DOD: Climate Change ‘Essential Element’ of Foreign Policy, National Security
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday it is assembling a “climate working group” following President Joe Biden’s executive order.
“Yesterday the secretary established the Department of Defense climate working group to support Executive Order 14008, which identified climate considerations as an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security,” Pentagon Press Secretary Mike Kirby said at a briefing.
“Mr. Joe Bryan, special assistant to the secretary for climate, will be the working group chair,” Kirby said. “The climate working group will be the primary form to do a couple of things. One, to coordinate department responses to the executive order and subsequent climate- and energy-related directives.”
“And two, track the implementation of actions and progress against future goals,” Kirby said. “We’re going to post the establishment memo on defense.gov.”
Tech Crunch reported more details about the new working group:
Bryan, who previously served as deputy assistant to the Secretary of the Navy for Energy under the Obama administration, will oversee a group intended to coordinate the Department’s responses to Biden’s recent executive order and subsequent climate and energy-related directives and track implementation of climate and energy-related actions and progress, according to a statement.
The Department of Defense controls the purse strings for hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending and is a huge consumer of electricity, oil and gas, and industrial materials. Any steps it takes to improve the efficiency of its supply chain, reduce the emissions profile of its fleet of vehicles, and use renewable energy to power operations could make a huge contribution to the commercialization of renewable and sustainable technologies and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Pentagon is already including security implications of climate change in its risk analyses, strategy development and planning guidance, according to the statement, and is including those risk analyses in its installation planning, modeling, simulation and war gaming, and the National Defense Strategy.
“Whether it is increasing platform efficiency to improve freedom of action in contested logistics environments, or deploying new energy solutions to strengthen resilience of key capabilities at installations, our mission objectives are well-aligned with our climate goals,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. “The department will leverage that alignment to modernize the force, strengthen our supply chains, identify opportunities to work closely with allies and partners, and compete with China for the energy technologies that are essential to our future success.”
This is all in accordance with the “Uniter-In-Chief” unilateral royal edicts executive orders. On that topic, since Jan 20, 2021 Biden has issued 37 executive orders. This doesn’t count other forms of administrative directives. It’s been seven weeks since he took office, so that means he’s issued on average five a week. If he keeps this pace, which he shows absolutely no sign of slowing down, he’ll issue 137 in his first year alone.
For context, Biden’s already written as many EOs as Trump did in all of 2019 and more than Obama did in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017.
Trump wrote 55 in 2017, 37 in 2018, 45 in 2019, 69 in 2020, and 14 during the waning days of his term in 2021. Obama wrote 38 in 2009, 36 in 2010, 34 in 2011, 39 in 2012, 20 in 2013, 31 in 2014, 29 in 2015, 42 in 2016 (10 of those after the election), and just 7 in 2017. Biden’s on pace to, in the first two months of his presidency issue more executive orders than any single year of Obama. By the end of summer he’ll very likely have surpassed Trump’s high water mark. Biden’s also doing this while he has both houses of the legislative branch. “Unifier” indeed.
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So, the only way I can imagine *any* of this applies is anything affected by climate stuff like fuel and food, which is to say, the same shit that happens every year except the concerns about EOs already signed by Joe Blowme, that have directly affected our gas/oil energy dependence on others that affects national security, when, not too long ago, we were completely energy independent and would be for many many years to come. That’s in the shitter now.
^THIS^ Spot on Chippy! Preach! What is even more telling is we have another retread from King Barry’s admin to be “studying” a misconceived way to separate more money from Americans. “Elections have consequences”. Yeah, we’re screwed. “I have a pen and a phone”. Yeppers, King Barry has the phone and he tells Prez Sniffy what to sign.
I’ll believe that the Climate Hoax is more than a hoax when King Barry and his husband move from their “right at Sea Level” Home to higher ground.
Lloyd Vader. Stolen!
Horseshit
We’ll be getting back to those supposedly “green” fuels for our military at over ten times the cost so fellators of D-rat politicos can reap obscene profits supplying those fuels. It will be a military contractor version of The Solyndra Scam.
The Biden’s DoD Policy: We’ll Change the climate, we’ll change your gender.
