MONDAY PDB – As always, Democrats and their media minions have taken an off-the-cuff joke by Trump and turned it into a major controversy. Read what he said in context. He was kidding!
Trump belittles Medal of Honor award in campaign speech. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a “better” award than the Defense Department's Medal of Honor because service members have to sacrifice their lives or health to receive the military's highest honor.
This as he introduced a major Jewish supporter who he bestowed the Medal of Freedom to in 2018
OF COURSE – Harris campaign knocks Trump for saying civilian honor is better than Medal of Honor. Harris's campaign knocked Trump for his assertion that a civilian honor was better than the highest military honor, arguing that he knows nothing about service.
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
The case for an independent US Cyber Force. It is not just a strategic necessity but an inevitable progression in the evolution of military operations.
A memoir offers an insider's perspective into the Pentagon's UFO hunt. Luis Elizondo resigned in 2017 as a senior intelligence official running a shadowy Pentagon program investigating U.F.O.s and publicly denounced the excessive secrecy, lack of resources and internal opposition that he said were thwarting the effort.
ICE Pact: Why the US had to recruit help in its race with Russia, China for Arctic icebreakers. In late June, one of the Coast Guard's only two premier icebreakers, Polar Star, entered dry dock to undergo work that will extend its service life. Meanwhile, its other icebreaker, Healy, was preparing for its upcoming voyage to patrol the Arctic.
HOMELAND SECURITY
WTF is going on at U.S. bases? Guards, vehicle exchange gunfire at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. U.S. Air Force security forces exchanged gunfire with at least one occupant of a vehicle who opened fire at an entrance to the base early Saturday.
POLITICS
JD Vance, fellow Republicans attack Tim Walz's service record during Pa. campaign stop. Some attendees say they're also concerned about the nation's economy as the election looms.
Six veterans on Tim Walz's and JD Vance's military service. What do ‘stolen valor' and ‘at war' really mean? And what do veterans owe each other?
House GOP investigators accuse Biden of ‘impeachable conduct' in long-awaited report. It's unlikely to change the fact that Republicans don't have the votes to impeach the president.
US POWER OVERSEAS
WATCH – Amid rising tension, SECDEF Lloyd Austin orders submarine to the Middle East.
The US needs more pop-up air bases worldwide to keep enemies guessing. The U.S. Air Force completed the eight-day Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise on Aug. 10, bringing over 3,000 service members and more than 150 aircraft together in the Western U.S. and Eastern Pacific. These drills are critical to strengthening the Air Force's ability to operate in contested environments at all echelons, which is essential to deterring and defeating aggression in the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.
French frigate drills with US, Japanese forces in the Western Pacific, US sub tender ready for work on boats in Australia. The FS Bretagne (D655) earlier conducted a crew swap in Japan. Meanwhile, submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) will carry out a joint maintenance with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine when it arrives later in Australia.
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln leaves South China Sea, bound for Middle East. CVN-72 is now in the Indian Ocean.
Fifth US Navy destroyer expected to arrive in Spain this fall. It is the first of two additional U.S. Navy destroyers the Pentagon plans to deploy to Europe to expand NATO sea power.
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
How Israel killed a ghost. Hezbollah's commander Fuad Shukr lived a life so secret few knew his name or face before an airstrike killed him and helped put the Middle East on the brink of war.
Antony Blinken says US proposal is ‘maybe the last' chance for Gaza cease-fire. The Secretary of State will also meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a trip to Israel.
IRAN THREAT
From jump jets to satellites, Iran's nominee for defense minister outlines ambitious wish list. He is aiming to boost all services, notably highlighting development of “jump jets,” artificial intelligence, heavy destroyers and satellite capabilities.
US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal. U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 Iran-backed militants in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq. The assault marked the worst clashes in eastern Syria in nearly a year.
CHINA THREAT
Future of Taiwan is strategically important to America: US INDOPACOM chief. Preventing a forceful takeover of Taiwan by China is strategically important to America because the “knock-on” effects of such a conflict would foment global chaos and misery.
Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame. The collision damaged at least two vessels in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.
China ‘dramatically' alarmed by US missile deployment to the Philippines, warning it could destabilize the region. But Manila's top diplomat reassured his Chinese counterpart that the weaponry was only in the country temporarily.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Zelenskyy envisions buffer zone as Ukraine pushes into Kursk region. This, to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.
Ukraine's offensive derails secret efforts for partial cease-fire with Russia. The warring countries were set to hold indirect talks in Qatar on an agreement to halt strikes on energy and power infrastructure.
Russian marines capture group of 19 Ukrainian soldiers in Russia's Kursk region. The state RIA news agency described the Ukrainians as “saboteurs.”
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US and South Korea begin military drills aimed at strengthening their defense against nuclear-armed North Korea. The large-scale exercise Monday is aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities. North Korea again accused the allies of practicing an invasion.
SPACE THREAT
Hydrosat launches first payload to monitor hot spots on Earth. The remote sensing startup successfully launched its first temperature-taking sensor, designed to measure water scarcity — a capability that already has interest from the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Defense Science Board calls for greater commercial space tech adoption. This, following the Space Force's release this spring of its high-level strategy for better harnessing commercial off-the-shelf technology.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US-backed mission in Haiti struggles to take on gang violence. The Kenyan-led international police force that deployed to Haiti almost two months ago to defeat a powerful coalition of armed gangs is struggling.
Probe at German military base finds no evidence that the water supply was tampered with. This, two days after the facility was sealed off for hours over fears of possible sabotage.
US MILITARY
Soldiers work with Marines as the Corps ramps up its air defenses. They are trading notes on how to defend their airspace in an increasingly complex and threatening battlespace.
Air taxi in UAE next year: First aircraft delivered to US Air Force for evaluation. U.S.-based Archer Aviation will manufacture and operate its Midnight aircraft as an air taxi in UAE.
END of PDB
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