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Commander Salamander Substack
When should we send—while being paid a government salary—officers to graduate school?
What majors would best meet the needs of the service and its priorities?
Should graduate school degrees really be of importance for career advancement?
Why? Where? When?
One thing I have changed my mind on over the last decade, and especially the last five years, is the value of sending active duty officers to graduate school.
Reports are now coming in from Iraq that the American embassy in Baghdad is under Iranian attack. We don’t know if this is true or not. However, it is to be expected that something like that would happen due to the unfolding new war in the Middle East.
Americans were told your administration would stop the forever wars.
The forever wars just got bigger.
This is not what we voted for.
We voted for peace.
Mr. President, you enabled this war. This is your war now.
We have trusted you.
Please don’t finish it with more American lives.
U.S. Marines temporarily detained a civilian in Los Angeles Friday afternoon, the first known case of the military doing so since it deployed to Los Angeles County.
The incident was first reported by Reuters, who identified the detained man as U.S. Army veteran Marcos Leao. A spokesperson for U.S. Northern Command confirmed that an individual was detained, but turned over to law enforcement officials after approximately 10 minutes. He was transferred to the custody of officers from the Department of Homeland Security before being released.
Lt. Col. Brian Seymour was removed from command of the 71st Student Squadron on Thursday, June 12, the Air Force said, less than a month after he took over the unit.
“Lt. Col. Brian Seymour was relieved from command of the 71st Student Squadron on 12 June 2025, due to a loss of confidence in his leadership ability,” a spokesperson for the 71st Flying Training Wing said in a statement to Task & Purpose on Friday.
Seymour had only been in the command role for a few weeks. He took over on May 16, in a change of command ceremony held at Vance Air Force Base. He replaced Col.
After recently accepting delivery of the new Meadowlands electronic warfare system, the Space Force is now conducting developmental and operational testing with guardians to prepare the platform for future deployment.
Meadowlands is a mobile, ground-based offensive counterspace system that uses radio signals to jam adversary satellite communications.
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They did it. Israel has now ignited and established the third theater of WWIII in the Middle East.
Worse, if the U.S. is found to be involved in any way with Israel’s strike on Iran, it will be a critical violation of President Trump’s promise – not to start or get the U.S. involved in future wars.
The Battle of the Bulge during World War II is often associated with the 101st Airborne Division’s heroic stand at Bastogne in Belgium. But it was the 28th Infantry Division’s tenacious defense at the start of the battle that delayed the Germans long enough to allow the 101st to move into Bastogne.
Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans for the red keystone patches its soldiers wore on their uniforms, the 28th Infantry Division had just suffered about 5,700 casualties during the grueling battle of the Hürtgen Forest.
In 2022, Luis Simón wrote “America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine” where he argued that a decisive defeat of Russia in Europe would ultimately strengthen America’s ability to compete with China in the Indo-Pacific. With the balance of power still in flux in both regions, we asked him to revisit his assessment.Image: President of UkraineIn your 2022 article, “America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine,” you argued that decisively defeating Russia remains the best way for the United States to compete successfully against China.
Marines deployed to Los Angeles will start their mission of guarding federal buildings on Friday. National Guard soldiers who were already in the area will transition to protecting local law enforcement, the commander of the mission announced.
“I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities. Rather, they’ll be focused on protecting federal law enforcement personnel,” Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51, the name of the military’s mission in LA, told reporters Friday.