FRIDAY PDB – Barack Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ is finally here. It really got moving under Donald Trump but has been growing since.
As the largest-ever version of the joint military exercise known as Talisman Sabre nears its end this week, the Army has seen its own set of firsts that have converged in two specific units the service sees as leading its future approach to warfighting.
These new units take center stage in massive Pacific exercise.
MEANWHILE – Sprawling Pacific exercise revealed Air Force needs some doctrine ‘refresh.’ Following the Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) largest readiness exercise in its history held for the first time in the Indo-Pacific, officials are starting to unpack lessons learned, with the need to better coordinate logistics forces being at the top of the list.
AND LET’S NOT FORGET – US nuclear submarine visits Western Australia as allies increase defense preparedness. The nuke sub arrived on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defense ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia.
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:
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
In the military, physical fitness outranks gender ‘equity.’ Physical fitness is a cornerstone of military readiness. Historically, this quality has helped American servicemembers fight and win over numerically superior enemies.
BIDEN PAYBACK AGAINST GOP SENATOR TUBERVILLE – Rogers demands Pentagon comply with Space Command inquiry. House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., threatened to subpoena the Defense Department for documents and interviews related to the Air Force’s decision to base U.S. Space Command Headquarters in Colorado.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Artificial Intelligence (AI) flies XQ-58A Valkyrie drone. Artificial intelligence software successfully flew an XQ-58A Valkyrie drone, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced.
CHINA THREAT
Two US sailors charged with sharing military info with China. Two San Diego-based sailors have been arrested and charged with providing sensitive military information to China, U.S. federal officials announced.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Wagner fighters seek to unsettle NATO’s eastern flank, Polish PM says. Wagner soldiers have begun training with the Belarus national army, prompting Poland to start moving more than 1,000 troops closer to the border. On Tuesday it accused Belarus of violating its airspace with military helicopters.
2 US military veterans killed in Ukraine during intense fighting. The two men were killed while helping their teammates maneuver.
Russia doubles 2023 defense spending plan as war costs soar. Its new defense spending target is more than $100 billion – a third of all public expenditure – as the costs of the war in Ukraine spiral and place growing strain on Moscow’s finances.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 527. Russian shelling injured eight people and damaged the landmark St Catherine’s Cathedral in the city of Kherson.
Ukraine says it launched July attack on bridge to Crimea. Ukraine’s military confirmed it launched an attack on Russia’s bridge over the Kerch Strait last month.
Russian warship damaged after Ukraine attacks Novorossiysk naval base, sources say. The warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea navy base, after Russia said it had fended off the attack.
Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson. Until last year it held the remains of Prince Grigory Potemkin, an 18th-century Russian military commander who encouraged Catherine the Great to expand the Russian Empire into what is now southern Ukraine.
Russia targets neighbor Kazakhstan with army recruitment ads. Advertisements offering an immediate payment of over $5,000 for joining the Russian army have begun popping up on the screens of Kazakh internet users amid the escalating Ukrainian conflict.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
White House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke last week to North Korean officials during a visit to Pyongyang about increasing the sale of munitions to Moscow for use in Ukraine.
IRAN THREAT
US may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz. This would be an unprecedented action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels.
SPACE THREAT
Enhancing ‘lethality’: First Space Force ‘operations’ doctrine cements role within Joint Force. Space Doctrine Publication 3.0, crafted by STARCOM, provides baseline definitions for offensive, defensive, and “mobility and logistics” ops.
Navy safely recovers mock space capsule off San Diego in big step toward sending humans to the moon. With NASA preparing to put boots on the moon by 2025, the Navy did its part by safely recovering a capsule and four stand-in crew members numerous times last week.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Iowa governor taps COVID funds to send troops to Mexico border. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is the latest GOP state leader to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, deploying 109 Guardsmen to Texas Wednesday.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Marine guards remain at US embassy in Niger amid partial evacuation. The Marines will remain there as the U.S. evacuates all but essential staff because of a coup in the country.
Ethiopia declares state of emergency following militia clashes. The clashes are in the Amhara region between the military and local Fano militiamen.
Lebanon warns army may intervene if Palestinian faction clashes continue. Prime Minister Mikati told Palestinian President Abbas the clashes were a ‘flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty.’
US MILITARY
Marine Corps now has unit in Indo-Pacific flying Reaper drones. A Marine squadron has become the only Marine unit in the Indo-Pacific to reach an early operational milestone with MQ-9 Reaper drones.
US Air Force eyes advance procurement to more quickly make E-7 planes. With pressure to field its upcoming fleet of E-7A ‘AWACS’ battlefield management aircraft as quickly as possible, the service is leaning heavily on advance procurement.
Here’s how Air Force special ops ‘power projection wings’ will work. Air Force Special Operations Command’s new network of so-called “power projection wings” is starting to come to fruition.
California’s the only state that fully taxes military pensions. This bill would change that. Californians, like all Americans, have a moral obligation to care for those among us who have served and sacrificed so much for the nation.
END of PDB
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Wonder if our military bothers to tell Biden what they’re up to. He probably ain’t got a clue.