukraine wasn’t enough, American politicians may surprise us further
US to Declare Azov’s a ‘Friendly’ Neo-Nazi Group
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FEMA Money For Maui Disaster Relief May Get Caught Up In A Partisan Fight Over Ukraine
FEMA Money For Maui Disaster Relief May Get Caught Up In A Partisan Fight Over Ukraine
But the effort to get a speedy appropriation has foundered after the Biden administration sought $12 billion in emergency funding that would extend disaster relief programs while simultaneously requesting some $24.1 billion in military spending for Ukraine in the same package.
That means that funding Hawaii’s needs for Maui’s recovery has been tied to funding to back Ukraine’s military, an increasingly unpopular topic in some Republican circles. When the House passed its fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill early this summer, a contingent of several dozen House Republicans sought to prohibit additional U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
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Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’
Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’
Now, taking a page from DeSantis, Congress is considering inserting an amendment into the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban visa holders from targeted countries from making certain agricultural purchases. These restrictions would apply to all 50 states, and be based solely on national heritage. This is wrong and legislators must reject it.
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Aussies, US agree to joint intel center, co-production of GMLRS
Adding a new layer to their already extensive intelligence cooperation, Australia and the United States will create a new Combined Intelligence Center–Australia within Australia’s Defense Intelligence Organization by 2024.
Aussies, US agree to joint intel center, co-production of GMLRS
US Announces $345 Million in Unprecedented Military Aid for Taiwan
The weapons are being provided through the presidential drawdown authority, the primary way the US has been arming Taiwan
US Announces $345 Million in Unprecedented Military Aid for Taiwan
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China slams first US military aid to Taiwan island under Presidential Drawdown Authority
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities’ stubborn insistence on the secessionist position of “Taiwan independence,” attempting to seek “independence” by relying on the US and by using force, begging for US arms sales or military aid, and enhancing military collusion with the US are moves that are making Taiwan a powder keg and ammunition depot, and have increased the danger and risk of a conflict in the Taiwan Straits, Chen said.
If the DPP is allowed to follow this path to the end, the youth will only become cannon fodder, the spokesperson said.
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But no matter how “Taiwan independence” forces collude with external interference forces, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is fully capable of crushing their attempts in seeking “independence” or resisting reunification by force, Wei said.
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