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And so it begins – will China invade Taiwan before January 20? If they do, it will mean U.S. involvement

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is conducting largest naval surge yet of the first island chain. 90 vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the PLA Coast Guard equivalents are involved.
In September while I was in Taiwan with 11 other journalists, Taiwanese national security officials shared they expected a formal “quarantine” of the nation by the PRC within six months. Remember, we “quarantined” Cuba in 1962, we did not blockade.

Of all the flashpoints facing the Trump administration on Jan. 20, 2025, China’s campaign of intimidation and maritime occupation in the South China Sea may prove the most concerning for U.S. interests and preventing war in the Indo-Pacific. Beijing has spent decades occupying, building, and militarizing islands in those resource-rich waters through which trillions of dollars of trade pass annually.

C-SPAN.org Tara Copp talked about potential changes for the Defense Department in the second Trump administration.

Phil Goldberg, Defense Opinion
U.S. servicemembers deserve the best America has to offer, particularly when it comes to their health and safety.

Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense
After 9/11, they left their homes, jobs, and families.

Charles P. Pierce, Esquire A lifeboat arrives for Republicans.

Harlan Ullman, The Hill
When the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union collapsed, the main threat to the U.S. and its allies vaporized. Yet, the U.S.

The compromise annual defense policy bill between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees directs the Pentagon to establish a dedicated cyber intelligence capability.
The language in the conference version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act marks a change from a provision that passed out of the Senate that specifically called for a dedicated cyber intelligence “center” rather than a “capability.”
Senate lawmakers introduced the provision in last year’s defense policy bill, but it was axed during the reconciliation process.

The conferenced version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would require the Pentagon office charged with investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) to partner with a new counter-drone task force that lawmakers want the U.S. military to establish.
UAP is the modern term for UFOs and mysterious transmedium objects.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has fired a four-star general — one of just 12 in the entire service — following an investigation into accusations that he attempted to use his position to push a subordinate officer’s promotion forward, Task & Purpose has confirmed.
Gen. Charles Hamilton was relieved as the commander of Army Materiel Command, a position he had been suspended from during the investigation. The probe focused on whether Hamilton tried to pressure Army officials into promoting a lieutenant colonel that he mentored.