Jan Tegler, National Defense Mag.
Defense analysts assert that the Air Force is embracing maritime strike in a way it hasn’t for decades.
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Thomas Nilsen, Barents Observer
This is the first time bombs have been dropped by United States strategic bombers, hitting targets in Rovajärvi firing range, a short 100 km from Finland’s…
Tyler Bray, The Diplomat
U.S. maritime power increasingly risks projecting strength without the institutional agility to sustain it.
Tony Lentini, RealClearDefense
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It is no coincidence that Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland openly raised the possibility that his country may need to arm itself with nuclear weapons. Both major parties in South Korea are doing the same. This is a response to what is happening in Washington, where the Trump administration is renovating America’s post-World War II grand strategy, tossing aside hard-built alliances, norms on global trade, and much else. Coercive tariff threats, territorial expansionist rhetoric, and expressions of trans-national far-right political solidarity are in.
It is 2028. An infantry company, acting as an advanced guard, maneuvers to support an attack in the Indo-Pacific. Each platoon consists of manned-unmanned squad teams using autonomous ground vehicles equipped with sensors, mortars, and loitering attack drones. The company commander, analyzing real-time data from small reconnaissance drones, satellites, and predictive terrain models, quickly identifies key terrain to secure the flank. He assigns a platoon to the position and directs others to adjust fires in support of the main effort.
What do you make of this? It’s rather disturbing. Came across this TikTok channel during a search. It’s by an active duty USAF medic with the title on the video, “You know this report will ruin a stellar young Airman’s career?” and in the description box, “Proceeded with the court martial after hearing that. He was found guilty.” It has 2.5 million views.
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Proceeded with the court martial after hearing that. He was found guilty.
Eight decades ago, on March 7, American soldiers saw the most unexpected sight. A bridge, just more than 1,000-feet-long, was intact over the Rhine River. It shouldn’t have been. The Nazis had been busy blowing up every crossing over the river in an attempt to slow down the surging Allied advance and invasion into Germany. But there it was.
The Ludendorff Bridge spanned across the Rhine River.
In 2006, Spc. Ross Andrew McGinnis, a U.S. Army member, was on patrol in eastern Baghdad during the Iraq War. It was there he earned the prestigious Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously.
Background
Ross Andrew McGinnis was born on June 14, 1987, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Clarion County, just north of Pittsburgh. He always knew that he wanted to join the military. He even expressed this desire to his kindergarten teacher at age 5. Throughout his youth, he participated in team sports and joined the Boy Scouts of America to practice teamwork.
The interior of Mahan hall on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy. It is decorated with natuical motifs. The building contains a theatre and library.Image by Preservation Maryland
During a tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) as a Company Officer in the 1980’s I served as a member of the Admissions Board in the Winter/Spring of 1983-84. At that time the Naval Academy had already abandoned strict meritocracy for affirmative action.