MACHESNEY PARK — Soldiers and their families and friends filled the Harlem High School gymnasium on Thursday for a ceremony to recognize their service and sacrifice ahead of an overseas deployment that could last about a year.
160 Soldiers From Machesney Park-Based Illinois Army National Guard Unit To Deploy Overseas
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Biden Gives Ukraine More Cluster Bombs And Ukraine Operations Will Be Exempt From Potential Government Shutdown
President Biden on Thursday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and announced a new tranche of US military aid for Ukraine that includes more cluster bombs, which are notorious for killing and maiming civilians.
Biden Gives Ukraine More Cluster Bombs During Zelensky Visit
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Pentagon Exempts Ukraine Operations from Potential Government Shutdown
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
Ukrainian Power Outages, the US 101st Airborne, and Russia’s Next Big Move
Oct 23, 2022 – Update on Russian operations against Ukraine for October 23, 2022
– Russian missile and drone strikes continue targeting and crippling Ukraine’s power grid,
– Ukraine is attempting to target a major dam at Nova Kakhkovka to flood the Dnieper River and disrupt Russian supply lines to Kherson city;
– Western analysts admit Ukraine is in a critical situation and risks being completely cut off from its Western sponsors;
– The US is putting pieces in place to set up a buffer zone in Ukraine to prevent Russian forces from taking western Ukraine and perhaps even Odesa to prevent what’s left of Ukraine from becoming landlocked.
Ukrainian Power Outages, the US 101st Airborne, and Russia’s Next Big Move (Odysee) via The New Atlas
FYI, the 101st Airborne has been in Romania since at least July.
Ukrainian president wants “U.S. power” to drive Russia out of Crimea, Donbass
Two Army brigade deployments to Mideast and Europe announced
NATO Summit To Discuss Ukraine’s Membership Next Month. Nuland Accompanies Blinken to Kiev.
NATO Summit To Discuss Ukraine’s Membership Next Month. Nuland Accompanies Blinken to Kiev.
A statement by Polish President Andrzej Duda below hints at what may well be the larger plan. Should Ukraine with American and NATO support launch a full-scale offensive in the Donbass, diversionary actions by the four Baltic NATO members could target Belarus and Kaliningrad to throw Russia off balance.
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