Hack Stone heard on WMAL this morning that President Biden’s latest effort to make America the premier fighting force in the world is to fully fund sexual reassignment surgery for active duty military. That certainly will intimidate our adversaries.
Hack Stone’s family military service stretches back to Grandpa Stone in WWI, Poppa Stone in WWII, a few uncles in the Korean War and Hack and his brother Rollin Stone serving in our beloved Marine Corps. No way would Hack ever let any of his offspring serve in what they call the US Military. Hack Stone and Pepperidge Farm remember when the purpose of the US Military was to train to win wars and fight the commie bastards. Now they have them training to fight the temperature. We had a good run while it lasted.
If the D-rats cement their one party rule by a Prog oligarchy, learning some Mandarin my be very useful. The Commie cuttlefish will be in hog heaven.
As a former Marine there is no way in hell I would encourage any of my grandchildren to join any branch of today’s military, at least not while the inmates are running the DC asylum.
members of my family have served in every armed conflict in US history, even prior to the War of Independence…. And I echo the sentiments above, no way in hell I’m let any of my offspring serve in the politically correct cluster fuck that the left is turning our “military” into..
VERY VERY sad…
Thus, you reveal their objective.
Since Victory (for America) is not the proggy objective, Men of war are no longer welcome in the armed forces.
When I first enlisted, the question “Are you a homosexual?” was still asked to which a “Yes” reply disqualified one from serving.
So commanders at every level will now have a “climate advisor” on staff. Similar to SHARP advisor, EO advisor and such.
All planned actions will have to be approved/vetted by the climate advisor.
Personally, I’m dreading the assignment of trans inclusion advisors and their mandatory participation events.
Same as a Kommissar, political officer.
Should be interesting on when those in charge will have to consider the impact that climate change will have on the transgender troops. Should Corporal Klinger wear a skirt or slacks to formation?
OK, so it let’s say it gets warmer by a degree or two. Back in my time in the Navy there were days in the Caribbean that were hotter than heck and a couple of days in the northern reaches of the Med in winter with when there was some ice on the flight deck. Best I can recall, neither the ships nor the aircraft had any problem with either temperature. Sailors might have gotten sweaty or cold, but they still functioned. Well, most of them did, but those that didn’t really didn’t function much of the time anyway.
If the sea level goes up then that’s a benefit, right, since you don’t run aground as much?
This is so stupid and we are so screwed.
The earth has been warming for twenty thousand years, naturally, as the latest glacial period slowly ends.
Normal. Natural. Inevitable.
Then it reverts to extensive icecaps, fairly abruptly.
Cycle repeated for millions of years, and is likely to repeat for millions more.
Normal. Natural. Inevitable.
You cannot use the word normal, that word has been deemed offensive this week. Go commit your hate crime on some other blog, This Ain’t Hell embraces diversity here, accepting both Deplorables and Dickweeds. The new normal is abnormal, learn to accept it.
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Well, normal people are boring.
It’s over-rated… but selfish leftist wackos with issues are just corrosive to have around and never the constructive odd folk you want.
The War Zone website has a very interesting article up today about how expeditionary forces may utilize solar power generated by mobile units that are carried and unfold from standard type shipping containers. There are several videos contained in the article by a developer called MOVEit that are quite intriguing.
The main snag that ol’ Poe sees is that these mobile solar plants are significantly larger than conventional gasoline-powered generators and on a pound-for-pound basis, in terms of transport and delivery, will require several individual units to produce the same number of kilowatts as a single gas generator. Also, when fully deployed, they present very juicy (and non-camouflageable) targets for enemy mortar/rocket attacks.
Still the article and videos are enlightening and I recommend giving it a look:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39668/modular-solar-generators-could-be-key-in-helping-power-remote-bases-during-a-major-conflict
Yes, an enemy drone will have little difficulty spotting the solar panel array.
And promptly reduce them to toxic scrap.
Idiots
We have all seen a “THAT GUY” or two in Military Service who could break an anvil with a rubber hammer. So just how will something as fragile as a solar cell make it through even a single field problem without getting busted to shit?
Oh, yes, the one I had broke a titanium jackscrew twice and still couldn’t figure out what he was doing wrong even with the TM– his dumb ass went to the O room instead.
