THURSDAY PDB – Top military officials questioned over drag shows on military bases. The military’s top uniformed officer suggested he does not support ‘woke’ drag shows hosted on military bases, something that has reportedly been done for years to ‘boost morale and show support for LGBTQ members’ of the military, but which has rightfully come under attack by Republicans.
I DON’T RECALL ‘MORALE BOOSTING’ DRAG SHOWS – EVER – WELL, MAYBE AS COMEDY ON SHIP WITH NAVY!
MEANWHILE – Transgender vets call for more protections from Congress, VA. Advocates want VA to move ahead with plans to provide ‘gender-affirming’ (genital mutilation) surgery to transgender veterans, a policy change first promised by Team Biden in 2021.
BUT MOST BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE NO TAXPAYER-FUNDED GENITAL MUTILATION. TRY THERAPY FOR ‘GENDER DYSPHORIA’ INSTEAD.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of other developing stories.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
TWO-WAR THREAT RISING – China willing to work with Russian military on several fronts – Chinese defense ministry. Its military was willing to work together with the Russian military to strengthen strategic communication and coordination, the Chinese defense ministry said.
Senate votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations. It’s the first significant movement on the issue in years, and it comes just days after the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The global nuclear energy market is a geopolitical battleground. Competition with Russia and China is no longer a game of Monopoly; it’s a game of Risk.
OVERCLASSIFICATION IS A REAL PROBLEM – Classifying information for no good reason is hurting military effectiveness, report warns. Combat operations and cooperation with allied forces may be hindered by the U.S. government’s penchant for over classifying information.
CHINA THREAT
China threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader. The CHICOM threat came if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan’s president during her upcoming trip through Los Angeles.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia to upgrade Moscow’s missile defenses by year’s end. It will finish modernizing the missile defense systems protecting its capital by the end of the year, according to its defense minister.
Pentagon leaders still say ‘no’ to F-16s, MQ-9s for Ukraine. Top defense officials dismissed the notion that the U.S. would provide aircraft—manned or unmanned—anytime soon to Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 400. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Kyiv, saying “we are ready to see him here.” The two leaders have not spoken since Russia invaded Ukraine, though Xi visited Moscow last week and China has proposed a roadmap to peace in Ukraine.
UN agency warns of rising combat near Ukraine nuclear plant. The head of the atomic energy watchdog crossed into war-ravaged Ukraine to visit Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and warned that it was easy to see evidence of intensified fighting in the area that poses a threat to the facility’s safety.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, South Korean marines resume amphibious training after five-year lull. Dozens of U.S. Marines and their South Korean counterparts stormed a beachhead Wednesday near this port city on South Korea’s southeastern coast for a military exercise on a scale not seen in five years.
SPACE THREAT
Space Force is building a virtual training ground for space conflict. The U.S. chief of space operations notes China’s efforts to jam and intercept orbiting satellites.
Space Development Agency readies launch of first satellites for comms, missile tracking. The 10 satellites, which will be lofted on a reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB) to low Earth orbit (LEO), are the first batch of the Tranche 0 constellation, building blocks of America’s resilient space strategy.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
New Zealand defense minister says military needs more resources amid growing challenges. Its military will require big investment as it faces new challenges and greater expectations from regional allies, the country’s new defense minister said.
More Air Force stealth fighters from Alaska arrive on Okinawa to replace retiring F-15s. F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighters touched down at Kadena Air Base this week as part of a rotating force of advanced fighters replacing the F-15 Eagles.
Israeli F-35 jets join Red Flag exercise for first time. It sent its modified F-35I Adir fighter jets for the first time to the American-led Red Flag exercise in Nevada, which ran March 12-24.
BIDEN’S AFGHAN DISASTER
THANKS, JOE – The complicated and messy task of trying to aid Afghans following the return of the Taliban. Images of Afghans clinging to the landing gear of an American cargo plane rocked the world as the Taliban closed in on Kabul and two decades of fighting in Afghanistan ended for U.S. troops.
US MILITARY
Army has a ‘gigantic problem’ with logistics in the Indo-Pacific. It must adapt its approach to logistics to prepare for an adversary such as China, and the service is taking steps to tackle the challenge, standing up a team tasked to develop capability that will enable troops and large amounts of equipment to deploy even in constantly contested environments.
TRAGIC – Several casualties reported after 2 Blackhawk helicopters with 101st Airborne Division crash in Kentucky. A pair of helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have crashed in southwestern Kentucky, resulting in “several casualties,” including nine reportedly dead.
END of PDB
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