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Mother of all Money Pits: Never Ending Security Challenges! The double face of NATO, helping Kurds while bombing them!

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Caleb Parker, 28APR2022.

On 28APR2022, more than 20 U.S. Air Force Airman deployed from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to The Middle East for missions in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

26APR2022: U.S. and U.K. officials continue to demand Kurds conform to NATO standards!

Kurdish colonel says cooperation between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga is still “very weak”!

22APR2022, NATO Turkey is forcing Kurds in Northern Iraq to become refugees:

21APR2022: Why the 6th largest oil producer is suffering fuel shortages!

U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Don Bevis, senior commanding officer of NATO–mission Iraq, and Laeticia van Asch, NATO Mission Iraq regional security officer, attend the Ambassadors Day event, 21APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton.

On 21APR2022, taxpayers funded the Ambassadors Day event at forward operating base (FOB) Union-3 (aka  Al-Tawheed Al-Thalith, aka The Green Zone), in Baghdad.  Representatives from more than 25 countries discussed what was admitted as being theenduring regional security and stability challenges” (meaning this is forever?), however, a non-military solution was emphasized (meaning more bribery?).

20APR2022: Iraqi forces and Peshmerga deny they are cooperating with NATO Turkey!

18APR2022, NATO Turkey launches new air strikes against Kurds in Northern Iraq:

14APR2022, Human smugglers in NATO Turkey helping Kurds move to NATO United States:

13APR20222: Between 2014 and 2017 “Approximately three dozen Peshmerga fighters were captured by ISIS. More than 2,000 Peshmerga were killed and 10,000 wounded in the fight against the terror group.”

U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 10APR2022.

Peshmerga trucks, loaded with the latest in U.S./NATO taxpayer funded weapons, ammo and other equipment, leave a ‘forward logistics element’ (Erbil Air Base) on 10APR2022.

09APR2022: Iraqi official says refugee camp in Syria is fomenting hate, contains Syrians, Iraqis and 10-thousand foreigners who came to fight for DAIISH!

U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 06APR2022.

On 06APR2022, U.S./NATO taxpayer funded U.S. Mossberg made rifles/shotguns and Russian designed RPGs were given to Peshmerga forces (Regional Guard Brigades)  in Erbil, Iraq.

01APR2022: Iraq’s oil revenues hit another record high!

Mother of all Money Pits, March 2022: YOUR TAXES BRIBE IRAQI ARABS & KURDS TO PLAY NICE TOGETHER! NEW IRAN VS ISRAEL PROXY WAR!

World War 3/Vehicle I-D: China’s A-I-P attack sub refreshes torpedoes

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Shi Jialong, 19APR2022.

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Shi Jialong, 19APR2022.

The People’s Liberation Army-Navy calls these A-I-P subs Type 039B.  NATO reporting name for Type 039 class subs is ‘Yuan’, to make things more confusing NATO also calls the Type 041 class ‘Yuan”.

People’s Liberation Army-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

Western/NATO analysts seem confused, sometimes calling the A-I-P the Type 039B, sometimes Type 039C, since they are China’s only known operational A-I-P subs lets just call them A-I-P.

People’s Liberation Army-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

These appear to be Communist China’s AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) attack submarines.  AIP is a conventional power system that can draw oxygen from the water, like a fish’s gills, rather than from the air. This means the submarine does not have to rely on relatively short life batteries to stay submerged, it allows the submarine to stay submerged for long periods  like a nuclear powered submarine.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

In July 2018, the People’s Liberation Army-Navy claimed their then new AIP submarines set new PLA-Navy records, such as underwater sailing distance and maximum depth reached.  China says their AIP powered subs can stay submerged for as long as three weeks.  They admitted that AIP technology makes their attack submarines more expensive.

Twin subs loading up with fresh rocket torpedoes, 22MAR2022. PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong.

Reportedly, China’s AIP are what is known as Stirling (sometimes incorrectly spelled Sterling, the system is named after Scottish engineer Robert Stirling) AIP, a system directly connected to SAAB, based in NATO ‘partner’ (not a member by considered a partner) Sweden.  (Sweden about to submit an official application for membership in NATO)

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

For some reason Wikipedia lists China’s AIP subs as Type 041 and Type 032, yet the PLA-Navy itself says they are Type 039B.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 04JAN2022.

Cold War Subs: USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?

