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Out Of Despair Comes New Life
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON – Three babies have been born on US military aircraft flying them out of Afghanistan, Gen. Stephen Lyons, head of U.S, Transportation Command, told Pentagon reporters Monday. What nationality those babies will be remains to be determined. In Germany, where one of the Afghan woman’s baby was born, citizenship is notRead moreAn Air Maneuver From Vietnam Resurfaces At Kabul As Threat is “Significant”
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — No one at the Pentagon wants to harken back to Vietnam regarding anything to do with Afghanistan but actions speak louder than silence at the Kabul airport. To avoid being downed by hostile fire at the airport — Gen. Stephen Lyons, head of U.S. Transportation Command said “The threat isRead moreWhile U.S. military leaders fret about its citizens in Kabul getting to airport, UK, French forces ferret out their citizens and escort them to safety
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — The mission in Kabul is set, the Pentagon’s top leaders said, and that seems to mean U.S. citizens are on their own to get to the airport and fly to safety. Asked during a press briefing if the burgeoning U.S. military assets at Kabul airport will include ways to escortRead moreIt Started With People Jumping to End Their Lives; It Ends With People Clinging to Save Their Lives. Both Wound Up Falling to Deaths.
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON – Joe Biden had a clear vision what needed to do in Afghanistan when he spoke to reporters during his visit to Kabul in January 2002. “Let’s make it clear,” Biden said then. “I am not talking about peacekeepers. I’m not talking about blue helmets. I’m talking about people who shootRead moreBIDEN OVERSAW THE REOPENING OF U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL IN 2002; TODAY HE AUTHORIZES TROOPS TO HELP EVACUATE EMBASSY PERSONNEL AND OTHERS.
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is mobilizing around 6,000 troops to help evacuate and protect U.S. diplomatic personnel and qualified Afghans from Kabul, with the operation to begin within 24 to 48 hours, Pentagon officials said Thursday. Following the Pentagon announcement, officials in the U.K. and Germany said their governments areRead 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 more