“In September 2008, building on the experience of over a decade of working together, the Secretaries General of both NATO and the United Nations (UN) agreed to establish a framework for expanded consultation and cooperation….
The UN is frequently invited to attend NATO ministerial meetings and summits; the NATO Secretary General participates in the UN […] Continue Reading…
This is just the tip of the spear of the long life of what is now the world’s most prolific and oldest battle tank still in use!
This is about the T-34 series battle tank specifically armed with the 85mm gun. The main gun was a modification of the high velocity 85mm anti-aircraft gun. At […] Continue Reading…
India still uses the Cold War era Soviet BMP (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry), they have a license to build their own BMP-2s. In July 2023, it was reported that the Indian Army wants to upgrade their BMP-2s with modern anti-tank missiles.
U.S. Army photo by Staff […] Continue Reading…
United States (U.S.) ally Indonesia has been buying Russian made BMP-3Fs since 2010. A new order was placed in April 2019.
A U.S. Marine in front of a BMP-3F, 09SEP2023. USMC photo by Corporal Vincent Pham.The BMP-3 is […] Continue Reading…
Ramped-up deportation flight operations by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol). The flights are sometimes referred to as ‘repatriation flights’, or ‘removal flights’, or ‘family unit removal flight’.
In fiscal year 2022, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations sent […] Continue Reading…
This is just a fraction of the fiascos taking place not just on Maui, but through out Hawaii.
Honolulu Star Advertiser, 09SEP2023: Family Assistance Center is moving to new FEMA location in Lahaina.
Will the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declare Lahaina burn area to be a ‘Super Fund’ HazMat site, blamed on Electric Vehicle (EV) […] Continue Reading…
On 07SEP2023, the Michigan Army National Guard was activated to help local and federal agencies evacuate silly-vilians (civilians) from Mackinac Island!
Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.The 1437th Engineer Company had to use pontoon bridges to build a temporary port, some of which had to be […] Continue Reading…
On 02FEB2023, Pennsylvania’s 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW) received its first MC-130J Commando-2: “The 193rd now offers something the U.S. military didn’t have before. Special Operations Forces based in the northeast now have a crucial air asset right in their […] Continue Reading…
In January 2023, Connecticut Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Squadron ‘Flying Yankees’-103rd Airlift Wing celebrated 1-hundred years of airborne operations by giving their old C-130H Hercules some new clothes.
Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Master […] Continue Reading…
Minnesota Air National Guard 75th Anniversary F-16 attended the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture […] Continue Reading…