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Could The Ukraine War End Putin? Why The Cracks Are Real, And Why He Probably Survives Them Anyway: For the first time since Russian tanks rolled toward Kyiv in February 2022, serious analysts of Russian politics are writing that Vladimir Putin’s grip may be slipping. Western media reported in May that his position within the power structure had weakened. The economy has contracted for the first time in three years. The army is stalled along the front. Ukrainian drones strike refineries hundreds of miles inside Russia.

United States Air Force Chief of Staff General Kenneth Wilsbach has referred to the MQ-9 Reaper drone as the “most valuable player” of the country’s war effort against Iran, raising questions regarding the extent of its role which saw the aircraft take particularly high losses. Wilsbach said the MQ-9 was by far the most widely used aircraft to support strikes against more than 13,000 targets during the war.

A new Government Accountability Office report has provided insight into the state of the U.S. Armed Forces’ F-35 fifth generation fighter fleet, highlighting severe ongoing issues with the sustainment of the aircraft, resulting in full mission-capable rates of just 28.5 percent in Fiscal Year 2025. The Air Force’s full mission capable rates have generally been higher than the Navy and Marine Corps over the past five years, but are still trending downward overall.

The U.S. Navy has established a new submarine squadron, Submarine Squadron 3, at a Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Stirling in Western Australia, as part of broader efforts to refocus the large majority of American attack submarine operations to the Pacific theatre. Rear Admiral Chris Cavanaugh, commander of Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, formally reestablished the squadron, laying the command infrastructure needed before the first nuclear powered attack submarines begin rotating through the base in 2027.

Following the resumption of high intensity hostilities between Iranian forces, and both the U.S. and U.S.-aligned states across the Middle East, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the night of June 7-8 launched multiple ballistic-missile salvoes against military installations in northern and central Israel. The known targets include Ramat David Air Base, Nevatim Air Base, and Tel Nof Air Base. The Corps announced that these were a “warning” for Israel’s military actions in Lebanon and that they had “targeted Israeli military facilities.

A Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington state this afternoon, sparking a wildfire in the area that required several helicopters to suppress.
The crash happened at approximately noon today, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Saturday evening. The Hornet, part of Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, “experienced a non-fatal aviation mishap while conducting routine training.” 
The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by the local sheriff’s department, the Marine Corps said.

President Donald J. Trump announced earlier today that the war with Iran ends tomorrow. In a Truth Social post, he said the agreement is scheduled to get signed Sunday, with the Strait of Hormuz “OPEN TO ALL” the moment the ink dries. Within hours, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the opposite, calling Sunday a date on which signing is “definitely not happening” and describing the announcement as a test aimed at its own negotiators.

As the number of fighting-age men dwindles in Ukraine, as the Christian ethnocide plays out, Ukraine is launching a major recruitment drive that will allow private companies to source, screen, and deliver foreign fighters to its armed forces, with the goal of filling 30 to 50 percent of its assault and infantry positions with non-Ukrainians. This will allow globalist forces to keep the war going at any cost.
There has also been talk of enabling mass migration of third world men into the area.

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The military defines Personnel Recovery (PR) as the sum of military, diplomatic, and civil efforts to recover and reintegrate isolated personnel. Driven by the moral imperative to “Leave No One Behind”, it aims to preserve critical human resources and deny adversaries intelligence or propaganda leverage in a world driven by instant coverage and viral social media posts.
Two months ago, the U.S.

U.S. troops have deployed to an air base in Kenya to help with the construction and set up of a planned Ebola quarantine facility meant to house Americans. That planned site has sparked ongoing protests in Kenya, with multiple people killed by police.
Stars & Stripes first reported on the deployment. It is not clear how many troops were sent or what units they were drawn from.
An American official confirmed the deployment, saying in a statement to Task & Purpose that U.S.