Vehicle I-D: CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, USING NEW Y20!

NATO Vehicle I-D: Idaho shows you how to engine swap a 1:1 scale M113

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard’s Maneuver Area Training and Equipment Site (MATES) might have a Boise address, but it is actually located on the Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC, formerly known as Orchard Training Area or OTA), about 18 miles south of Boise, on federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property.

Dust storm on the OTCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 13AUG2021.

OCTC is in the middle of nowhere, and MATES is where depot level work is done on ground vehicles.

An M113 Command Post, official nomenclature is M577, now being used as an ambulance. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 11MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

A gutted M113 engine/transmission compartment.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 10MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho based 116th Cavalry (Cav-all-ree) Brigade Combat Team’s MATES operation is considered a ‘premier’ maintenance shop, servicing vehicles for Army National Guard units in Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 31MAR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 07APR2021.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 09APR2021.

M113 Mortar Track, official nomenclature is M106, waits for fire orders on OCTC. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez, 18MAY2021.

‘My” M981 FiSTV (artillery forward observer M113), on Idaho’s Orchard Training Area (now called Orchard Combat Training Center), Summer 1997.

U.S. President  Joseph R. Biden Junior ordered 2-hundred M113s for Ukraine. It has been revealed that those M113s are coming from the Army National Guard inventories of at least five states!  Is the President planning on replacing them for those states?

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

Biden’s War: IDAHO ABOUT TO DEPLOY HUNDREDS OF TROOPS, YET AGAIN! FIRST TIME USE OF JAVELIN MISSILES!

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

Vehicle I-D, 2020: HOW TO BUILD A 1:1 SCALE U.S. ARMY ‘FAKE NEWS’ BMP-2 USING THE M113

Biden’s Borderland: “The rest of the country needs to wake up!”

Welcome to borderland hell under the U.S. President, highly incomplete (just the tip of the iceberg) list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 30 April 2022:

The College Advising Corps shows illegals how to go to college in the U.S.:

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 video, from 27APR2022, of a Haitian boat approximately 60 miles northwest of Cuba. The boat was intercepted with 64 illegals onboard:

On 19APR2022, the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a taxpayer funding video report justifying its reliance on hi-tech equipment, why Singapore is an important partner in policing smuggling that is targeting the U.S., and continued border policing operations with a focus on “rescuing” victims of human smuggling:

On 11APR2022, the USCG District 7 “rescued” 67 illegals from Haiti, 15 miles southeast of Anguilla Cay, Bahamas:

On 10APR2022, the USCG District 7, handed over 88 illegals from Haiti to the Haitian Coast Guard. Video by Lieutenant David Steele:

USCG District 7 photo, 09APR2022.

On 09APR2022, approximately 17 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, the USCG District 7 captured, oh I mean ‘rescued’ 89 illegals from Haiti.  The USCG claims the Haitian ‘voluntarily’ left the boat and ‘agreed’ to be sent back to Haiti (at U.S. taxpayer expense, of course)!

Italy:

U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter, 05APR2022.

The U.S. Army’s Logistics Readiness Center, in Livorno, began sending humanitarian aid to Moldova, to help that tiny country deal with Ukrainian refugees.

ARIZONA:  Yet again, U.S. Customs and Border Protection had to ‘rescue’ illegals stranded/injured on the Baboquivari Mountains. Video by Ozzy Trevino, 14APR2022:

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Savannah Roy, 08APR2022.

The U.S. Air Force delivered a new MQ-1C-25 drone (unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) to Fort Huachuca. U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Stewart, Georgia, will use it to patrol the border with Mexico for the next two months.  The ‘-25’ indicates the MQ-1C is the new Extended Range Gray Eagle.

U.S. Army photo by Brandon Mejia, 16FEB2022.

The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is about 48 miles from the border with Mexico (if you’re heading to Los Algodones), and borders with California.  YPG Conservation Law Enforcement Officer Sergeant Shawn Baker says there has been a huge increase in ‘trespassing’ in the past few years, based on the number of new vehicle trails, aerial photos, and ‘in-person contacts’.  Sergeant Baker stops short of blaming illegal immigrants, but warns that YPG has a lot of unexploded bombs spread across the desert, some going back to World War Two.

