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NATO Weapons: Apaches & Hinds, for the first time?

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U.S. Army (USA) photo by Major Robert Fellingham.

During NATO wargame Saber Guardian-21/DEFENDER-Europe 21, Hungarian Mil 24s and U.S. AH-64s conducted live fire training, together for the first time.

U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Cole can’t help but grin from ear to ear, getting a ride in the gunner’s seat of a Hungarian Hind. USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham, 03JUN2021.

USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham, 03JUN2021.

Hungarian Defense Force Brigadier General József Koller gets situated in the gunner’s seat of an AH-64D. USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham, 03JUN2021.

USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham, 09JUN2021.

It’s not the first time NATO Hinds and Apaches worked together, but apparently (according to U.S. Army, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Major Robert Fellingham) it is the first time they’ve exchanged crews and taken part in ‘live fire’ wargames together.

USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham.

USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham.

USA photo by Major Robert Fellingham, 09JUN2021.

Near Szolnok, Hungary, June 2019. USA photo by Sergeant Brandon Brashere.

In 2019, U.S. Apache crews got to look over Hungarian Hinds during Saber Guardian-19, and vice versa.

Near Szolnok, Hungary, June 2019. USA photo by Sergeant Brandon Brashere.

Iraq, May 2006, USA photo.

In May 2006, a Polish Mil 24 and U.S. AH-64D Apache shared a forward refueling/arming point somewhere in Iraq.

Zombie ‘Copter:  HOW THE HIND RETURNED TO AFGHANISTAN, AND WHY IT WON’T DIE

May 2020:  APACHE FIGHTS THROUGH PANDEMIC

Influenza, U.S.

Hurricane 2021: U.S. Army loves giant Maps, FEMA preps for nation-wide disasters + pandemic!

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“A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.”–Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

During the first week of June, 2021, U.S. Army’s Northern Command (aka Army North) conducted a Rehearsal of Concept (RoC) major nation-wide disaster response discussion, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas: “This RoC drill helps us synchronize our whole-of-government effort for an all-hazards response, whether it is a response to a natural disaster, pandemic, man-made hazard, terrorist attack or cyberattack. Having everyone here to synchronize and integrate is extremely important for us to be ready to fulfill our requirements as an integrated, interagency task force to meet the National Preparedness Goal.”-Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, Army North

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jamil Birden.

The nation-wide RoC included the National Guard Bureau and  U.S. Transportation Command.  Hurricane scenarios focused on category 4 and 5 storms targeting Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Scenarios also discussed dealing with post-pandemic/CoViD-19 environment ‘challenges’: “These are unprecedented times.”-Damon Penn, FEMA

Recent FEMA Public Service Announcement (PSA) warning people about pandemic and natural disasters:

September 2012: WHY IS FEMA RUNNING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS P-S-A SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 1989 LOMA PRIETA QUAKE?

May 2021: FEMA REGIONS PREP FOR DISASTER & SPEND YOUR MONEY LIKE IT’S WATER

February 2021: BIDEN ORDERS FEMA MASS-VAX SITES! NAVY BUILDING FEMA COVID CAMPS!

April 2020: FEMA BUILDING MASSIVE ISLAND HOSPITAL?

Hurricane Michael:  U.S. NAVY TO SPEND $9-MILLION+ TO REPAIR 2018 DAMAGE TO ONE BUILDING!

Hurricane 2018: ALABAMA MILITIA PREPS FOR HURRICANE USING WORLD’S LARGEST ALABAMA MAP!

Hurricane 2021: SOUTH CAROLINA PREPS MILITIA!

U.S. taxes at work in other countries: U.S. ARMY SPENDS YOUR MONEY BUILDING DISASTER RESPONSE STATIONS FOR ARMENIA!

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Hurricane Michael: U.S. Navy to spend $9-million+ to repair 2018 damage!

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Panama City, Florida, October 2018. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer photo by Brennon Claus.

Back in 2018, category 5 Hurricane Michael severely damaged Building 544 on Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City, Florida.  Building 544 is a research and development facility for Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).

Damage assessment by Naval Facilities (NavFac) Engineering Command, October 2018. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Devin Bowser.

Now, two and a half years later, the U.S. Navy (USN) announced it will spend $9.3-million to re-build Building 544.  It is hoped the project will be completed by September 2022.

Hurricane 2018: MOTHER EARTH (Hurricane Michael) GROUNDS U.S. AIR FORCE

Hurricane 2021: SOUTH CAROLINA PREPS MILITIA!

International, U.S.

U.S. Army spends your money building fire stations for Armenia!

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been busy building new fire/emergency response buildings, not in the United States, in the European(?) country of Armenia.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

U.S. taxpayers are unknowingly funding (through the United States European Command) the construction of three fire and rescue station projects in Armenia’s Shirak Province.  Officially it is because the U.S. European Command is expecting an increase in major natural disasters.  However, it was admitted that the fire station in Gyumri, considered the busiest in Armenia, was in desperate need of replacement due to neglect by the local and national governments.  U.S. taxpayers are replacing the old station in Gyumri with two new state-of-the-art stations by the end of 2021.

