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Anthony Zinni & Jerry McAbee, RCD
How did the United States Marine Corps transform itself from the world’s premier expeditionary force-in-readiness to a poor parody of the French Maginot…

Vong Pisen, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, and Gao Xiucheng, deputy chief of staff of the PLA’s Southern Theater Commander, attend a demonstration of a machine gun-equipped robotic dog during Exercise ‘Golden Dragon’. During this exercise, the PLA demonstrated robotic dogs that can be used for reconnaissance and combat. (AFP via Getty Images)
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has demonstrated few of its robotic dog assets that can support reconnaissance and combat operations in an ongoing military exercise with Cambodia.

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Journalist Lara Logan, known for her sourcing inside intelligence circles, has put out the following dire warning to U.S. Special Operations troops.
The recent incident of Chechen spies targeting a SOF officer, which resulted in the death of one of the Chechens, is the canary in the coal mine for our current military vulnerability.

You do realize that when Chechens are surveilling the home and family of a senior Special Operations officer right next to one of the most significant training bases of the most elite forces this country has…..that the shit has hit the fan.

Is it time for states to urgently consider declaring sovereignty from the US Government? In the American system, the people of the several states are sovereign, meaning they hold final or ultimate authority. Power flows from them to the federal government, which merely serves as their agent. What is a sovereign state? A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.

The complete family of Carfil’s drone-dropped munitions (from left to right: 60 mm, 81 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm), showing the polymer stabilising fins that have been used to reduce weight. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)
Carfil, a subsidiary of Romania’s state-owned ROMARM holding company, displayed a family of drone-dropped munitions at the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) 2024 exhibition held in Bucharest from 22 to 24 May.

HMNZS
Te Kaha
, seen here while it was in the Singapore Strait. The frigate has sustained damage to its hull after a berthing accident, and repair work is ongoing.
(Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)

New Zealand has begun work on its lead Te Kaha (Anzac)-class frigate, HMNZS
Te Kaha
, after the vessel was damaged during a berthing attempt on 16 May.

Ron Granieri, War Room
When we think about victory in Europe, and seriously try to consider what the end of the war could or should have meant, we must think about what kind of world was…

J. Barnhill, Military.

Niharika Mandhana, WSJ
The Wall Street Journal flew out with U.S. Marines to remote locations from where they might one day fight China.

Douglas C Rapé, Compass Points
On this Memorial Day weekend, we honor those who have given the last full measure of devotion.