Near Yuma’s border with Mexico, CBP reports 10-thousand illegal crossings per week:

CALIFORNIA: Hospitals in San Diego are reporting daily cases of illegals falling off of ‘Trump’s Wall’.  The Washington Post quotes illegals as saying how surprised they were to find a wall that they would have to attempt to climb, then the leftist newspaper uses it to bash Trump.

Golden State lawmakers consider forcing taxpayers to fund migrant farm workers, using the drought as an excuse!

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Lerone Simmons, 28APR2022.

On 28APR2022, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major James Porterfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and USNorthCom (U.S. Northern Command), got a tour of a Mobile Surveillance Camera (MSC) site near San Diego. The MSC is operated by the 381st Military Police Company, Indiana Army National Guard.  USNorthCom is tasked with providing Mobile Surveillance Camera operators, Intelligence analysts, and aviation support operations via various state National Guard units.

Taxpayer funded College of the Canyons helps illegals:

Golden State lawmakers considering allowing illegals to become police personnel!!!

‘Free’ taxpayer funded medical care for hundreds of thousands of illegals begins 01MAY2022:

FLORIDA: 

USCG District 7 photo, 18APR2022.

The USCG claims they ‘rescued’ 84 illegals, in various homemade boats, about 17 miles south of Marathon on 18APR2022, and returned them to Cuba on 27APR2022.

USCG District 7 photo, 16APR2022.

About 17 miles south of Ramrod Key, the USCG ‘rescued’ 67 illegals from Cuba on 16APR2022, sending them back to Cuba on 18APR2022.

USCG photo, 01APR2022.

On 01APR2022, the USCG District 7 ‘rescued’ 70 illegals from Cuba, approximately 45 miles south of Marathon.  The USCG says they were sent back to Cuba.

IDAHO: Migrant farm workers given long sleeve shirts to protect from the Sun, every year.

LOUISIANA: Federal judge in Louisiana blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42:

MINNESOTA:  The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training wants illegals to become police personnel!!!

NEW JERSEY: State appeals judge rules police do not have to tell suspected illegals that they should consult with an immigration attorney before questioning.

NEW YORK: NYC wants $25-million from taxpayers to help illegals to vote!!!

TEXAS: Laredo Police ‘rescue’ 77 illegals being smuggled in a trailer!

The body of a Texas Army National Guardsman, Specialist Bishop Evans, who died trying to rescue illegals from drowning, is recovered, Tennessee politician Diana Harshbarger says “The rest of the country needs to wake up!”:

It turns out that the two men a now dead Texas Army National Guardsman tried to save from drowning, are actually drug smugglers!

WASHINGTON:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Michael Clark, 12APR2022.

Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, discusses traffic control operations for cargo ships with Laird Hail, Director of the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Control System, on Base Seattle, 12APR2022. Canada and the U.S. work together regarding ocean going vessels using the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Washington DC: 12APR2022, Russia-Ukraine crisis forces U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to meet with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. Apparently the number of refugees fleeing the war are at crisis levels, and finding countries willing to take enough in is now a problem:

Department of Homeland Security finally mandates Pandemic vaccinations for illegals arriving by land or boat!

Biden’s Borderland: BIDEN’S NEW REFUGEE OPERATION! ILLEGAL SWARMS ARE NOW BEING CALLED “VENTURES”!?

Drugs, the American Way: FENTANYL NOW KING, AND OUT OF CONTROL!

Biden’s War: April 2022, Army/Air Force Deployments, now a revolving door

This is not a complete list of U.S. Army/Air Force/National Guard deployments for the month of April, 2022.

U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Joshua Zayas, 06APR2022.

On 06APR2022, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed from Fort Carson, Colorado, to NATO Poland.

Pre-deployment training also included the use of Javelin anti-tank missiles, for the first time in Idaho! 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

At the beginning of April 2022, it was revealed that 7-hundred remaining Idaho Army National Guard combat personnel had been training for yet another deployment.  This time their training included the use of anti-tank javelin missiles, for the first time. Idaho Army and Air National Guard units have been conducting rotating deployments to The Middle East for a few years now.

Idaho National Guard photo by Elizabeth Adams, 07APR2022.

Due to the now seemingly never ending Idaho National Guard deployments, currently involving more than 1-thousand-4-hundred Army and Air National Guard personnel, the Idaho National Guard Service Member & Family Support Division hosted the first ever Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, on 07APR2022.  Idaho is a geographically large rural state with a population of only about 1.9-million (just under a quarter of the population of the megalopolis of New York City).