USACE photo.

A third emergency response station will be completed in 2022, in the small city of Ashotsk.

It should be noted that Armenia is geographically on the Western edge of the Asian continent, yet U.S./NATO considers Armenia to be ‘geo-politically’ European, hence why U.S. European Command has jurisdiction.

Biden’s War: TENNESSEE TO SPEND YOUR TAXES IN AFRICA

2021:  U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND JAPANESE MILITARY VEHICLES FOR IRAQ, AGAIN!

U.S. TAXPAYERS GIVE GERMAN AND JAPANESE VEHICLES TO GEORGIAN BORDER POLICE!

2019: U.S. TAXES SUPPORT INDIAN MILITARY AIR SHOW

U.S.

Biden’s War: Tennessee to spend your taxes in Africa

Tennessee National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Timothy Cordeiro.

C-12 Huron pilots with Tennessee Army National Guard’s Detachment 6, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, held a deployment ceremony on 12JUN2021.  They will be spending nine months in Africa, after deployment training on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Then, on 22JUN2021, five militiamen with the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 1957th Contingency Contracting Team said official good-byes during a ceremony in Nashville.

The mission of the five from Tennessee will be to spend U.S. taxes on foreign supplied logistical services, like food and lodging, in the operational area known as Horn of Africa: “Contracts are often given to local workers which really helps drive the economy in the area.”-Captain Eric Bolin, Tennessee National Guard’s United States Property & Fiscal Office

Biden’s War:

TENNESSEE DEPLOYS TO MIDDLE EAST!

NEW YORK DEPLOYS TO THE MIDDLE EAST

U.S.

Biden’s War: New York deploys to The Middle East

On 10JUN2021, New York Army National Guard’s 501st Ordnance Battalion, 53rd Troop Command, held a deployment ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Glenville.

New York Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Sebastian Rothwyn.

The 23 personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) support headquarters company are, apparently, deploying to Kuwait.  Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Ambia admitted that their pre-deployment training was conducted ‘virtually’ due to the pandemic-panic-attack, but was confident enough to say “…I think we’ll be okay. Everybody is pretty good at what they do.”

Biden’s War:

PENNSYLVANIA DEPLOYS TO NORTH AFRICA

Technology

Solar flares to sink U.S. Navy?

“I study solar flares and I spent my career modeling them. We generally think of flares in terms of their size or their brightness, but we often ignore the part about their duration.”-Jeff Reep, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

On 15JUN2021, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory published a story concerning the expected increase in duration of solar flares, and the possibility that entire U.S. Navy (USN) fleets could be affected.

In a recent scenario a USN fleet was hit by a solar flare, destroying its electrical infrastructure and causing havoc to its electronic communications.  The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is working on a way to allow fleet commanders to conduct real-time forecasting of such solar flares, and to determine how long they will last.  (Forecasting the Remaining Duration of an Ongoing Solar Flare)

21JUN2021, Indian Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jason Tarleton.

The USN scientists argue that how long a solar flare lasts is as important as how intense the flare is, yet we still can’t determine how long such solar events will last.  The research is part of a NASA program called Living With A Star.

U.S. MILITARY WARNS, SUN WILL INTERFERE WITH YOUR HI-DEF TV

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Biden’s War: Pennsylvania deploys to North Africa

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Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Joan Nissley.

On 15JUN2021, more than 2-hundred militia personnel of the 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, deployed to Texas (for deployment training on Fort Bliss), and then to northern Africa.

Pennsylvania ANG photo by Sergeant First Class Matthew Keeler.

On 14JUN2021, a deployment ceremony was held at Southampton Armory, Philadelphia.  According to a U.S. Army report, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard will end up in Egypt (Which is physically in Africa, not The Middle East. The U.S. government has been listing any Arab speaking/Muslim country as being in The Middle East/Southwest Asia. The only part of Egypt that is in Southwest Asia is the Sinai Peninsula.).

Biden’s War:  VERMONT DEPLOYS NEARLY 1-thousand, AFRICA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST!

Technology, U.S.

Rogue One ExEval: Oregon mass-casualty event!

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Oregon Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant N. Daniel Delgado.

During the middle of June 2021, Oregon Air National Guard personnel responded to a mass-casualty CBRNE (Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive) event at a place called Camp Rilea.

Oregon ANG photo by First Lieutenant N. Daniel Delgado.

Thankfully it was a training event, known as ‘Rogue One’ ExEval (sometimes meaning Exploitation Evaluation, or Exercise Evaluation, or External Evaluation, they can’t seem to make up their minds as I’ve seen all these used in military press releases), which takes place every two years (biennial).

Oregon ANG photo by First Lieutenant N. Daniel Delgado.

Crews were sent out to look for ‘victims’ who needed decontamination.

Oregon ANG photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Campbell.

A victim is brought in for decontamination.

Oregon ANG photo by First Lieutenant N. Daniel Delgado.

Oregon Air National Guard video by Major Samuel Lee, showing what you can expect if you become a victim and need to be decontaminated:

Oregon ANG photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Campbell.

Even the rescuers/responders are checked for contamination.

Oregon ANG photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Campbell.