Yes, Proud Infidel, I concur on your point.
Ahmad, what is that brilliant reflection over there!!??
😣😣😣
Obviously not the Pentagon. No “brilliant reflection” there.
Solar may be useful for large fixed installations like those in A’stan, but I doubt they would be of much use in a smaller or more mobile environment. Looks like they are going to need a cleared, level, stable, and dry area to set up the panel system and the distribution system. That means time and engineering troops & equipment. It also increases the area to be secured; a larger perimeter to defend. And of little use in the wet season and no use during a hurricane/typhoon.
And that land is usually the same that would work for farming food.
Bulk calorie staple crops do not grow in the shade.
Note the same folks that want solar and renewable usually want fewer humans. (We were not supposed to notice)
Thus we burn corn for vehicle fuel that requires more fuel to make, and shade over arable land for “good feels” juice for environment-catastrophe electric cars.
The druid death-cult demands sacrifices. They, of course, need to be exempt ’cause reasons.
I wonder if SecDef Austin misses his balls?
How about his spine, his self-respect, his honor?
I wonder how he looks in the mirror without cringing?
If he had any of the above, he never would’ve accepted appointment to the position in the first place. The guy is a political tool. And a career minded opportunist. He certainly isn’t a warrior.
You will note that he was never a leader of trigger pullers, as he is sporting the CAB and not a CIB.
Order of the Snowflake, with tranzitree-leaf clusters?
(Grin)
I sometimes wonder if we need to relieve and retire everyone over the rank of LTC/O-5.
Ditto. Most of the worst careerists I encountered on AD were O-5’s and O-6’s. They would sell out their men in a NY minute for a promotion or the next assignment they sought.
That’s curious. From Wikipedia:
In 1993, Austin returned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he commanded the 2d Battalion (Airborne), 505th Infantry.[8] He later served as the G-3 for the 82nd Airborne Division. Following graduation from the Army War College, he commanded the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[6]
Shortly after brigade command, he served as Chief, Joint Operations Division, J-3, on the Joint Staff at The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. His next assignment was as Assistant Division Commander for Manoeuvre (ADC-M), 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia. As the ADC-M, he helped lead the division’s invasion of Iraq in March 2003.[6] Austin was awarded a Silver Star for his actions as commander during the invasion.[9]
I don’t understand why he’s not wearing a CIB.
Have to be COL/O6 or below to earn a CIB. Brigade commander gets a CIB for being in command of a brigade in combat, but the division commander (too far removed from the action) doesn’t.
I’m certain that he’s an even bigger political chameleon than Colin Powell.
Yet another piece of idiocy which the CHICOMs, Russians, Iranians and North Koreans can laugh about.
Hack Stone remembers when the Marine Corps did not give a fuck about climate change, evidenced by them housing Marines in Quonset Huts at Subic Bay during Balikatan Exercises. Fortunately, the liberty in Olongapo offset any inconvenience.
Why is it that that Austin’s dead-eyed look in the accompanying photo reminds ol’ Poe of that stone cold mass killer, Idi Amin Dada?
There’s more than one way to sell your soul to the devil…
There will soon be a Climate Corps. Army will take the lead because
of that tip-o-the spear thing.
Air Force will form a Wing. The 1st Climate Wing.
Navy will build a new Climate Carrier Group.
Marines will just keep being Marines.
We will be like the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force and pick up each expended piece of ammo one at a time.
It is the only way to be sure that we do not create any unwanted environmental problems for brass to ground exposure.
They will have to increase production of the highly coveted and rarely awarded Precious Metals Recovery Expert Badge.
Don’t overlook all that toxic lead imbedded in range berms. We have to extract it for the health and safety of the children and the planet.
When the Federal Government fully converts to electric vehicles, will that include military hardware? How long will it take to fully charge an M1 Abrams, and will ammunition need to be removed to accommodate all of the batteries? And will each vehicle need a voltage adapter for the power grids in the Third World Shitholes?
General Diversity Hire continuing to shill for lucrative contracts. Anybody gonna be surprised when Raytheon wins “the bid” so supply the military with overpriced vegetable oil?