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Esper out as SecDef
In a move that I don’t think surprised anyone, Mark Esper is the latest to receive the “You’re fired” from President Trump. Christopher Miller has been named acting SecDef. The announcement marks a meteoric rise for Miller, who served in the Army from 1987 through 2014, over the last year. From 2018 to 2019, Miller […]
Go Ahead: Make My Day
Oh, here we go: The next SecDef should be a woman, per the author of the Op-Ed. Okay, but only if they leave out that grandstanding dink person Duckworth. The SecDef job is not an opportunity to puff yourself off for the next election. https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/11/08/the-next-secretary-of-defense-should-be-a-woman/ From the article: The ideal candidate for the post would […]
Trump says US troops in Afghanistan will be home by Christmas
The KoB sent in this article from Fox News; President Trump took to Twitter Wednesday night to announce that the “remaining number” of the American troops stationed in Afghanistan will be home before the end of the year. “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home […]
SECDEF: Navy needs to have more than 500 ships by 2045
ninja sends us this article from Stars and Stripes. In the article, SecDef Mark Esper provides more details on his plan for a 500-ship Navy, which we first talked about a few weeks back. The Navy wants to double its number of submarines as part of a modernization plan to build more than 500 ships […]
US Troops’ Iraq drawdown complete
That warmongering Nazi in the White House continues to keep promises to get our men and women out of the sandy quagmires. The U.S. military has completed its drawdown from about 5,200 to fewer than 3,000 troops in Iraq, said Army Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and […]
Pentagon’s plan to rearrange forces in Europe gets the third degree from both sides of the aisle
Jeff LPH 3 sends this one in. Military Times is reporting on a hearing the House Armed Services Committee is conducting into the Pentagon’s plan to pull 12,000 or so troops out of Germany. Some would be relocated to other countries like Belgium and Italy. More than half of the 12,000 would be reassigned stateside. […]
The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal
Don’t go getting all excited that we’ll be pulling the Iowa-class out of mothballs again to rain shells the size of sedans down on our enemies. They’re talking 500 ships, a massive increase from the current goal of 355, but smaller ships. SECDEF Esper is even saying “lightly manned” ships that will eventually be unmanned. […]
Military services working to remove all identifying information from promotions processes
ninja sends us this article from Stars and Stripes. Top leaders for each of the Defense Department’s military services are working to remove all personal identifying information from promotions packets, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday. The top uniformed officers and the civilian secretaries of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force have […]
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