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If you’re reading this, the analytics behind this website tell me there’s a good chance you’ve served in the military, read a lot about the military and may even be in the military right now.
You also probably like to keep up with military recruiting ads, and you might have seen that the Marine Corps — the undisputed kings of moto-TV commercials — came out with its latest recruiting blitz on Nov. 7, a campaign called “Made For This.” It’s very Marine, with dress blues and rifles, patrolling platoons, fast roping, explosions, and orchestra music.

James Graham Wilson, America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan (Cornell University Press, 2024) On May 11, 1987, Secretary of State George Shultz celebrated the 40th anniversary of his department’s iconic Policy Planning Staff by convening 11 of its former directors for an Open Forum at the State Department. George Kennan, who in 1947 had become the inaugural director of “S/P,” as the office is known in Foggy Bottom’s acronymic vernacular, delivered a typically morose assessment of the world situation.

President-Elect Donald Trump just confirmed Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton’s claim from November 8.
Trump said it’s “TRUE” that he is prepared to declare a national emergency as soon as he takes office, and use the military “to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”
Of course, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has promised not to cooperate with “federal roundups, except for violent offenses” because of Connecticut’s status as a sanctuary state.

As most military families are acutely aware, when a parent serves – the whole family is impacted. With the only constant being change, it’s not uncommon for feelings of isolation to surface, especially in children, with frequent moves, being far from family, and constantly being “the new kid.”
Since 1996, Sesame Street for Military Families has helped children and families in the military community with programming specifically aimed toward relevant topics that are unique to military life.
“Feeling isolated can happen to anyone, but this is especially true for our military families.

The annual Army-Navy football game is a hotly anticipated matchup between the Army Black Knights from the U.S. Military Academy and the Navy Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy. Each year, the two schools debut a special uniform that the players will wear for the rivalry event. In previous years, tribute has been paid to legendary Army units and historic Navy achievements. For the 2024 Army-Navy Game, the ranked and undefeated Black Knights will wear uniforms to commemorate the 101st Airborne Division’s “Rendezvous with Destiny” at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII.

The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom signed a new agreement Monday that will see the three nations share each other’s testing facilities for hypersonic weapons.
Signed under Pillar 2 of the AUKUS trilateral security pact, the so-called Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation (HyFliTE) project arrangement includes plans to conduct at least six flight test campaigns by 2028, according to a news release from the Pentagon. A funding pool worth $252 million will be used to finance the efforts, the release noted.

The new director of the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is scheduled to meet with lawmakers in closed-door and open sessions Tuesday to discuss his organization’s activities investigating “unidentified anomalous phenomena” that have raised national security concerns.
The hearing with the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities comes on the heels of the release of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 consolidated annual report on UAP.

President-elect Donald Trump is giving more and more hints that he is ready to use U.S. troops as part of his upcoming efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
Tom Fitton, president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, initially posted on Truth Social on Nov 8: “GOOD NEWS: Reports are incoming that @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.