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 20APR2022.

Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing deployed on 20APR2022, for the CentCom (Central Command) Area of Operation (AO) in The Middle East.  Just like Idaho, Iowa’s National Guard are also conducting rotating deployments, as one unit returns home another is heading out.  Iowa is geographically smaller than Idaho, yet has 3.1-million people according to the latest Census estimates.

South Carolina Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Ana-Grace Catoe, 20APR2022.

On 20APR2022, South Carolina Army National Guard said an official good-bye to Company A, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command. 50 personnel and eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are deploying to Egypt to conduct a Multinational Force and Observers ‘peacekeeping’ mission on the Sinai Peninsula.

U.S. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations warehouse, Dover AFB, Delaware. USAF photo by Jason Minto, 21APR2022.

On Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations specialists are stocking-up supplies in the Mortuary Affairs warehouse.

U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sergeant Andrew McNeil, 23APR2022.

The U.S. Army Reserve’s 88th Readiness Division conducted a Yellow Ribbon deployment event in Bloomington, Minnesota, on 23APR2022. Yellow Ribbon events are meant to prepare families for the upcoming deployments.  Minnesota’s population is estimated to be 5.7-million.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders poses with members of the 158th Fighter Wing during a deployment ceremony at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, 28APR2022. Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri.

Vermont is a geographically tiny state, with a population of more than 600-thousand people.

Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri, 28APR2022.

On 28-29APR2022, under the cover of darkness Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing deployed to NATO Europe: “We are proud to send our Airmen to support the collective defense of our allies and partners. This deployment demonstrates some of the strategic capabilities the Vermont Air National Guard can provide to the nation when needed.”-Major General Greg Knight, adjutant general of Vermont

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!

Biden’s War, March 2022: ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS, DoD CALLS IT “STRATEGIC COMPETITION”, USAF WANTS YOU TO LEARN RUSSIAN!

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

Drugs, the American Way: Fentanyl now King, and out of control!

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the month of April 2022:

Mexico’s president secretly shutdown a U.S. trained anti-drugs unit a year ago, revealed this year by a Reuters investigation, president says the U.S. trained anti-drug unit was corrupt:

Read the latest about U.S. Customs and Border Protection never ending drug captures.

ALASKA: Largest fentanyl seizures in Alaska’s history!

ARKANSAS: Cop loses job after being accused of buying illegal drugs:

CALIFORNIA: U.S. citizens caught trying to smuggle drugs from Mexico!

Fentanyl crisis now out of control in The Bay Area:

FLORIDA: Sheriff’s department volunteer deputy arrested for selling drugs while using a police car:

Drugged-out man runs through traffic, bites cop:

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 photo, 25APR2022.

On 25APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a fishing boat that had not been inspected, and the operator was not enrolled in a random drug testing program required under federal law (46 C.F.R. 16.230).

Prison cop pleads guilty to smuggling drugs:

Police release body-cam video of the aftermath of a wedding party where guests reported they had been drugged, the bride was arrested:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez, 11APR2022.

The U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded an estimated $11-million worth of illegal drugs at USCG Base Miami Beach, 11APR2022.

IDAHO: “Last year we had 3-thousand pills seized, this quarter alone we’ve had over 10-thousand pills that we seized!”-Roger Schei, Police Chief for the City of Pocatello, Bannock County

Sheriffs from around Idaho say the rural state is now dealing with a fentanyl crisis, they blame pro-drug Oregon:

ILLINOIS: Drugged-out man jumps off train, steals ambulance, rants about drug addiction:

IOWA: Webster County Sheriff’s Office links peace-drug marijuana with violent guns!

KENTUCKY: U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior pardons 75 people convicted of drug crimes:

MASSACHUSETTS: Drinks being drugged in Boston bars:

MICHIGAN: More than 1-hundred cops raid five homes in Monroe County!

Illegal immigrants say they were forced to smuggle 20-thousand fentanyl pills for Mexican drug lords!

Huge drug operation bust, two illegal immigrants arrested:

MISSOURI: Police say illegal drugs now at record high (um-hum) in Springfield!

NORTH CAROLINA: Man on federal probation caught with huge drug stash!

60 people arrested in Craven County!

OHIO: A pet monkey ate his stash, now the monkey owner is in jail!

Five elementary students in the hospital after eating an undisclosed drug:

OKLAHOMA: 54-thousand illegal ganja plants captured!

