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Ukraine Crisis? NATO Poland’s new U.S. Army tank academy & more proof U.S. taxpayers controlled by foreigners!

28 August 2022  (13:04-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Shahrivar 1401/30 Muharram 1444/02 Wu Shen(8th month) 4720

The newly opened U.S. Army tank academy in NATO Poland is part of Poland’s agreement to purchase (? actually beg, borrow and possibly steal from U.S. taxpayers) the new M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 Battle Tank, and the M1074 Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) bridge-layer version (the M1074 actually being a NATO Italian & Israeli design).  Since the beginning of 2022, news outlets and government officials have repeated stated that the deal is all about confronting Russia in Ukraine, however, Poland’s U.S. directed military expansion officially began in October 2019!

On 25AUG2022, it was revealed that it will cost $1.148-billion just to deliver the tanks to Poland, it is part of the U.S. taxpayer funded Foreign Military Sales program!

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency specifically states that Foreign Military Sales “May be funded by country national funds or U.S. Government funds.”

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, 15AUG2022. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Alvin Reeves.

The U.S. Army does not use the M1074 JAB operationally (the first JABs were used for testing/evaluation), a version called M1110 JAB is expected to eventually go into service with U.S. forces (production delayed by government Pandemic Panic attack mandates/lockdowns).  NATO Italy’s Leonardo, through its Saint Louis, Missouri, based DRS division, has a contract with Anniston Army Depot, in Alabama, to convert old M1 Abrams tanks to the JAB configuration.  Leonardo is the same company that makes U.S. Air Force’s new Grey Wolf helicopter (it is not made by Boeing, despite industry reports!).  DRS used to be a U.S. owned company, but in 2008 was sold to Italian company Finmeccanica.  Finmeccanica changed its name to Leonardo DRS. In June 2022, Leonardo DRS merged with Israel’s RADA Electronics Industries.

NATO-U.S. Army Abrams Partnership Program promotional video, 10AUG2022, announcing the tank academy:

On 15JUL2022, Poland announced plans to buy (just where is Poland getting this money from?) 116 former U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 tanks.  (See LAST RIDE FOR 1ST, 2ND & 4TH TANK)

In July 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce-International Trade Administration revealed that NATO Poland’s military expansion began in October 2019.  The U.S. Department of Commerce admits to encouraging the government of Poland to buy equipment specifically from the United States, being funded in part with the increased use of massive debt financing.

In May 2022, U.S. Congress members, and U.S. Army officials, expressed a desire to use the new Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act to effectively give Poland the tanks, placing the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers.

This U.S. Army (USA) video, by Specialist Javen Owens, shows M1074 bridge-layer already in action (U.S. personnel operating) in NATO Poland on 28APR2022, just weeks after the M1A2 agreement:

More JAB action, 28APR2022, USA video by Specialist Ellison Schuman:

USA video report, dated 27APR2022, revealing that training of NATO Poland tankers on Abrams tanks began immediately:

U.S. Army video dated 26APR2022, by Specialist Hassani Ribera Soto, shows M1A2-SEP already operating (U.S. personnel at the controls) in NATO Poland:

Bucierz Range, Poland. Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Specialist Hedil Hernández, 22APR2022.

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command video, dated 01APR2022, announcing M1A2 agreement with NATO Poland:

The $6-billion 01APR2022 agreement will result in NATO Poland getting 250 M1A2-SEPv3 main battle tanks, 26 M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicles and 17 M1074 JABs.  Does anybody believe that Poland has $6-billion?

The United States military has been increasing its presence in NATO Poland ever since the 15AUG2020 signing of the Poland – United States Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Biden’s War, July 2022: FIRST PERMANENT U.S. BASE IN NATO POLAND!

NATO Vehicle I-D, April 2022: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

March 2022, Vehicle I-D: U.S. ARMY GETS NEW VERSIONS OF ABRAMS AND BRADLEY (U.S. taxpayer funding benefits British company)

USAF Grey Wolf: More proof the U.S. taxpayer is controlled by foreigners!

U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Junior, 17AUG2022.

On 24AUG2022, the United States Air Force (USAF) boasted of acquiring its first ever USAF developed helicopter, except that was far from the truth.  The truth is that the USAF spent two years assessing a 20+ years old helicopter design that is already in use by NATO members and even Russia! It is actually built by a NATO Italy aerospace company; Leonardo (aka Leonardo Helicopters).

USAF photo by Samuel King Junior, 17AUG2022.

On 17AUG2022, the MH-139A Grey Wolf took its first official flight as a USAF air asset, from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.  The assessment process began in December 2019.

Overly dramatic USAF video, by Staff Sergeant Philip Bryant, about the name Grey Wolf, and why it is so important to the USAF to buy a foreign helicopter, 19DEC2019:

The MH-139A will replace the USAF’s aging fleet of U.S. Army developed Viet Nam/Cold War era Bell (now known as Bell Textron) UH-1N ‘Huey’ rotary wings.

USAF photo by Samuel King Junior, 17AUG2022.

USAF video report by Jennifer Vollmer & Jaime Bishopp, 17AUG2022:

The USAF tries to make it sound like the MH-139A Grey Wolf is a U.S. helicopter, while the contract was issued to Boeing, even Boeing admits it isn’t the one building the helicopter!  The Pratt & Whitney turbines are made in NATO Canada, the transmission parts are built in NATO United Kingdom and in Japan, NATO Turkey builds the major fuselage parts, and final assembly is done by Leonardo Helicopters! (Leonardo boasts about its international supply chain)

Over in NATO Europe it is known as the AW139 (AgustaWestland 139). The AW139 was the creation of AgustaWestland.  During the Cold War, and the 1990s, Agusta and Westland were separate companies.  In 2000 they merged into one company, and in 2016 the name was changed to Leonardo.

In the late 1990s, Bell Textron and AgustaWestland worked together to create a new helicopter to compete against rivals Sikorsky and Eurocopter.  The first version was called AB139/BA309, then finally AW139.  The first AW139 flew in 2001. AgustaWestland even opened a final assembly factory in the United States (now known as AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation, aka Leonardo Helicopters Pennsylvania), and changed the name of the helicopter to US139, to try and increase their competition with U.S. based Sikorsky, and NATO Europe based Eurocopter, for a U.S. Army contract.  The competition was lost to Eurocopter’s UH-72 Lakota. In 2005, AgustaWestland bought out Bell Textron’s interest in the AW139.  By the end of 2012, AgustaWestland began building AW139s in Russia, the sworn enemy of NATO!  (On March 2022, Leonardo Helicopters halted production in Russia.)

The Leonardo version of the MH-139A is called AW139M.  The 139 series of helicopters is more than 20 years old!

If Leonardo is still operating its AW139 final assembly factory in Pennsylvania, then why is Boeing considered the ‘U.S. contractor’ for the MH-139A?  Some defense journals report that Leonardo and Boeing joined forces. I checked the Boeing website on the morning of 25AUG2022, read all its news releases about the MH-139A, it admits that production of the MH-139A is in Pennsylvania, by Leonardo Helicopters, yet the USAF contract for the MH-139A was awarded to Boeing!  In 2020, the Leonardo website stated that the MH-139A is being built in its Leonardo Helicopters Pennsylvania factory, Boeing isn’t even building the Grey Wolf! Leonardo also revealed that the U.S. Navy is paying $159-million for a bunch of Leonardo helicopters!  Perhaps there is some kind of name-game shell-game going on, the NATO Europe based Leonardo Helicopters made a deal with Boeing just to get lucrative taxpayer funded U.S. military contracts?

Oh and here’s something that should really upset U.S. taxpayers; according to the Leonardo USA website, in April 2022 the U.S. Department of Defense spent $29-million to buy Israel some Leonardo built helicopters!

In March 2022, Leonardo sells the U.S. Department of Energy some helicopters in the name of nuclear power plant security!

Visit the Leonardo USA website to learn about all the U.S. taxpayer funded contracts the foreign company has received over the past few years.

Proof the U.S. is a Tool of NATO/British Empire:

U.S. ARMY GETS NEW BRITISH VERSION OF THE BRADLEY

BIDEN IS A BRITISH EMPIRE RED COAT? NEW ALLIANCE FOR FUTURE WAR WITH CHINA!

M109A7 (don’t call it PALADIN)

The M777

2017: OBAMA TURNS BENEDICT ARNOLD, IS TOOL OF PRINCE OF EVIL BRITISH EMPIRE

2014: MORE PROOF THE U.S. MIDDLE CLASS IS THE TOOL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE! IT ALL STARTED WITH PRESIDENT REAGAN & HIS B-S TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS!

 

Biden’s War: 1st permanent U.S. base in NATO Poland!

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How many times has U.S. led NATO sworn that it is not expanding towards Russia? The first ever permanent U.S. military base in NATO Poland now has an official name: Camp Kościuszko.

On 29JUN2022, U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior announced that a once temporary (used for rotational troop deployments) U.S. base in Poland would become permanent (meaning there will be a permanent U.S. military presence), making it the nearest U.S. base, in Europe, to Russia.

U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Garrison Waites, 30JUL2022.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Devin Klecan, official base naming ceremony:

On 30JUL2022, a ceremony was held in Poland, announcing a name for the new U.S. base, named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian military officer who joined the American Revolution against the British Empire in June 1776.  After the war that created  the United States, General Kościuszko returned to Poland in August 1784.

U.S. Army video explainer, by Specialist Devin Klecan:

Biden’s War:  PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA TRAINS IN TEXAS, ON WAY TO MIDDLE EAST.

World War 3:  U.S./NATO “NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT” IN UKRAINE!

World War 3: U.S./NATO “no significant effect” in Ukraine!

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“Let me remind you that three types of 155-mm artillery are already working successfully on the front lines: M777 howitzers, FH70 howitzers and CAESAR SPHs. It was simply impossible to imagine this back in March. But today it is already a reality which materialized due to great teamwork led by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.”-Ministry of  Defence of Ukraine propaganda, 28MAY2022, proven by Austrian military academy analysts to be a failure

More proof that United States President Joseph R. Biden Junior has still not delivered on his promise of rocket artillery, like the MLRS and HIMARS, and that artillery gun systems, like the old M109 and newer M777, cannot out distance the Russian systems. In an earlier article it was pointed out that the M777 towed guns were delivered without the equipment that will allow it to fire longer range ammo.

Only NATO Germany’s PanzerHaubite (PzH) 2000, and NATO France’s CAESAR (CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie), are the only artillery systems delivered to Ukraine, so far, that can outrange the Russian systems.  However, the numbers of PzH 2000 and CAESARs promised are just a piddly fraction of what Ukraine needs, and have yet to be delivered.

Video posted 22JUN2022, showing Russian ‘V’ (?, maybe Z) forces using an old-skool Cold War era towed rocket launcher against Ukrainian forces in Ugledar area:

Some NATO countries are sending more artillery systems, but they are the old Soviet era systems, like the 2S1 and 2S3, which do not give Ukraine a tactical advantage.

Music video, posted 09JUN2022, of Cold War era BM-27 220mm Uragan rocket launcher being used by Russian ‘Z’ forces against Ukraine:

Russian ground forces are so not worried about the U.S./NATO artillery ‘support’, that they themselves are using outdated artillery systems against Ukraine. This video was posted on 23JUN2022, showing Russians using Cold War era 152mm towed guns and BM-21 rocket launchers:

Another major problem for the U.S./NATO is that many of the delivered weapon systems (like the Javelin) were captured by Russian forces and are now being used by them against Ukraine!

The Österreichs Bundesheer (Austrian Federal-army) Theresian Military Academy critiques the U.S./NATO weapon systems being sent to Ukraine, pointing out that the amount are far below what Ukraine actually needs, and Ukrainians are not being properly trained on these weapons, resulting in “no significant effect on the battlefield” for Ukraine:

Austria is not a member of NATO but does take part in NATO’s Partnership for Peace operations.

Vehicle I-D:

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Zakia Gray, 16MAY2018.

FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

PANZERHAUBITZE 2000

M109, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

M109A6 and HIMARS action in Idaho, June 2022

MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

M777: PROOF THE UNITED STATES IS THE TOOL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

World War 3:

 MORE PROOF THAT U.S./NATO SUPPORT OF UKRAINE IS SLIGHTLY WISHY-WASHY FLIP-FLOPPY!

NATO Response Force: UKRAINE’s President REALIZES IT’S A CONSPIRACY, PART OF AN EVIL JOINT NATO-RUSSIAN PLAN TO BRING BACK THE IRON CURTAIN!!!

 

Biden-NATO War: “a new show”, more deployments, “vigilance activity”!

Near Peer Threats and Russo-Ukraine War, 2014 to present. 

Just a little bit of what U.S. led NATO is doing in relation to the ‘Ukraine Crisis’, for the month of May 2022.  This does not included supposedly already planned in advance NATO war games.

