Trump And Hegseth Will Transform US Military

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – From women in combat to transgenders in the services to abortion and flag officer promotions – How Trump and his Defense Secretary nominee could change the US military and the challenges they might face.

How generals and admirals get promoted now and how that may change under President-elect Donald Trump. He may take a far more direct role in shaping the military’s general officer corps.

JUST DO IT! – Trump reportedly weighs immediate discharge of all 15,000 transgender troops. Here’s what that would mean.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.

Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:   

NATIONAL SECURITY

NEED TO MITIGATE THIS – Musk’s government roles create ‘clear avenues for serious conflicts of interest’. He leads a company that has more than $10 billion in government contracts and is also the face of a new body aimed at getting rid of government waste. He wants to win new space launch and satellite contracts with the U.S. Space Force and intelligence community.

POLITICS

Republicans push back against Democrats’ claims that Trump intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard is compromised by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria’s president.

HOMELAND SECURITY/LAW ENFORCEMENT

Presidents both Republican and Democrat have sent troops to the California border before. Could this time be different? They have called on military support in San Diego and elsewhere many times over the years to assist with border security tasks, from surveillance to reinforcing barriers.

Former Navy officer ‘driven by greed’ steals over $850,000 in military gear and selling it to buyers in other countries.

Beyond TikTok — the national security risks of Chinese agricultural drones. While Washington fixates on TikTok’s potential to share personal data with Chinese intelligence, a far more dangerous data-collecting technology is quite literally flying under the radar.

US POWER OVERSEAS

US forces are under regular attacks by Iranian-backed terrorists at base near Syrian government airfield.

Carrier USS Harry S. Truman now in the Mediterranean after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Drones spotted near 3 bases used by US Air Force in England. The drones were spotted between Wednesday and Friday near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell.

How do Americans train with NATO in the Arctic? See how these troops do it

NASA aerial image reveals lost US military base in Arctic — ‘city under the ice.’

IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WARS

Israel launches major strikes on Beirut as cabinet discusses Hezbollah ceasefire deal. The proposed 60-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah is based on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah but which was never fully implemented.

CHINA THREAT

How to stop the US and China from sliding into war. Increasing tensions between China and several of its neighbors — including U.S. allies and partners from Japan to Taiwan, the Philippines, and India — have resulted in escalating incidents involving military and paramilitary forces that threaten to draw Washington and Beijing into a direct confrontation.

US troops may deploy to Japanese, Philippine islands and dig in if China invades Taiwan.

US military to arm the Philippines with more advanced sea-surveillance drones as part of an effort to bolster an ally threatened by China’s territorial claims and growing maritime power.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why US should maintain support based on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals – and expressing cautious optimism that he may act faster and more decisively than Joe Biden.

Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles hit airfield in Russia for the first time. The Khalino airfield is about 60 miles from the border.

New US air defense platoon drills in Romania amid ongoing drone incursions likely launched by Russia.

Estonia’s defense chief: Send Ukraine money for its own military production industry, not foreign troops.

IT’S BOTH! – With Trump looming, European defense ministers want to invest in military equipment. What matters is not how much NATO countries spend on arms and ammunition — but rather how they spend it, German and French defense ministers said.

NATO artillery units link up their fires in Europe’s snowy north roughly 100 kilometers from the Finnish-Russian border.

NORTH KOREA THREAT

Korean Peninsula facing new Cold War, says security panel. Kim Jong-Un is bent on the survival of the North Korean regime at all costs.

South Korea to disperse its F-35 stealth fighters at bases throughout the peninsula rather than at just one base, to better respond to North Korean threats.

US MILITARY

Lawmakers press Pentagon to re-ground V-22 Osprey tiltrotors over safety issues.

Navy pairing unmanned kamikaze drones with uncrewed robo-ships in new tactics.

New Marine Corps sniper rifle is officially operational. The Mk22 Mod 0 Advanced Sniper Rifle is a changeable, multi-barrel rifle to replace two existing long rifles and give shooters three caliber options within their main shooting platform.

END of PDB

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