PENNSYLVANIA: Homeless drug addicts in Philadelphia, posted 29APR2022:

PUERTO RICO: 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET photo by Ricardo Castrodad, 18APR2022.

USCG sailors offload bales of cocaine on Coast Guard Base San Juan, 18APR2022.

Silent USCG video, 04APR2022, Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley’s crew offloaded approximately 1-thousand kilograms of seized cocaine, on Coast Guard Base San Juan:

TEXAS: More drugs captured at the border:

It turns out that the two men a now dead Texas Army National Guardsman tried to save from drowning, are actually drug smugglers!

WASHINGTON: Doctor sentenced to just four years for providing drugs illegally, for ‘immoral’ purposes!

Drugs, the American Way: OPERATION TWISTED TEA, FENTANYL NOW WORSE THAN COVID, GET READY FOR ISO!

U.S. Logistics Shenanigans: Container ships going down, U.S. Taxpayers to the ‘rescue’!

This follows the U.S. taxpayer funded federal government operations that assist the private sector’s container (aka ConEx, a portmanteau of Container and Express) operations, from 01 January 2022 through 29 April 2022:

U.S. Coast Guard-ANT Muskegon photo, 29APR2022.

On 29APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Lake Michigan sector was dispatched to rescue a commercial bulk carrier that ran aground on a sand bar at the entrance to Muskegon.

28APR2022: Empty shipping containers stack up at U.S. ports

U.S. Army Photo by Avery Schneider, 25APR2022.

On 25APR2022, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the gates on the Black Rock Lock for the first time this year. The Black Rock Lock is the only water route for deep draft ships between The Great Lakes and ports on the upper Niagara River.

Photo via the Office of the Fiji Maritime Surveillance Rescue Coordination Center, Republic of Fiji Navy.

22APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro pays a visit to the Port of Suva, Fiji.  It is part of Operation Blue Pacific, to boost ‘security’ in the Indo-Pacific and counter ‘illegal activity’.

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Taylor Bacon, 10APR2022.

On 08APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention/Response, and Marin County went into action to save the 564-foot container ship Wan Hai 176. The Singaporean registered container ship lost power and went adrift approximately seven miles off the coast of Point Reyes, California. The Wan Hai 176 was towed into San Francisco Bay on 10APR2022.

USCG District 11 video, chasing down the Wan Hai 176, 09APR2022:

USCG District 5 photo, 13MAR2022.

On 13MAR2022, Hong Kong registered Evergreen container ship Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, near the Craighill Channel, Maryland.  Ever Forward was on its way to Norfolk, Virginia.

USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Kimberly Reaves, 10APR2022.

On 10APR2022, ConEx boxes are removed in an attempt to lighten the ship.

USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Second Class Devin Erfourth, 17APR2022.

On 17APR2022, the USCG, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Evergreen Marine Corporation worked to refloat the Ever Forward. It took five weeks to repair damage caused by the grounding, and to unstick the 1-thousand-95-feet long ship.

Photo by George Mason University Department of Police and Public safety, 17APR2022.

The Ever Forward was then towed to the port.  On 19APR2022, the state of Maryland demanded that Evergreen pay at least $100-million to cover what the Maryland taxpayers spent rescuing the Ever Forward.

USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jessica Fontenette, 08APR2022.

On 08APR2022, USCG District 9-Marine Safety Unit Cleveland conducted their routine inspection of containers coming through the Port of Cleveland.

Photo by Michael Dougherty, 23MAR2022.

On 23MAR2022, the USCG and the U.S. Army demonstrated their port defense operations on the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina.  The demonstration also included fly-overs by Florida Air National Guard F-15s, an Alabama Air National Guard KC-135, and a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry.

USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Gregory Schell, 29MAR2022.

In March 2022, the Canadian Coast Guard joined with USCG in breaking the ice on Lake Superior, to provide a clear path for container ships heading to or from Duluth, Minnesota.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett, 07FEB2022.

In February 2022, the  U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations provided taxpayer funded Super Bowl security for the Port of Long Beach.

U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Drew Verbis, 31JAN2022.

On 31JAN2022, the CEO of FedEx Logistics made a statement  during a press conference onboard Port Hueneme (aka The Port), California.  FedEx now has a deal (Joint Use Agreement) with U.S. Naval Base Ventura County and the use of Port Hueneme, which is considered a strategic West Coast deep water seaport.  According to a press release by The Port, FedEx is being allowed to use the taxpayer funded Port Hueneme to avoid privately operated ports in California!

