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Karen McKay, RealClearDefense
Editor’s Note: This is a fictional story by a retired U.S.

Israel has been involved in several major wars with its Arab neighbors since becoming an independent state in 1948. These wars have shaped the history and politics of the region and have had a significant impact on the lives of millions of people across the Middle East.
1. The Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)

The Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949) This was the first major war between Israel and its Arab neighbors after the United Nations voted to partition British-ruled Palestine into two states – one for Jews and one for Arabs.

Pararescue specialist and Combat Rescue officers from the 920th Rescue Wing buzz the cruise ship Venezia prior to hoisting onto its deck to retrieve a sick child and his mother for an emergency transportation to shore. Air Force photo.
Vacationing passengers aboard a cruise ship found got to see a mid-ocean airshow last week when a small fleet of Air Force rescue aircraft arrived overheard, 350 miles from shore, to transport a sick boy and his mother back to dry land.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

STARRS Chairman Lt. General Rod Bishop, US Air Force ret and 1974 graduate of the Air Force Academy, will be giving a talk on:
DEI and its Impact on the Military:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
5:00 pm
Edward A. Norton Post
VFW Post 7666
57 Mill Road. Guilford, CT 06437
Google Map Location
As you are likely already aware, divisive leftist ideologies have infiltrated the military and the service academies, affecting military recruitment, retention and preparedness.

Dentist gives oral cancer screening. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Jalene Brooks)
Tech. Sgt. Justin Wolf, 11th Medical Group dentist, conducts an oral cancer screening for a veteran at the at a health fair for Retiree Appreciation day on Joint Base Andrews Md., Oct. 27, 2018. The Retiree Appreciation Day event provided veterans easy access to military health care screenings and immunizations as well as individualized assistance with military finance, records, and benefits questions.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A sinkhole caused an upstream riverbed to collapse in 2020, subsequently destroying what was previously Ecuador’s largest and tallest waterfall, San Rafael Falls, which historically stood at about 430 feet. That chain of events led to an unusual mission for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dubbed Project Condor.
The waterfall ceased to exist by the end of 2021, and in 2023, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick contacted NGA leadership for help.

Retired Marine Lt. Col. Harlan Page Chapman spent more than seven years in captivity as the Marine held longest by the North Vietnamese as a prisoner of war. He died on May 6, 2024 at the age of 89. (Photos courtesy of Fran Chapman/ U.S. Air Force/ The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership).
When Lt. Col. Harlan Chapman arrived in Hawaii  after his release from seven years in North Vietnamese prisoner of war camps,  Marine Lt. Gen. Louis Wilson was there to meet him. 
“Welcome back to the Marine Corps,” Wilson told Chapman.

The Defense Information Systems Agency is conducting a number of pilots to provide commercial cloud capabilities to warfighters outside of the continental United States. But a lack of available funding has slowed the expansion of those services to more locations and users, an agency official said.
In 2023, DISA began its Joint Operational Edge (JOE) initiative, envisioned as an integrated mesh of edge computing platforms located at Defense Department sites that could provide cloud capabilities overseas.

Mitchel Coffman is a professional artist and brings veterans stories to life through his paintings while making the fallen immortal, keeping their memories alive through his work. (Task & Purpose photo/Joshua Skovlund).
When an Army Ranger is killed in action, the 75th Ranger Regiment honors their legacy in many different awe-inspiring ways. That’s how Mitchel Coffman first connected with the close-knit community of Rangers, which led him to use his unique talents to honor fallen service members.

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Feb. 3, 2024. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers).
The Navy has released the name of a sailor who died while deployed in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility.