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CNO- Non-Provocative Navy

| June 8, 2023 | 36 Comments
CNO- Non-Provocative Navy

Chief of Naval Operations Gilday Navy Should Be ‘In the Way,’ But ‘Non-Provocative,’ CNO Says Speaking less than a week after an “unsafe maritime interaction” with China in the Taiwan Strait, Adm. Mike Gilday said the U.S. wants “things to remain stable and predictable.” Caitlin Kenny The U.S. Navy must stay forward and “in the […]

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Milley Receives France’s Highest End-of-Tour Medal

| June 6, 2023 | 75 Comments
Milley Receives France’s Highest End-of-Tour Medal

The National Order of the Legion of Honour- French Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur was created by Napoleon Bonaparte as a general military and civil order of merit. Awardees of the Legion are both French citizens and foreigners- civilian and military- irrespective of rank, birth, or religion. Admission into this order, which can be […]

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SECDEF CANXS Gay Pride Drag Show

| June 1, 2023 | 29 Comments
SECDEF CANXS Gay Pride Drag Show

Nellis AFB Pentagon leaders cancel drag show at a Nevada Air Force base Air Force leaders approved the show at Nellis AFB in celebration of Pride Month, but Defense Secretary Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley said no. By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains Defense Department leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show […]

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Rand Vet Survey Results and The Narrative

| May 23, 2023 | 29 Comments
Rand Vet Survey Results and The Narrative

We owe the men and women of the Department of Defense an environment free of extremist activities, and we owe our country a military that reflects the founding values of our democracy. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Memorandum, December 20, 2021 We all know what comes next. There’s something amiss though. Where are […]

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Pentagon- Personal Bio Monitoring Next

| May 2, 2023 | 38 Comments
Pentagon- Personal Bio Monitoring Next

Dr. Lightbulb, Defense Innovation Unit Military Expanding the Use of Fitness Trackers to Detect Disease Outbreaks Such as COVID-19 By Drew F. Lawrence The Pentagon is expanding the use of wearable fitness trackers to help predict outbreaks of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 as use of the technology, such as watches and rings, spreads in […]

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Security Long Gone, Pentagon Shuts Barn Door

| April 28, 2023 | 18 Comments
Security Long Gone, Pentagon Shuts Barn Door

Jack Douglas Teixeira Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira was charged in the U.S. District Court in Boston with unauthorized removal and retention of classified and national defense information. A magistrate is deciding the conditions of his detention, if any. Prosecutors said government records show that as early as February 2022, Teixeira “began to access […]

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Military’s Ongoing Recruiting Woes

| April 27, 2023 | 73 Comments
Military’s Ongoing Recruiting Woes

The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2024 budget is calling for 2,074,000 personnel in uniform. That number is some 13K fewer than was authorized last year but ~12K more than are currently serving. The disparity is blamed on a recruiting and retention environment adversely affected by a competitive job market, a dwindling pool of potential recruits, and […]

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Pentagon Denies Alien UFOs

| April 24, 2023 | 27 Comments
Pentagon Denies Alien UFOs

The Defense Department confirmed that leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken are indeed legitimate images of unexplained objects. Pentagon spox stated photos and videos of Unidentified Ariel Phenomena (UAP) objects characterized as “sphere” shaped, “acorn” shaped and one a “metallic blimp” flying through the clouds were taken by Navy personnel. The Unidentified […]

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