U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash, 27JAN2022.

In January 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspected the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk and Seagirt Marine Terminals in Maryland.  There are claims that the port is now the top ‘e-commerce’ port in the United States.  Port operators credit this to the ‘Pandemic’ shipping problems which resulted in a lot of container ships being rerouted from other overstressed ports.

Operation Jupiter: PANDEMIC LOGISTIC SHENANIGANS HIT U.S. MILITARY NANO-VAX OPERATIONS!

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

Pandemic Logistics Perfidy: YES, CALIFORNIA’S TRUCKING & EMPLOYMENT LAWS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR SUPPLY PROBLEMS!

U.S. Disaster 2022: U.S. military vehicles under fire! Grateful child thanks National Guard as fire approaches homes!

An incomplete list of fire reports from across the United States, as of 27 April 2022:

National Weather Service (NWS) predicts drier than expected year: “I’ve been with the National Weather Service for over 20 years, and I’ve never seen the winter storm door just slam shut like that. It’s very unsettling.”-Chris Smallcomb, NWS Reno

ALASKA: More than 10-thousand acres burned!

ARIZONA: New Wildfire in Arizona Adds to Several Burning in Dry Southwest

People being arrested for trying to go back to their homes:

Evacuation orders ended

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation uses Arizona wildfires to warn Canadians:

CALIFORNIA: Sheep being used to prevent wildfires:

California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Michelle Ulber, 21APR2022.

It was revealed on 21APR2022, that California Air National Guard increased the size of fire-retardant ground storage tanks on Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme.  The new tanks increased the storage capacity from a 10-thousand gallons to 50-thousand gallons, to accommodate more MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) aircraft and the U.S. Forest Service’s Very Large Air Tankers (VLAT).

Video, by Master Sergeant Nieko Carzis, of California Air National Guard prepping their C-130Js for MAFFS operations, 19APR2022:

COLORADO: Pueblo West Fire Department prepping homeowners on how to save their homes!

Boulder City Council considers ways to prep for massive fire season!

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention/Control and the Colorado Army National Guard conclude a more intense fire training:

U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130H transports, on Peterson Space Force Base, are prepped for MAFFS operations, 21APR2022. Music video by Technical Sergeant Justin Norton:

FLORIDA: Port Charlotte Fire aftermath

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Anabel Del Valle, 11APR2022.

Tyndall Air Force Base began using a new modular fire station, 11APR2022.

IDAHO: Bannock County one of several already under USDA Drought Disaster declaration!

California Air National Guard C-130J tests its MAFFS while on Gowen Field, Idaho, 25APR2022. California Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Michelle Ulber.

Gowen Field, Idaho, conducted 2022 MAFFS training for C-130 crews.  (April 2017: MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!)

Nevada Air National Guard sent two C-130H aircraft to Idaho for MAFFS prepping. Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Thomas Cox, 26APR2022.

NEBRASKA: Drought will intensify fire season

Road 702 fire 74% contained

Retired fire chief killed by wildfire!

Video of Road 702 wildfire, from 23-24APR2022, by Nebraska State Patrol:

Photo via Captain Joshua Miller.

Nebraska Army National Guard HEWATT (M1158 HEMTT Water Tender) attacks the Road 702 fire, 24APR2022.

Home video, 24APR2022, showing Nebraska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk dropping water on flames near Willow County homes, a child is heard saying “thank you!”:

Earlier, a U.S. Air Force HMMWV, from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, got caught in the Road 702 fire and didn’t survive (the crew did survive), USAF video by Airman Landon Gunsauls:

NEW MEXICO: Cleaning up after several wildfires

New fires, evacuation orders:

TENNESSEE: Video (bad audio) of Tennessee Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk responding to wildfires, 01APR2022:

TEXAS: 

JBSA-Camp Bullis fire, USAF photo by Brian Boisvert, 09APR2022.

By 10APR2022, the Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis fire was considered 50% contained.

WASHINGTON: Spokane Valley Fire Department begging homeowners to fire proof their properties:

U.S. Disaster, March 2022: LABOR SHORTAGE RESULTS IN MERGING OF MILITARY/CIVILIAN FIRE DEPARTMENTS!