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US Army units currently operating in Poland on rotational deployments :

US Navy hurricane relief task force returning to homeport. https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/military-relief-effort-for-hurricane-florence-winds-down Coast Guard, National Guard, First Responders, volunteers, out of state elec crews & Army/USMC personnel already based within the disaste...

I tried to hook up the Blue Angel Hornet & tow it to Rip Miller, but I couldn't get the wheels down. It was a fun Rip Miller afternoon nonetheless, as a Navy split squad had a good day vs visiting Waseda U from Japan. By my headcount, Navy dressed 32 players & 21 more manned the sideline in ...

Great pic of USCG shallow water rescue team saving NC hound dogs.

https://taskandpurpose.com/hurricane-fl ... e-ongoing/

BZ & Semper Paratus.

Our New World (dis)Order. World History since WW-II. Food for thought as the World comes to NYC for the 2018 UN General Assembly. Trump's 21st Century Jacksonian NeoIsolationism, in historical context : https://www.hoover.org/research/trump-buries-old-world-order The present continuance of instituti...

Interesting perspective on Poland funding Fort Trump https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-19/polish-president-s-fort-trump-sets-a-precedent-for-nato-allies Two billion dollars is both a lot and not much. It’s a lot compared with the $1 billion the German government has contributed over 10...

Since we're staring fresh, I'm starting this thread in this forum. Hopefully we can keep this forum cordial, troll free ,non-political (since there's another forum for that), & concentrate on substance here -- diplomacy, military matters, overseas conflicts, military history, etc. In this Forum...

Fort Trump, Poland. Naming rights, that should seal the deal. Poland wants a US Armored Division, permanently based in Poland & is willing to pay $2 billion to build a base. Russia objects because when NATO expanded, we agreed to not permanently base any forces in former Warsaw Pact nations. The...

Syrian military shoots down Russian IL-20 surveillance aircraft (losing crew of 15), offshore, mistaking it for Israeli F-16's exiting Syrian airspace, after airstrike on Syrian military facilities supplying Hezbollah attacks on Israel. Russia blames Israel (rhetorically), but responds only diplomat...

Where are our aircraft carriers ? Our splendid isolation peacetime deployment pattern continues. -- 4 carriers at sea with embarked air wings in home waters, within 1 week's sailing time of home port. -- 7 capital ships (4 CVN's + 3 LHA's), with 7 embarked air wings & 3 Marine Expeditionary Uni...

12 Strong -- the best modern war flick since Blackhawk Down ... Upon further reflection, I should include Lone Survivor, American Sniper, The Long Road Home, Zero Dark Thirty, & Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden in this subcategory. All based on true stories. Different stories, but a c...

12 Strong -- the best modern war flick since Blackhawk Down (also from Bruckheimer, same authentic docudrama style). The remarkable true story * of the Horse Soldiers of US Army Special Forces Team ODA 595. They were the first into Afghanistan, on their own, less than a month after 911. They teamed...

Military preparations for Hurricane Florence response :

https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-mas ... -response/

Fallball sched

https://navysports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mlax

Recent photo galleries of US military forces in operation around the globe & at home.

https://www.nationalreview.com/photos/d ... 8/#slide-1

https://www.nationalreview.com/photos/c ... /military/

Where are our aircraft carriers ? Our splendid isolation peacetime deployment pattern continues. -- 4 carriers at sea with embarked air wings in home waters, within 1 week's sailing time of home port. -- 7 capital ships (4 CVN's + 3 LHA's), with 7 embarked air wings & 3 Marine Expeditionary Uni...

The Navy has set Sortie Condition Alpha, ordering 30 Norfolk based ships to remain at sea or get underway, to avoid approaching Hurricane Florence. https://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/article_cf426c04-b501-11e8-941b-478421edbed7.html Naval Air Force Atlantic spokesman Cmdr. Dave Hecht said t...

Germany threatens to join US/UK/France coalition air strikes against Assad's facilities if chem weapons used again. Frau Merkel considering going kinetic. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-germany/spd-leader-rejects-any-german-role-in-war-in-syria-idUSKCN1LQ124?utm_campaign=tru...

...link to the early treatment on Jack Ryan and Gerry Carroll was great. I don't recall which one, but the dedication in one of Clancy's novels is to -- "the Great Geraldo". I'm pretty sure the shipboard helo pilot character in Red Storm Rising , & the helo hoist transfer of Jack Ryan...

Navy with a huuuuge win over Memphis today! Big rebound win after the HI game and travel. Who knows how this season will play out, but we may look back on that game as a turning point which saved the season. A good wx matchup favored Memphis. The rain dance worked. .;). Hope we see #38 wielding a p...