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In 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 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 moreWake Island, Once Too Far Way To Be Important, Is Now Important Because It Is Far Away
By tom On Wednesday, February 03 rd, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — Wake Island’s location put it out of the path of the U.S. forces plan to sweep back in the Pacific against the Japanese in World War II. Wake Island was not considered a strategic location and it was held by Japan for the duration of the war.Read moreThe Dress Rehearsal at the Post Office Made the White House Ready For Its Post-Election Pentagon Decapitation and Use
By tom On Monday, January 11 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — While those opposed to President Trump spent time worrying that he might use the Pentagon to impose martial law, the White House was playing a bait-and-switch ruse. They never planned to use the Pentagon as a pro-active force, according to interviews.The plan all along was to takeRead moreFrom Esperanto to Yesper, The Short Happy Life of Defense Secretary Mark Thomas Esper
By tom On Wednesday, October 28 th, 2020 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — Just over a year ago, Washington, DC, could not wait to get Mark Esper into the E Ring office of the Defense Secretary, overlooking the Potomac River and the city’s glorious monuments. The Pentagon had been adrift without leadership for more than seven months and a seriesRead moreChina now has world’s biggest navy, while equal or passing US military in other areas, Pentagon says
By tom On Tuesday, September 01 st, 2020 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — China is steadily moving ahead with stronger confidence and a stronger military to ensure control over the South China Sea, deal with India on its border, take back Taiwan, and be as powerful if not powerful than any military in the world. It appears on track toRead morePentagon says it will stand at ease and not take any role in securing a democratic election or transition
By tom On Friday, August 28 th, 2020 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON – The nation’s top soldier said the military would play no role in the upcoming election, a position that would include standing by if President Trump refused to leave the White House if he lost the election. Gen. Mark Milley, who was selected as chair of the JointRead moreSnowflakes reappear in the Pentagon: Rumseld’s musings have life again
WASHINGTON — Very few things send Washington into a tizzy like a forecast of snow. But those palpitations are nothing compared to the tsunami shudder that coursed through the Pentagon at the thought of a ”snowflake” circulating up and down its more than 17.5 miles of hallways. That would be a Donald Rumsfeld snowflake —Read moreNew defense doctrine: Be strategically predictable but operationally unpredictable
By tom On Friday, January 19 th, 2018 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingWASHINGTON — Creative approaches, sustained investment and being disciplined and adaptive in execution mark the foundation of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy unveiled Friday. In some cases, it is the longtime mantra of “everything old is new again.” In other cases, the strategy document reflects new thinking, new terminology and 21st century realities. For example,Read morePentagon seeks it, DARPA creates it
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James Mattis says the U.S. needs to keep technologically ahead of adversaries and that means, among other things, quicker advances in smartly developed and financed tools and weapons. He better dial 703-526-6630. Or drive 4.2 miles south of his Pentagon office. That is where DARPA has its headquarters and that isRead more