Tag : Lloyd Austin
Hero Horses Still In Limbo
By tom On Tuesday, May 21 st, 2024 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – A yearlong suspension of horse-drawn funerals at Arlington National Cemetery is expected to extend indefinitely as the Army faces old and new obstacles in improving horse care. Testifying on Capitol Hill, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said, “It’s surprisingly complex and challenging” to solve the problems that leadRead more
As The Man In The Arena, Austin Faces A Ticking Clock, Wobbly Allies, And A Wallet Needing Refilled
By tom On Wednesday, October 25 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News BRUSSELS — When Lloyd Austin was a general dealing with the morass in Iraq in 2008, he was given the unenviable task of bringing order and victory to military operations in Basra and Sadr City. He managed to accomplish both over a period of four weeks, surprising many andRead more
It Will Be “Hamas’s Problem,” As The IDF War Room Plans “Something Off The Beaten Path”
By tom On Sunday, October 15 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News TEL AVIV, Israel — Four stories deep underground, the war room in the Kirya — Israel’s version of the Pentagon — is buzzing. A few hours earlier, the Israeli government gave Palestinians living in Gaza 24 hours to move south for their own safety. How they were to doRead more
Austin’s Angola Stop Plays With An Ironic Historical Pivot
By tom On Thursday, September 28 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — When Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin set down in Angola this week, the buzz was all about the “historic” nature of the visit — the first U.S SecDef to visit Angola – and not how he pushed history to be rewritten. Angola, along with Afghanistan and Nicaragua, wereRead more
Estonia Makes It Clear: Putin Is Winning
By tom On Thursday, February 16 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News TALLINN, Estonia — There is no mystery to Estonians as to what Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan is to win in Ukraine nor what he plans to do next, in the Baltics, as he waits out a battle of attrition that they say is in his favor. They knowRead more
Ukraine’s Supporters Scramble To Get Weapons Into The Fight, To Repeat — Not Rewrite — History
By tom On Wednesday, February 15 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News BRUSSELS – In 1914, as troops invading France moved through this very region, those in charge of the defense of Paris scrambled to rush men and material to blunt that offensive. They had little time to react and threw everything they could find — including taxicabs — to getRead more
As Two Big Meetings Open, Ukraine Looks To Change History As War Starts Round Two
By tom On Monday, February 13 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News BRUSSELS: In the days before World War One, Germany’s ambassador to Belgium, Clause von Below-Saleske, said he was happy to be in this capital city after stints in danger zones because “Nothing ever happens in Brussels.” The Ukrainians here to meet with friends and NATO nations fervently hope thatRead more
From The Halls of Montezuma To The Halls of Congress
By tom On Saturday, January 21 st, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON -Three active duty Marines have been charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said in newly filed court papers. All three Marines, who were arrested more than two years after the attack, work in jobs connected to the intelligence community. Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate,Read more
Sorry Kyiv. They Came, They Jawed, And They Left Without Giving What Was Pleaded For
By tom On Monday, January 23 rd, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – The big meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group was held and for hours the participants heard Ukraine plea’s for tanks and other higher grade weapons, such as log-ranger missed and ground-launched Small Diameter Bombs. Defense Sectary Austin urged all to dig deeper. But the only thing thatRead more
Extreme Avoidance: Austin Said Stamping Out Extremism Was A Priority. You Wouldn’t Know It
By tom On Thursday, November 10 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — A list of more than 100 active members of the military who are connected to the extremist group the Oath Keepers has been largely ignored by the military branches, despite a proclaimed priority emphasis by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to deal with extremism in the ranks. TheRead more
In Latvia, The Summer Winds Are Calm But No One Is Fooled, And No One Forgets
By tom On Thursday, August 11 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News RIGA, Latvia — No one forgets. It is rule one in the often trampled lands of eastern and southern Europe. And so, when Americans ponder why Latvians and others immediately recoil when a once angry bear growls again — and then ask for more, more, more support and militaryRead more
Austin To U.S. Troops: Be Ready To Defend “Every Inch” of NATO Territory
By tom On Tuesday, August 09 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News LIELVARDE AIR BASE, Latvia — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a group of U.S. military personnel to get off the base and learn about the countryside because “you are here to defend every inch of NATO territory.” Austin stopped at the Lielvarde Air Base in Latvia on his wayRead more
