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Crashed F-35 in South China Sea remains a military treasure hunt
By tom On Tuesday, February 15 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The U.S.Navy has yet to pinpoint the exact location and depth of the F-35 that was involved in the January 24 accident, and thus, by extension, has not been able to secure that area in the South China Sea. The Pentagon has said it is not worriedRead moreBiden mum on land mine campaign promise as Pentagon opts to keep studying the issue
By tom On Monday, February 14 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing its landmine use policy, two years after the Trump administration lifted the geographic restrictions on where the weapons could be used. Just like it said it was doing last year. The Trump reversal in January 2020 lifted a ban on the U.S. military’sRead more“Make Them Pay” — Putin, Ukraine and the Ticking Clock
By tom On Monday, February 14 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin is a man who feels like he is running out of time. That is a prime calculation being used by Pentagon officials as they plot ways to check and then checkmate the Russian leader’s eagerness to unload on Ukraine. While each day brings new developmentsRead moreCOVID Vaccinations Rise As Services Prepare to Ponder Thin Path To Exemptions
By tom On Thursday, October 28 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — COVID vaccinations rates among the active duty force continue to rise, even as each service branch begins the process of determining what exemptions — if any – to consider and evaluate for those declaring objections to the shot. Latest numbers show active-duty personnel with at least one dose is 96.9Read moreOpen Some More
By tom On Thursday, June 03 rd, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON –The door opens and she enters the house, en route to see the President of the United States. A year after a door closed on her. Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, joined other members of her family to visit President Biden on the one-year anniversary of her father’s murderRead moreSerbia chooses Russia over NATO for military drills
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — For the first time in history, a nation on the possible path to join NATO is cavorting with the enemy. Serbia, a member of the NATO Partnership for Peace program, has concluded a week of military drills with Russia while NATO members were already holding massive military maneuvers nearby inRead moreA war with China is not inevitable; if it happens, it will be in many areas with many means, Marine head says
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — If China blockades or seizes Taiwan the commandant of the Marine Corps said a resulting conflict most likely would not be limited to the region around the island. “We should expect (the response) would go into all domains,” Gen. David Berger said during a conversation with The Brookings Institution calledRead moreMajor Dog Alert — and Not The One At The White House — As Pentagon faces Supply Chain Danger
By tom On Wednesday, March 31 st, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON – Make show, not war seems to be what dog breeders embrace – and because of that, there is a domestic shortage of military working dogs threatening national security, the U.S. Navy’s Naval Post Graduate School said. “As adversaries, both peer and near-peer, become more adept in circumventing detection systems, theRead moreIn updated response, the Pentagon expresses concern over Saudi air attack on Yemen neutral zone
By tom On Thursday, March 25 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday it is concerned that Saudi Arabian military airstrikes over the weekend deliberately hit an UN-designated neutral zone in Yemen during an onslaught of attacks. “We are concerned by reports of the airstrike at the UN-declared neutral zone in Salif Port and are working to gain moreRead morePentagon tries again to battle sexual assault, as a decade of similar headlines fuel skepticism
By tom On Thursday, March 25 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Independent Review Commission on sexual assault in the military met for the first time Wednesday, announced its 13 task force members, then worked hard to convince skeptics that what they produce will be significantly different in conclusions and results than multiple past efforts to change the military’s damagingRead moreSteady as she goes: FONOPS continue for friends and foes
By tom On Thursday, March 11 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON – A delayed freedom of navigation report for the last year shows U.S. forces operationally challenged 28 different excessive maritime claims made by 19 different claimants throughout the world from October 2019 through September 2020. “As long as restrictions on navigation and overflight rights and freedoms that exceed the authority providedRead moreLike explorers of the past, SecDef Austin needs to find new routes to reach historic destinations
By tom On Sunday, February 28 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — There is always a lot on the plate of a secretary of defense. More so when you take office after essentially three years of upheaval in Pentagon leadership, an infusion of a politically-charged posse into operations, and a cleaving along racial, sexual, and insurrectionist lines that threatenRead more