Pacific Ring of Fire, May 2021:

WARNINGS FOR ALASKA, HAWAII & WASHINGTON

May 2021:

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brigitte Johnston.

FEMA REGIONS PREP FOR DISASTER & SPEND YOUR MONEY LIKE IT’S WATER

CBRNE, 2019:  FEMA REGION 4, FEMA REGION 6, CONTAMINATION EVENTS!

July 2019: ARKANSAS HIT BY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, USAF SCRAMBLED!

CBRNE, 2017: UTAH’S SECRET(?) WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION EVENT IN EAST IDAHO!

International

Pandemic Logistic Shenanigans: “a supply/demand mismatch” “New Normal”

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Incomplete list of links to industry news reports, as of 03 June 2021, which prove the Artificial Intelligence (A-I) driven (yet pandemic-panic-attack blamed) supply shortage is all about money:

A-I driven logistics research company Blue Yonder says supply shortage shenanigans are the New Normal!

Logistics Manager’s Index says demand for logistics will only increase: “This hard shift in economic activity is akin to going from standing still to a full sprint, and as would be expected, it has put tremendous pressure on supply chains. Many supply networks are currently suffering from the phenomenon known as the ‘bullwhip effect’ in which smaller variations in demand at the consumer level lead to wild swings further up the chain.”

Logistics Management article reveals true reason for supply shortage; ocean ports are overwhelmed with cargo ships that can’t unload their cargo: “Given the congestion at ports in San Pedro Bay, we’re seeing more interest in booking freight through Mexico and Canada. This is a trend that we expect to continue through the next Peak Season.”-Brian Nemeth, AlixPartners

Turkey based ‘route optimizer’ gets money from investors, including Ford.

New A-I driven logistic company called Locus gets investors to shell-out USD$50-million in latest round of fund raising!

New Project44 logistics solution company ‘milks’ investors of USD$202-million, and valued at $1.2-billion, claims it will help retail industry fix supply problems!

Prudential Financial-PGIM Real Estate sinks USD$323-million into Chinese logistics company!

E-commerce logistics company Delhiverly gets investors to shell-out USD$277-million before its Initial Public Offering!

New logistics company NextBillion gets USD$6.25-million from investors!

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.

In May, the U.S. Marine Corps conducted a record 18 vehicle convoy, approximately 5-thousand miles from North Carolina to California, and then back to North Carolina.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.

The four weeks long drive tested the ability to control a large movement of trucks using High Frequency (HF) beyond line-of-sight highly secure radio communications. HF radios are old tech, but turns out they might provide more radio security now that most ‘enemies’ are using the latest satellite communications and other radio technologies.  Also, it seems HF can handle more data.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.

  “This mission has run smoothly due to the detailed preparation effort, and competency of the team on the road. All issues encountered have been solvable….”-Captain Adam Devine, 2nd Transportation Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Retailers are dealing with the leanest levels of inventory, relative to sales, on record: “…almost all companies we have spoken to alluding to a supply/demand mismatch.”-Simeon Siegel, BMO Capital Markets

Supply shortage shenanigans are actually causing established XPO Logistics to grow and improve its ‘free cash flow’.

Illinois based Redwood Logistics takes over software company and parcel delivery company!

Advance Realty Investors, Greek Development and PGIM Real Estate, are closer to completing 1.3-million acre Linden Logistics Center, in New Jersey.

California based Deckers Brands to build logistics center in Indiana.

New 1.8-million square feet logistics center to be built in California.

Canadian logistics company Pinnacle Logistics Solutions hired a ship to transport steel, in what is being considered a case study examining the benefits of when companies take direct control of the supply chain.

Lineage Logistics takes over UTI Forwarding, the latest in dozens of take overs by Lineage since the pandemic-panic-attack started.

Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Japan/Toyota created Just in Time Manufacturing.
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Indian logistics company to deliver Russian CoViD vax.

Virginia based LaserShip credits pandemic-panic-attack for its expansion into Tennessee!

Interim director of Army Medical Logistics Command’s Medical Maintenance Policies and Analysis directorate, during a discussion at a healthcare technology management workshop, at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo by C.J. Lovelace.

U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command conducts first ever healthcare tech workshop.  The U.S. Army says the pandemic-panic-attack revealed a problem with current medical providers, including the U.S. military, in having enough workers on hand to handle a pandemic.

Three Maryland based companies sign contract to modernize the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Kentavist P. Brackin.

In the name of logistics (calling it the Aerial Port of the Future) the U.S. Air Force has created an Android based system which can monitor the location and activities of personnel involved with flightline activities, in real time.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Kentavist P. Brackin.

In Michigan, the USAF recently tested the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) and Android Team Logistics Awareness Switch (ATLAS), during Mobility Guardian 2021.

Supply companies in Communist China threaten to halt port operations, claiming they are losing money!

France based Robotics Specialist wants to invade the U.S. logistics market.

Global logistics robot market expected to be worth billions of U.S. dollars.

Pandemic Logistics Shenanigans, April 2021: CANNED PET FOOD? CONSPIRACY TO JACK-UP PRICES? BLAME CHINA?