Quick promotional video by Travis Minyon, Vermont Air National Guard’s F-35s ‘forward deploy’ to NATO Germany (Spangdahlem Air Base), in response to the Ukraine crisis (aka Enhanced Air Policing-Eastern Flank), 02MAY2022:

South Carolina National Guard photo by Sergeant Tim Andrews, 04MAY2022.

On 04MAY2022, South Carolina Army National Guard’s 678th Air Defense Artillery Brigade deployed for somewhere in NATO Europe.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06May2022.

In NATO Latvia, on 06MAY2022, NATO Slovakian troops showed off to U.S. personnel from Fort Riley, Kansas, their newest self propelled artillery system, the Zuzana-2, which is an upgraded-improved version of the Zuzana, which itself is an improved version of the Cold War-Warsaw Pact DANA.  This is ironic, because during the Cold War Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet led Warsaw Pact, today Slovakia is part of NATO.

Sigonella, Italy. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Josh Coté, 07MAY2022.On 07MAY2022, in Italy, NATO conducted its so-called International Day event. NATO members only, of course!

Nebraska Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Shannon Nielsen, 09MAY2022.

As part of NATO Enhanced Air Policing-Eastern Flank, Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135 refuels a U.S. Air Force RC-135 ‘spy plane’ over Czech Republic (aka Czechia), 09MAY2022.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons, 09MAY2022.

For the first time, the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing and the 165th Airlift Wing were deployed to NATO Germany, at the same time!

On 14MAY2022, NATO Germany issued a promotional video explaining Germany’s history/“five facts” with NATO.  It states that “Germany” joined NATO in 1955, the problem with this misleading statement is that there was no singular Germany in 1955, it was West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany, NATO) and East Germany (German Democratic Republic, Warsaw Pact):

APS-2 ‘secondary’ equipment are issued to a Colorado Army National Guard unit in Estonia. U.S. Army photo by Major James Maskovyak, 17MAY2022.

The U.S. Army (USA) continues issuing vehicles and equipment from its APS-2 (Army Prepositioned Stocks-2) sites in NATO Europe, now under the guise of the yearly NATO wargame called Defender Europe. As I’ve pointed out in previous articles, this is the first time APS-2 equipment has been issued (beginning on 01MAR2022), and the Ukraine crisis was the original excuse! The USA is also building a massive new APS-2 site in NATO Poland!

U.S. Navy Super Hornet and French Rafale patrol the Mediterranean during Neptune Shield. USN photo, 19MAY2022.

On 17MAY2022, NATO began something new; it is not officially a wargame, it is officially a “vigilance activity” called Neptune Shield that involves NATO navies in the Baltic, Adriatic and Mediterranean.  A U.S. Navy report revealed that this is part of Project Neptune, which was planned in 2020, two years ago!

NATO video, meeting of NATO on 19MAY2022, about halfway through the video you can hear the Chair of the Military Committee state that this is “a new show” and go-on to make the statement that it is “…our adversary…. ….Russia…”:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Specialist Joshua Casson, 19MAY2022.

Flags of some of the NATO members who took part in a wargame in NATO Poland.  But notice the flag of Sweden, which is still not officially part of NATO!

NATO Turkey blocks Finland & Sweden from joining, accuses them of being breeding grounds for terrorism!

NATO Germany/Netherlands video explaining the deployment of U.S. designed Patriot missiles to NATO Slovakia, 20MAY2022:

Biden’s NATO War:  “NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT”, BUYING NEW ALLIES WHILE KEEPING OLD ENEMIES

Biden’s War: USN CREATES NEW POLICE Operation TO PROTECT NATO’S OIL SUPPLY!

RHODE ISLAND MILITIA DEPLOYS ON MEMORIAL DAY!

Global Food Crisis: Bird Flu hits NATO Latvia & Germany, military goes into action!

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Forget the ‘Pandemic’, its Bird Flu now! Don’t say I didn’t warn you (’cause I did, in 2020).

In January 2022, the H5N1 Bird Flu was confirmed in the small Eastern European country of Latvia.

This should be no surprise, because H5N1 was confirmed in NATO member state Latvia in 2021.

By the end of February 2021, Latvia decided to impose “enhanced biosecurity measures”, not over ‘The Pandemic’, but because of Bird Flu!

A Latvian National Guard soldier sprays down a U.S. Army truck on 12APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Preston Malizia.

Latvia is so afraid for its poultry industry that it now requires vehicles that operate near poultry farms to be decontaminated (aka an agricultural wash), and that includes NATO military vehicles training for the Ukraine Crisis!

