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POLITICS
After election wins, the number of vets in Congress is going up. The number of veterans elected to Congress will increase next session, only the third time that has happened in the past five decades.
How will the midterms affect the military? The Nov. 8 elections could herald substantive changes for the military — find out what a shift in power might mean for you.
‘Step away from the uniform’ — Army Reserve chief reminds soldiers of rules for political campaigns. “Does it have camouflage and your name on it? Does it have your rank on it? Then you can’t be wearing it.”
NATIONAL SECURITY
Judge tosses retired Army officer’s lawsuit against Trump’s son. Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment case, filed suit earlier this year in federal court.
Biden to discuss North Korea nuclear threat with Japan, South Korea leaders. President Joe Biden will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol during an upcoming trip to Asia to discuss how to stem North Korea’s nuclear program, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Saildrone to expand its seabed mapping missions in Atlantic, Pacific. Saildrone, a U.S. manufacturer of small and medium unmanned surface vessels (USVs), expects an increase in the number of seabed reconnaissance missions its platforms will carry out in 2023 across the Atlantic, Pacific and the Middle East, said CEO Richard Jenkins.
HOMELAND SECURITY
No ‘specific or credible’ cyber attacks hurt election’s integrity, CISA says. Despite “a handful” of DDoS attacks targeting state and local election websites and some technical glitches affecting voting equipment, CISA says it saw “no activity” that should undermine faith in the election results.
Navy engineer, wife sentenced in submarine spy case. A Navy engineer and his wife have been given lengthy prison terms for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear submarines.
CHINA THREAT
Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war. President says China in an ‘unstable and uncertain’ security situation amid tensions over Taiwan. Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.
China’s Beidou satellite navigation system gets a stronger foothold in the West. China’s answer to GPS is now more powerful than ever, thanks to 2 ground stations in North America. As Beidou satellite system grows, so do government worries the technology could be used as a spy tool
UK Navy should ‘export’ A2/AD ‘bubbles’ to Indo-Pacific partners to fend off China: Report. A leading UK think tank says the British Navy should offload some anti-access/anti-denial operations to regional partners in order to maintain commitments elsewhere.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia says it’s withdrawing troops from key Ukrainian city. Russia’s military announced it’s withdrawing from Kherson, but Ukrainian authorities cautioned against considering the retreat a done deal.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 260. Russia ordered its forces to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital seized by President Vladimir Putin’s troops since the war began. The move signals a potentially huge blow to Russia’s campaign in the country.
100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine: US general. More than 100,000 Russian military personnel killed or wounded in Ukraine, with Kyiv’s forces likely suffering a similar figure, top American general says.
Pentagon: Russia has likely lost half its tanks in Ukraine. Russia has likely lost half its tanks, used up most of its precision-guided weapons and suffered tens of thousands of casualties so far in its war against Ukraine, the Pentagon’s top policy official said Tuesday.
“Wonder weapons” will not win Russia’s war. Russia’s turn to kamikaze drones is premised on a flawed strategy.
Why the Russian retreat from Kherson is so significant. Adolf Hitler was notorious during the German invasion of the Soviet Union for refusing to give his troops permission to retreat even when that was the only tactical move that made any sense. Even when the Red Army was encircling the German Sixth Army outside Stalingrad in late 1942, the Fuehrer refused permission for his troops to stage a breakout. “I won’t go back from the Volga!” he shouted.
American veterans race to train Ukrainian soldiers as war with Russia sweeps more troops into battle. On the last day of February, four days after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former U.S. Army Ranger Patrick Creed walked up to the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and knocked on the door.
‘Unconventional’ delivery of US airpower in Arctic tailored to serve notice to Russia. U.S. special operations forces flying over the Arctic on Wednesday rolled a long-range missile out the back of a C-130 aircraft, dropping it by parachute before it blasted toward its target in the distance.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
GETTING OLD – North Korea fires ballistic missile toward eastern sea. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern sea on Wednesday, extending a recent barrage of weapons demonstrations.
IRAN THREAT
Iran’s ballistic missiles and the folly of appeasement. When regime-backed Houthi rebels fired on a base housing U.S. soldiers, Team Biden deflected.
Israel hits suspected Iran weapons convoy in Syria with airstrikes. The attack destroyed several vehicles and killed at least 10 people, say people familiar with the matter
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
The US military plan to keep ISIS down: Infrastructure. The focus may be on the midterms and the Russia-Ukraine war, but the Pentagon is quietly starting to build infrastructure in Syria for a long-haul fight with the Islamic State.
France sets its military goals as war is back in Europe. President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that France’s military strategy must strengthen the country as an independent, respected nuclear-armed power through the end of the decade, warning against a risk of escalation and other global effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Somalia army, allied militia kill 20 al Shabaab fighters in latest offensive. Somalia’s army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest onslaught against the group.
Bahrain to receive first batch of Block 70 F-16s in early 2024. The Royal Bahraini Air Force will receive its first batch of four F-16 Block 70 aircraft by the first half of 2024, following a COVID-19-related delay, commander of the air force Maj. Gen. Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Khalifah told Breaking Defense.
US MILITARY
Makin Island ARG, 13th MEU quietly deploy to Indo-Pacific. Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), the flagship of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, left Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, USNI News has learned.
Exclusive: Inside the ongoing ‘evolution’ of Army special operations. The distinctive patch of the Army’s Special Forces units dates back to 1955, when Capt. John W. Fry of the 77th Special Forces Group reportedly submitted a design he felt reflected the new units’ all-domain mission.
VETERANS
Free lifetime National Parks passes are coming for veterans and Gold Star Families. All U.S. veterans and Gold Star family members will be able to get a free lifetime entrance pass for federal parks and recreation sites nationwide starting Nov. 11.
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Our military leaders and the 3 branches of government had better get their excrement in order and make America the nation with the greatest and strongest military might in the world.
I thoroughly agree. As old Ben Franklyn said, “We must study our history or we’re doomed to repeat it.” Obviously most of the people either don’t remember 7 December, 1941 or they simply haven’t studied their history. We weren’t prepared then and we aren’t prepared now.
True but without a major change in the Pentagon political hacks doing anything other than rolling over….and as to the other branches of government the only thing I can say is that we’ve nothing but more corruption for so many decades it’s ridiculous as they don’t act like representatives but dictators who are always after what I say goes.