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PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
HALLELUJA! – Pentagon prepares for series of GOP-led investigations. Pentagon officials have held multiple high-level meetings in recent months in preparation for a barrage of Republican-led House investigations into issues varying from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan withdrawal to what conservative lawmakers have deemed “woke” military policies, according to a senior defense official.
CONSERVATIVES DON'T LIKE ANTI-WHITE RACIST INDOCTRINATION, RADICAL TRANS BRAINWASHING, SOCIALISM MASQUERADING AS ‘EQUITY' AND OTHER EXTREMIST AGENDAS IMPOSED ON OUR TROOPS – What the right's war on ‘wokeness' in the military is really about. Congress just gave the military a staggering $858 billion for the coming year; if there's one thing the two parties agree on, it's that we should shovel as much money as possible at the Pentagon. Nevertheless, Republicans are convinced that the military is being rapidly destroyed from the inside by “wokeness,” a catchall term that refers to any development related to a social issue that conservatives don't like.
STOP TAXPAYER-FUNDED FEDERAL ABORTIONS – VA outlines rules for staff to opt out of abortion-related work. Veterans Affairs officials on Friday issued new memos clarifying the process for staffers to request religious exemptions to providing abortion-related services at department facilities but still emphasizing the importance of the resources as part of veterans' array of medical options.
POLITICS
GOP prepares to battle itself over defense spending. Less than two weeks after cementing another major increase to the Pentagon budget, lawmakers are now talking about going the opposite direction — and are even raising the specter of across-the-board cuts that rocked the establishment just over a decade ago.
Rep. Mark Green, (R-Tenn.) was selected to chair the Homeland Security Committee, vows to hold Biden's disastrous DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accountable. Green was picked over Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, who drew complaints from House GOP members last week for implying some of his conservative colleagues were “terrorists” for delaying the start of the new Congress.
NATIONAL SECURITY
OH, SO BIDEN DID IT TOO? – US attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank. Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington. The FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorney's inquiry.
‘We have nothing' to indicate that UFOs are aliens, defense official says. The Pentagon says it has no data to suggest unidentified anomalous phenomena come from outer space.
New worldwide threats prompt Pentagon to overhaul chem-bio defenses. The department is shifting its approach as new technology hits the battlefield.
CHINA THREAT
CHINA'S ‘SPACEX' – Chinese rocket startup Galactic Energy sends five satellites into space. Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, boosting the private company's ambition to become the Chinese rival to SpaceX.
China holds large-scale joint strike drills aimed at Taiwan. The exercises coincided with the visit of a group of German lawmakers who landed in Taiwan on Monday morning.
How the surface fleet can meet the Chinese challenge. After 30 years focused on maritime security in peacetime and defending carriers and amphibious ships in wartime, the US Navy's surface force is entering uncharted waters without a clear vision for the future and fielding a shrinking fleet that becomes less adaptable by the year.
UMMM, ISN'T THAT WHAT MARINES ARE FOR? – The US Army can be the Joint Force's contact layer in the Pacific. Team a multi-domain task force with U.S. Army Forces Japan to keep tabs on China, boost deterrence, and—if necessary—fight until reinforcements arrive.
REPEATING THIS NEWS FROM YESTERDAY BECAUSE ITS IMPORTANT – Think tank simulation predicts ‘heavy' losses on all sides, including US, if China invades Taiwan. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ran the simulation of a 2026 Chinese invasion of Taiwan exactly 24 times, drawing on historical data and operational research.
RUSSIA THREAT
Russian ship's secretive South Africa stop raises US suspicions. The Lady R and its owner are under Washington sanctions for alleged weapons shipments.
Russian warship holds drills in Norwegian Sea. A Russian warship armed with hypersonic cruise weapons has held exercises in the Norwegian Sea, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
UKRAINE WAR
PODCAST: Largest U.S. aid package yet to Ukraine. The U.S. announced its largest aid package yet to Ukraine.