U.S. Army vehicles on Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, get an agricultural wash, 31JAN2022. USA photo by Captain Gabrielle Hildebrand.

It is not just Latvia. Agricultural washes are taking place in NATO Germany as well.

Going Viral, February 2020: FORGET CORONAVIRUS, BIRD FLU ABOUT TO GET GENOCIDAL!

Global Food Crisis, 2016: U.S. based WORLD BANK BEHIND BIRD FLU SLAUGHTER? LOANS HEALTHCARE MONEY FOR WAR-FIGHTING!

U.S. Food Crisis, 2022: FOOD HAND-OUTS NOW INCLUDE GUN LOCKS? MORE PROOF YOU NEED TO GROW YOUR OWN! U.S. ARMY PREPS FOR SOYLENT GREEN?

Influenza 2013: NEW BIRD FLU EVOLVES TO INFECT HUMANS!

Biden’s NATO War: “New Strategic Concept”, buying new allies while keeping old enemies

Just a little bit of what NATO is doing in relation to the Ukraine Crisis, for the month of April 2022.

U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner, 17MAR2022.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing the construction of a new US$360-million Army Prepositioned Stock, or APS, facility in Powidz, NATO Poland.  So not only has NATO absorbed Eastern European countries, it is now expanding huge weapons storage facilities closer to the border with Russia.  The APS is the largest project in Poland being managed by U.S. Army Europe District’s Northern Europe Area Office.

NATO video from 03APR2022, showing French Combat Air Patrol operations over NATO Poland:

U.S. Army photo by Captain Angelo Mejia, 05APR2022.

On 05APR2022, the U.S. Army’s V Corps got a new (yet officially temporary) home in NATO Germany.  In 2012, V Corps was officially inactivated, but don’t blame the Ukraine crisis for its rebirth.  V Corps was officially reborn in 2020, with HQs in Kentucky and NATO Poland.  Now, V Corps is in Ansbach: “The United States Army and Bavaria go back for a long time, being loyal partners and friends for more than 65 years. Bavaria is proud to host the largest concentration of U.S. land forces in Europe and all the personnel working with the forces.”– Johannes Urban, Armed Forces Affairs, Security and Defense Policy in the Bavarian State Chancellery

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Agustín Montañez, 06APR2022.

German made Norwegian Leopard 2 tank prowling the forests of NATO Latvia during wargame Rising Griffin, 06APR2022.

New World Order! 06APR2022, NATO press conference reveals that Biden is using Russia/Ukraine crisis to build a neu NATO. Upcoming NATO Summit will be about creating “a new strategic concept” (new reason for existing) for NATO:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Gabriel Rivera, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, soldiers of the U.S. Army’s repositioned V Corps began arriving in Torun, NATO Poland.

U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich, 07APR2022.

On 07APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force met with NATO Norway’s Secretary of Defense, in the U.S. state of Virginia, to discuss the current structure of NATO (Norway was one of the founders of NATO) and the Ukraine crisis.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman, 08APR2022.

On 08APR2022, NATO United Kingdom officially began Combat Air Patrol missions from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in NATO Romania.

On 10APR2022, six Chinese Y20 transport aircraft flew through NATO airspace (Turkey and Bulgaria) to deliver antiaircraft missile systems to Russia’s long-time ally Serbia.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jack Sanders, 11APR2022.

On 11APR2022, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Washington DC.  The United States is trying to convince India to to give up its ‘non-alignment’ policy, and move away from Russia.

U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Thurnapuf Valle, 11APR2022.

Also on 11APR2022, U.S. Congressional Representatives paid a congressional delegation visit with U.S. forces on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO Romania.

Video, U.S. President  Joseph R. Biden Junior tries to woo over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, 11APR2022:

NATO video from 13APR2022, showing Romanian, French and Belgian soldiers training for war in NATO Romania:

Hungry U.S. Sailors onboard USS Ross (DDG 71) go through a pallet of food delivered by the French ship FS Marne (A 630) on 02APR2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Claire DuBois.

It was revealed, on 14APR2022, that the U.S. military is now spending U.S. taxpayers’ money on purchasing food directly from European NATO members!  It is known as the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA), and the first deliveries of food went to the Sailors and Marines onboard the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80).  The ACSA began in March, U.S. Navy officials blame it on government Pandemic Mandates which are interfering with globalized supply systems: “Due to time constraints and unique global supply chain challenges, the ACSAs to procure food entirely through our NATO Allies were crucial to our acquisition strategy to keep our ships in foreign waters at an optimal fill levels to maintain readiness and the health and well-being of personnel.”-Captain Douglas S. MacKenzie, U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella

U.S. Army photo by Jason Tudor, 16APR2022.

