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Russia’s army Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov attends an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Fadeichev / Sputnik / AFP).

Nearly a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the new commander of the “special military operation” in the country has a new order for Russian forces there: police them moostache hairs! 
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov, who became commander of all Russian troops in Ukraine on Jan.

Beyond the pay and benefits — and patriotic service, of course — these are 7 other good reasons for you to consider joining the military.
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“Shortfalls” in the Department of Defense’s cyber posture can be attributed to the rapid loss of talent to private industry, according to the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester.
The recently released fiscal 2022 annual report of the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation asserts that “the DOD’s abilities to assess against Red Teams portraying nation state adversaries remain limited due to persistent resource and personnel shortfalls,” adding “[a]nother persistent shortfall in the DOD’s cyber posture is the lack of adequate cyber test capabilities.

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A fighter jet, tearing over an airbase at low level, afterburner ablaze, is a highly familiar trope by now, whether as part of an airshow or something less official. But multiple jets ‘thumping’ an airfield, from all directions, in a simulated multi-vector attack profile, is certainly not something we see every day, especially in an age of precision guided weapons. That makes the appearance of one particular video, showing Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) F-16s, all the more awesome.

F-16s in Denmark on an exercise.

In this Feb.17, 2011 photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabaab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia.(Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press).

The U.S. military recently launched an airstrike in Somalia to help Somali troops fend off more than 100 al-Shabaab militants in a town that had recently been recaptured by government forces, according to U.S. Africa Command.

Epirus has landed a contract from the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office for prototypes of its Leonidas high-power microwave system that can kill drones by zapping their electronics.
The award, announced by the company Monday, comes as the U.S. military is on the hunt for new capabilities to address the growing threat from adversaries’ unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Leonidas system will support the Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave Program.

In his latest discussion with Ryan on the war in Ukraine, Mike Kofman explains why the coming spring and summer will be strategically decisive. He also offers his analysis on the Russian command reshuffle, new Western kit, and the grinding battle for Bakhmut.   Image: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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German-Made Leopard 2 Tanks

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After weeks of Germany refusing to allow its Western allies to send their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Berlin has finally authorized Poland to send its German-made Leopard tanks to Kyiv to fight the Russian invasion.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told LCI television after a Franco-German meeting in Paris on Sunday, “If we are asked the question, then we will not stand in the way.

“A Lion Of The White Collar Bar”

Screenshot – William Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder

AFP reported yesterday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s protocol aide Kathy Chung was the official recommended by Hunter Biden to move TS SCI classified documents through Chinatown for years before they ended up at the Penn Biden Center.
Now we have learned that Kathy Chung has lawyered up with one of the top criminal attorneys in Washington, D.C.
William Taylor at Zuckerman Spaeder is described on the firm’s website as “A lion of the white collar bar.

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has achieved a milestone with the delivery of the 5,000th ‘Hawk’ variant helicopter to the US military.
The helicopter is a US Army UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft, which will be deployed to conduct military and civil operations worldwide.
Program Executive Office Aviation utility helicopter project manager colonel Calvin Lane said: “For more than 40 years, the Black Hawk has remarkably supported soldiers in every major contingency operation the army has executed.