MONDAY PDB – Team Biden's plan to install a floating pier off the Gaza coast to supply Palestinians will endanger the U.S. service members who must build, operate and defend the structure from attack, military experts say, a risk with enormous political consequences for the president should calamity strike.
Biden's plan for Gaza pier endangers US troops. Skeptics fear the humanitarian operation will be an enticing target for Hamas or other terrorists.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
Navy makes shocking aircraft carrier decision while China threat rises. The Pentagon wants to slow down America's aircraft carriers. The Navy has a budget plan for new aircraft carriers that can launch drones, carry lasers and face down China, but Joe Biden's budget took out so much money that the whole aircraft carrier plan may fall apart.
Russian nexus revealed during 60 Minutes Havana Syndrome investigation into potential attacks on US officials. A lead U.S. military investigator said he believes U.S. officials are being attacked by Russia and that the U.S. government threshold to prove it was set impossibly high.
Former CENTCOM commander warns ISIS online radicalization among ‘most dangerous methods' for future attack. This, after more than 130 people were killed in a Moscow attack last week.
POLITICS
JUST DON'T VOTE! – Esper ‘definitely not voting for Trump,' leaves door open for Biden. Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he is not voting for his old boss but may vote for Joe Biden.
US signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel. Despite a widening rift with the Israeli government, Team Biden continues to authorize the transfer of 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons.
US plans trilateral summit with Japan, South Korea in July. It is arranging a summit between Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington.
The VA and DoD don't have a funding problem. They have a mismanagement crisis. The $328 billion 2024 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest in agency history. Joe Biden's 2025 budget for the VA asks for yet another increase to $369 billion.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Marines back in Australia during six months of training across South Pacific. They have returned to northern Australia to train as an air-ground task force across the continent and in the Philippines and Indonesia.
Preparing for a China war, the Marines are retooling how they'll fight. U.S. troops are preparing for conflict on an island-hopping battlefield across Asia, against an enemy force that has home-field advantage.
New NATO members prompt US Army to revisit ‘high north' (Arctic) stock locations. The service is also crafting a plan and working the diplomatic channels to gain new agreements for Army prepositioned stock sites in the Indo-Pacific region.
Missile-finding Space Force unit in Qatar ‘almost certain' to have saved lives. A Space Force unit recently stood up in the Middle East is making its mark by giving a heads-up to U.S. troops being targeted by enemy missiles.
Air Mobility commander pushes for connectivity for outdated mobility fleet. The general said he wishes his planes were better able to communicate as the command delivers aid to Gaza.
IRAN THREAT
Navy fends off Houthi drone attack for second day in a row. U.S. forces in the Middle East took out a wave of attack drones launched over the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
CHINA THREAT
China's Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms. China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine's energy system. The large-scale attack was launched Friday.
Putin signs decree on spring military conscription. Vladimir Putin is calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service.
France will deliver hundreds of armored vehicles to Ukraine. This, by the beginning of next year as part of a new package of military aid for the country that just entered its third year of war against Russian invasion.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Nordic nations ponder military changes with NATO in mind. With all Nordic countries now part of NATO, the nations must manage how to integrate national as well as regional security initiatives with alliance needs, which could require changes to existing command structures.
In Poland, jets return to the road – with Italian friends in tow. Italian Eurofighters, as well one of Poland's Turkish-made TB2 drones, joined Poland's fleet of Su-22s and MiG-29s on doing road landings during a recent exercise.
France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge. It has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Olympics this summer.
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack. It warned of a potential major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month.
US MILITARY
National Guard wish list would restore fighters cut from 2025 budget. The National Guard's budgetary wish list would restore the dozen fighters and allow the service to buy all of the F-15EXs it originally planned.
Contractor guardians? Space Force considers commercial help for operations. It may use civilians or even contractors to help conduct operations, as the service sorts out how to best manage its small workforce.
UGGHHH – Navy unveils new culture campaign to show ‘what right looks like.' The Navy rolled out a new effort this month to reframe Navy culture and provide leaders the right tools to understand their sailors better.
101st Airborne first Army unit to field Next Generation Squad Weapons.
AND THEY JUST LOOK BETTER – Soldiers at Fort Bliss now authorized to wear ‘boonie hats.' The wide-brimmed floppy hats protect soldiers' face, neck, and ears from the sun.
Could you keep your cool swimming under a sheet of ice? See Navy divers plunge into Arctic water.
Maryland National Guard's Aquatic Response Team aids rescue efforts at downed Baltimore bridge.
Ride along for aerial gunnery training aboard a Black Hawk helicopter.
END of PDB
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