On 16APR2022, NATO Romania officially activated its Installation Operations Center, on Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base (MKAB).  It was immediately used for the U.S. Army Support Activity-Black Sea Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (ASA-Black Sea) exercise, which is all about moving U.S./NATO troops closer to the Russian border: “As ASA-Black Sea continues to move its force protection forward, we continue to work closely with our multinational partners and U.S. teams to ensure our readiness is a strength we can all count on in the event of an emergent event.”-John P. Smith the Third, chief of the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security on  MKAB

On 18APR2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, specifically about the Russian-Ukraine crisis.  Moldova is officially neutral, but is also a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, a kind of first step to joining NATO:

On 19APR2022, NATO deployed U.S. made Patriot missiles, operated by NATO personnel from Germany and Netherlands, to NATO Slovakia:

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Brittany A. Chase, 20APR2022.

On 20APR2022, Minister of National Defense for NATO Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, spent time at the Pentagon.

West Virginia Air National Guard photo by Major Holli Nelson, 21APR2022.

From 19 April to 21 April 2022, West Virginia Army National Guard, and the North Carolina National Guard, took part in NATO’s Locked Shields which is considered to be the world’s largest international cyber defense wargame.  Locked Shields was conducted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, NATO Estonia.

U.S. Army photo by Major Joe Bush, 20APR2022.

From 11 April to 22 April 2022, U.S.-NATO conducted an artillery ‘seminar’ in NATO Estonia, as part NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Estonia.  NATO officials claim this was at the request of the Estonian Defense Force.

On 22APR2022, Ukraine’s Prime Minister spent time in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of State said it is “…evidence….Ukraine is going to be around a lot long than Putin.”:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 26APR2022.

The U.S. Marine Corps deployed the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to Siauliai Air Base, NATO Lithuania.

On 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of State met with the Foreign Minister of NATO Czech Republic:

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Chad J. McNeeley, 26APR202.

Also on 26APR2022, the U.S. Secretary of Defense led a meeting of  the Ukraine Defense Consultative Group with NATO counterparts, and other nations, on Ramstein Air Base in NATO Germany, discussing both the current and future military needs of Ukraine (can they predict the future?).

A USMC F/A-18D in Poland. USMC photo by Corporal Adam Henke, 27APR2022.

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets of VMFA 312, 2nd MAW are now operating from Łask Air Base in NATO Poland.

On 27APR2022, the Indiana Army National Guard issues video (by Sergeant Hector Tinoco) explaining their part in sending Ukraine Viet Nam era M113 APCs:

New York Army National Guard-138th Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sergeant Amouris Coss, 28APR2022.

On 28APR2022, Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a weapons qualification for NATO soldiers from Germany and Poland.  The weapons training was held on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, and involved U.S. M4 assault rifles, M17 pistols and M249 machine guns.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Thomas Boatright, 28APR2022.

Somewhere in the Adriatic Sea, the command staff of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) watch as a C-2A Greyhound lands, 28APR2022. Onboard the Greyhound are the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Slovakia, as well as the Prime Minister of NATO Slovakia.

On 29APR2022, NATO issued yet another promotional video to justify their existence:

On 29APR2022, tiny NATO Latvia held an emergency meeting concerning refugees from Ukraine. It was decided to cap the number of Ukrainian refugees at 40-thousand.

NATO Response 2022: “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

NATO Vehicle I-D: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era weapons now in use by NATO:

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

DANA AND THE NEW ZUZANA

NATO vehicle I-D: Poland’s Krab (half British, half Korean?)

U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Update 2022: Poland’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery Brigade, conduct live-fire on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, 20JUL2022.  U.S. Army video by Markus Rauchenberger:

USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Quick U.S. Army video by Christoph Koppers, 19JUL2022:

USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense.

U.S. Army video, by Master Sergeant Ryan Matson and Grzegorz Czaplicki, near Torun, Poland, 19MAY2021:

NATO Poland took two self propelled artillery gun systems, one from NATO United Kingdom and the other from Korea (South) and put them together, and called it the Krab.

