When the U.S. Army announced on June 10 that it was changing the names of seven bases back to their earlier designations, it skipped over one major milestone: Fort Lee in Virginia will now be the first base to be named after a Buffalo Soldier.
The bases reverted back to their names, which had previously honored Confederate leaders, although with new, non-Confederate namesakes. In the case of Fort Lee, rather than Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general, it’s now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier.
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The U.S. Air Force has forward deployed F-22 fighters to RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom, with the aircraft under the elite 1st Fighter Wing arriving across the Atlantic on June 18 from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. The aircraft are expected to be deployed to the Middle East, likely to either Al Dhafra Airbase in the United Arab Emirates, or to Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar, both of which have hosted F-22s in the past.
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Trump Administration Threatens Hezbollah
Well, that didn’t take long.
This morning, Trump Middle East Envoy To Syria, Tom Barrack threatened Hezbollah in Syria.
US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, “If Hezbollah joins the war between Israel and Iran, it would be a “very bad decision.”
We now have the President of the United States saying WE want ‘total victory’ in Iran, ‘Unconditional Surrender’, and his envoy is threatening Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has confirmed that the Korean People’s Army will dispatch 1000 mine clearance experts and 5000 military engineers to support de-mining and reconstruction efforts in the Russian Kursk region, following the routing of the last Ukrainian forces there in April. The official described the new deployment as an extension of North Korea’s
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