SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PDB – Biden picks CQ Brown to be Joint Chiefs chairman. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown will replace Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. CAN HE BE WORSE THAN MILLEY? – YES HE CAN.
IF RACE WILL BE THE FOCUS OF HIS TENURE – HE DESERVES TO BE CHALLENGED – CQ Brown's confirmation hearing will get nasty. The right hated the “woke” Gen. Milley [FOR GOOD REASON]. Wait 'til they meet a general who has fought racism for years.
Brown's video during the violent Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots has some people worried.
MESSAGE TO BROWN – Pushing neo-Marxist Critical Race Theory (CRT) and transgenderism on our military is not the way forward.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
POLITICS
A REAL AND BIG PROBLEM – Bipartisan senators call for probe into reports of price gouging by defense contractors. They sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week urging him to investigate reports of systematic price gouging by defense contractors.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
GOOD – ENOUGH, ALREADY! – Senator's bill targets drag performances on military base. A drag queen story hour and drag show on Malmstrom Air Force Base nearly two years ago has prompted U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) to push for a ban on “adult cabaret performances” on military installations.
HOMELAND SECURITY
HE IS GUILTY – BUT 18 YEARS? – Army vet, Oath Keepers leader gets 18 years for plotting Jan. 6 attack. A federal judge Thursday sentenced Stewart Rhodes the toughest sentence yet following the Capitol riot.
Tennessee pledges 100 National Guard troops to border mission in Texas. Gov. Bill Lee authorized 100 Guard troops to deploy along the Texas border with Mexico following a border briefing with other Republican governors.
NATIONAL SECURITY
CHINA AND RUSSIA WON'T PAUSE – Pentagon won't pause pursuit of AI, CIO says. The U.S. public and private sectors cannot afford to pause their pursuits of artificial intelligence, as some have called for, amid an international race for technological supremacy.
Intelligence community (IC) needs integration officer, DIA's chief says. The IC needs an overarching integration officer to help collaborate on complex challenges that cut across organizations, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency director.
Biden seeks legislation to invest in Australia, UK defense industries. Team Biden is asking Congress to make the Australian and British industrial bases eligible for grants and loans under the Defense Production Act as part of the trilateral AUKUS agreement.
The AI side of AUKUS: UK reveals ground-breaking, allied tech demo. The AI trial saw a wide range of air and ground vehicles tasked with testing target identification capabilities, as the allies cope with a “rapidly evolving” strategic environment.
CHINA THREAT
U.K. Royal Navy ‘distressed and concerned' by illegal Chinese salvage of WWII wrecks. An illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warship wrecks off the coast of Malaysia for scrap steel, aluminum and brass fittings, prompting a statement of concern from the Royal Navy.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Belarus president says of other countries that want to join the Union State of Belarus and Russia – there can be ‘nuclear weapons for everyone.' He added that Western countries left Belarus with no choice but to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of its strategic deterrence to counter a proxy war against Moscow.
Why the Wagner boss is saying Russia could lose the war. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin once again amplified his public rift with Russian leadership, saying the war in Ukraine had backfired and the Kremlin risked facing a revolution.
Pentagon says allies will unite to train Ukrainians on F-16s. But in addition to training, Ukraine will need to be able to sustain and maintain the aircraft and have enough munitions.
Russian private army chief says handing off Bakhmut to main army. The head of the Wagner Group claimed Thursday that his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military, days after he said Wagner troops had captured the ruined city.
Videos of Ukrainian drone boats swarming a Russian target end in explosion, mystery. Explosive-laden drone boats are now a big thing.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, South Korea troops hold large live-fire drills. The two militaries conducted drills near the border with North Korea.
South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite. It successfully launched this satellite for the first time Thursday as part of its growing space program, as North Korea is pushing to place its first military spy satellite into orbit.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
French Land Forces chief: How France's army is transforming for the modern era. Lt. Gen. Bertrand Toujouse lays out the modernization plans for his service, as France looks towards the era of Great Power Competition.
US MILITARY
Boeing's Ghost Bat loyal wingman drone spotted hanging in US. While this unmanned Ghost Bat was housed not far from an Air Force base, it's unclear if testing has finally begun.
SAD AND DISCOURAGING – Navy SEAL training plagued by pervasive problems; investigation shows. A nearly 200-page Navy report identified widespread failures in medical care, poor oversight, and some candidates' use of performance-enhancing drugs.
END of PDB
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How WOKE is Biden’s new pick for this, that, and everything else?
Is this a trick question?
I would not put this officer in charge of a Boy Scout Troop.
I was in the AF for 23 years and can safely say that I would be ashamed to have him as Chief of Staff and would have resigned before I truly wanted to.