April 2021 video by Bogusław Politowski / ZbrojnaTV (Polska Zbronjna-Poland Armed), giving you an ‘inside’ look at the Krab:

Photo by Arkadiusz Dwulatek/Combat Camera Poland, June 2020.

Photo by Waldemar Młynarczyk/Combat Camera Poland, June 2020.

Presidenski Range in Trzebian, Poland. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 29NOV2017.

It has the turret and gun system of the British AS-90 Braveheart, and the hull of Korea’s K9 Thunder.  Some are armed with a French gun, while others have a German gun.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense, 04SEP2017.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense, 04SEP2017.

Poland got Krabs in 2012, this video posted in December 2012 shows the public display of the Krabs, along with a rocket artillery launch. Pay attention, the hulls on these 2012 Krabs are different than the newer Krabs:

Vehicle I-D:  KOREAN 대한민국 K9 THUNDER

TURKISH TEMPEST, NATO Turkey’s modified K9

Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo.

Finland’s K9

Soviet era weapons now in use by NATO:

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

DANA AND THE NEW ZUZANA

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: DANA and the new Zuzana

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak ShKH vz. 77. Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

The ShKH vz. 77 DANA began service with Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia in 1981. New versions are continually being created, and currently is in use by at least six countries.

Polish DANA lets one rip while deployed to Afghanistan, November 2010. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Gunner’s position inside the DANA. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, 11JAN2012. In the background a Polish DANA. California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Adam Carrington.

Cold War era Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak designed/built Soviet 152mm gunned Samo-hybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77, or self-propelled cannon howitzer model 77), also known as DANA (Dělo Automobilní Nabíjené Automaticky, in English means gun vehicle loaded automatically).  In today’s NATO Czech Republic it is called the SPGH-M77 or Type 77.

NATO Czech DANA on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 25OCT2012. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

Near Peer Threats and Russo-Ukraine War, 2014 to present. 

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 02SEP2014. USA photo by Sergeant Christina M. Dion.

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014, USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

NATO Czech ShKH-77 Danas in a garage on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 08AUG2015. USA photo by Specialist Tyler Kingsbury.

North Carolina Army National Guard examine a Polish 152mm DANA, 05JUN2016. North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Robert Jordan.

Polish 152mm DANA launches rounds during Exercise Anakonda, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, NATO Poland, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Quick U.S. Army video by Sergeant Austin Majors, wet gap (river) crossing showing Polish DANAs crossing pontoon bridge during NATO’s Saber Strike wargame in June 2017:

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Polish DANA, 26SEP2018. USA photo by Sergeant Christopher Case.

What do you call a DANA that has been upgraded with a NATO compatible 155mm gun? The Zuzana.

U.S. paratroopers take photos of Slovakia’s Zuzana, 08MAR2019. USA photo by Specialist Rolyn Kropf.

In 2021, NATO Slovakia began using a new version of the Zuzana, called Zuzana-2.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Zuzana-2 uses the latest in automation and has a human crew of only three.

Slovak Zuzana-2 launching a projectile on Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, 30NOV2021. USA photo by Private First Class Jacob Bradford.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Jameson Harris, NATO Slovakia tries out their new Zuzana-2 in NATO Poland, 30NOV2021:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

In NATO Latvia, Forward Operating Site Adazi, NATO Slovak personnel showed-off their new Zuzana-2 to artillery men from Fort Riley, Kansas, on 06MAY2022.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

On 09OCT2022, NATO-Slovakia revealed that it had sent a total of ten of the new Zuzana-2 gun systems to Ukraine.

Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Poland’s new Krab, updated for Ukraine Crisis: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: POLAND

Soviet era Aircraft used by NATO: POLAND SUKHOI 22

NATO Vehicle I-D: FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

NATO Response Force 2022: “This effort is America’s effort.” ‘International Law’ revealed to be about NATO? Fuel sanctions blow-back on USAF!

U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, 10MAR2022.

On 10MAR2022, the U.S. Army’s 96th Heavy Equipment Transportation Company, 49th Transportation Battalion, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (home based on Fort Hood, Texas) began operations at the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 (APS-2) site on  the Zutendaal Army Depot in Belgium.  There are four such sites in NATO Europe, an APS-2 site in Germany already deployed more than $20-million worth of equipment.

Recent NATO reaction to Russia-Ukraine Crisis, from 18MAR2022 to 31MAR2022 (does not include already scheduled NATO wargames):

U.S. Army Photo by Private First Class Joshua Linfoot, 21MAR2022.