Pentagon awards $40M ‘Vampire' contract for Ukraine's drone defenses. The Pentagon will send Ukraine “Vampire” counter-drone systems by mid-year, L3Harris Technologies announced Monday.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 321. A Russian missile hit a village market in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding four, including a 10-year-old girl. The Kremlin said it is confident about the defense ministry's statement that 600 Ukrainian soldiers had been “destroyed” in an attack on Kramatorsk.
Pentagon weighs sending Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine. If approved, the shipment would add to the number of armored infantry vehicles being sent to the front lines by multiple countries.
Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed. The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a rocket attack a week ago. Ukrainian officials denied there were any casualties.
Ukraine claims Russia is conscripting more fighters for an offensive, breaking its own ceasefire. The alleged conscription would target urban centers for as many as 500,000 fighters.
Without hesitation, Ukraine goes toe to toe with Russia in Bakhmut. Earlier in the war, Ukraine was more equivocal about the cost of pitched battles. But this time, there has been no second-guessing.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY – NATO, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA
In-demand Air Force jet boosts communications for troops in Middle East. The Air Force's new E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communication Node is now circling the skies over the Middle East, as the U.S. seeks to extend the range of communications for its own units and its military partners.
Add Israel to the Combined Maritime Forces and its Red Sea task force. Expanding CTF 153 and its parent organization, the Combined Maritime Forces, to include countries such as Israel can help secure crucial sea lines of communication.
Europeans wade into fighting seabed threats with drones and sensors. Shaken by an underwater explosion that ripped through the Nord Stream pipelines in September, European nations are waking up to the task of securing the ocean floors that house the continent's arteries of wealth.
NATO chief: Sweden has done what's needed to join alliance. It's time for Sweden to join NATO because it has done what's necessary to secure Turkey's approval for membership, the military alliance's secretary-general said Monday.
Facing US lawmaker concerns, Australian prime minister defends AUKUS sub efforts. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this weekend attempted to quell concerns that the AUKUS defense pact could be facing headwinds in Washington, telling reporters that the United States, United Kingdom and Australia all remain committed to the plan — even if he provided few details.
THE EVER-EXPANDING GLOBAL ALLIED F-35 NETWORK – Canada strikes deal to buy F-35s from Lockheed, as CF-18s retire. Canada on Monday announced plans to buy 88 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters for CA$19 billion (U.S. $14 billion).
FAR MORE DEADLY THAN THE CONSERVATIVE RIOT IN BRASILIA – At least 17 dead in anti-government protests in southern Peru. Clashes in city of Juliaca are the most deadly since unrest began when Pedro Castillo was removed early last month.
OVERHYPED – Brazil's democracy now facing its most crucial test: Will military intervene? Once again, observers of Brazilian politics have a sense of déjà vu. Since the election of Jair Bolsonaro two years after the election of Donald Trump, Brazilians have been living in a kind of U.S. political multiverse with a two-year delay. AND THE FAR LEFT CAN'T STAND IT.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Recon drones over North Korea did not violate armistice, South official says. South Korea sending surveillance drones into North Korea last month was an act of self-defense and not a violation of the 69-year-old armistice agreement between the two countries, a spokesman for the South's military said Monday.
SPACE
Space Force looking to extend laser communications to satellites in higher orbits. An RFI issued Jan. 4 asks for industry information on optical communications for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) orbits and higher. A likely application for MEO laser terminals are missile-detection satellites the Space Force and the Missile Defense Agency are currently developing as an additional layer to the U.S. missile-defense systems.
US MILITARY
US Navy considers Cold War-era squadrons to boost readiness. In 2009, the U.S. Navy faced a readiness crisis.
PROTECT THE BEACH! – AND INLAND – Can hybrid super reefs defend military bases? The U.S. military has an idea to save its seaside bases from some of their most relentless foes: flooding, erosion and storm surge.
How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet. The U.S. Air Force's rollout of its new B-21 Raider stealth bomber in December was just one piece of the puzzle in creating a future two-bomber fleet. The biggest changes are yet to come.
OORAH DEVIL DOG! Marine mascot gets a bump in rank. What's the Marine rank just above ‘very good boy?' The mascot Chesty XVI gets a treat for good behavior in the form of another stripe.
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Maybe as latrine orderly. He’d need a lot of training. Wonder if he could handle it ?
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