On 21MAR2022, a U.S. Congressional delegation traveled to NATO Romania, to better understand what NATO’s anti-Russia capabilities are.

On 24MAR2022, while in Brussel, Belgium (the capitol of European Union and NATO), U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior announced U.S. taxpayers will spend several billions of dollars on supporting Ukraine and building-up NATO. Also, 100-thousand Ukrainians will be brought into the U.S.:

During a 24MAR2022 press conference, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg revealed that NATO is using the Ukraine Crisis to radically reorganize, to include ‘permanent’ NATO units in countries along the border with Russia. More details to be revealed in June:

On 24MAR2022, the U.S. Air Force’s 100th Air Refueling Wing Detachment 1 forward deployed from their home base of Royal Air Force Mildenhall, U.K., to Ramstein Air Base, Germany.  USAF officials admitted in a written statement that the move was an attempt to save fuel by placing the air-tankers 2-hundred miles closer to front-line units, Video by Staff Sergeant Philip Bryant:

On 24MAR2022, NATO issued this propaganda video in which it claims that Russia threatens international law, and claims that Europe and North America are united more than ever. Is this an admission that ‘International Law’ is actually Europe/North American law?

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Claudia Nix, 25MAR2022.

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior addresses U.S. paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division in Jasionka, Poland, 25MAR2022. Biden was conducting a pro-NATO tour.

On 28MAR2022, a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler arrived on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.  The electronic warfare aircraft are operated by Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 and are part of the growing number of aircraft deployed to Germany confront Russia.  Video Staff Sergeant Chanceler Nardone:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Agustín Montañez, 29MAR2022.

Apparently the U.S. flag was the most favored during Lithuania’s 29MAR2022 anniversary celebration for joining NATO (called NATO Day).

U.S. Department of Defense/USAF photo by Eric Dietrich, 30MAR2022.

Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister of NATO Latvia, traveled all the way to Arlington, Virginia, to attend a NATO meeting at the Pentagon, 30MAR2022.

U.S. Department of Defense photo by Petty Officer Second Class Zachary Wheeler, 30MAR2022.

On 30MAR2022, NATO Germany’s Federal Minister of Defense, Christine Lambrecht, attended a NATO meeting at the Pentagon in Virginia.

30MAR2022, U.S. Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, commander of the U.S. European Command, reveals that they knew last year that the Ukraine Crisis was coming, testifies to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee about efforts to increase NATO’s ability to defend itself (not Ukraine), including space and cyberspace operations, saying “This effort is America’s effort”. Admits the U.S. has been “prepositioning” stockpiles of weapons in NATO Europe for several years, also admits that all those NATO wargames/expansion in the past few decades has been about confronting Russia:

On 30MAR2022, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior announced he is adding an addition taxpayer burdening $500-thousand in support to the proven corrupt Ukrainian government, on top of the billions he has already promised!

On 31MAR2022, Newsweek revealed that most NATO members continue to fail to meet membership required funding for their own militaries!

On 31MAR2022, the President of supposedly neutral Finland told supposedly neutral Sweden that the overwhelming majority of Finns want to join NATO and increase taxpayer spending on building up their military!

On 31MAR2022, the Annual Report for 2021 was released, highlighting NATO advances made in 2021.

On 31MAR2022, retired United Kingdom Royal Army general stated that Russia has already defeated NATO!

Historian with John Hopkins University publishes book blaming the United States/NATO for causing the Ukraine Crisis!

On 15MAY1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted that despite the NATO-Russia Founding Act, NATO will continue expanding: “The Act has no impact on NATO enlargement. That process is proceeding on schedule; NATO leaders at the Madrid summit in July will extend invitations to the first countries to begin accession talks. Those countries admitted will have the full rights and responsibilities of Alliance membership, and the door to membership will remain open to all emerging European democracies.”

NATO Response Force, 01MAR2022 to 17MAR2022: JUST THE BEGINNING? UKRAINE REALIZES IT’S A CONSPIRACY, PART OF AN EVIL JOINT NATO-RUSSIAN PLAN TO BRING BACK THE IRON CURTAIN!!!

Biden’s War: DoD CALLS IT “STRATEGIC COMPETITION”, USAF WANTS YOU TO LEARN RUSSIAN!

Oil War: NATO ROMANIA JOINS U.S. LED IMSC

World War 3: CHINA OFFICIALLY BLAMES WAR IN EUROPE ON BIDEN & NATO!