Sunday, February 22, 2026

Weird thought. Was it Mexican forces killing the drug cartel leader that kicked this off OR Mexican forces being led by a Special Forces A-Team that did the deed?

Come on bro. You've heard the rumors that SOCOM is doing all kinds of shit in Mexico at the direction of the president. At least I have. I just wonder how involved we were in this. Make no mistake the Mexican govt isn't gonna make a move like this solo. They were being directed. Additionally Special Forces don't leak so we'd never know. I just wonder if one of our A-Teams did the deed and gave credit to host nation forces?

Sunday Funny. Sorry folks had to rerun this...

NATO multinational battalion Estonia @ Exercise Winter Camp

Mexico has been on the edge but will this finally tilt it over the brink?

S-tier level trolling

Just in time for the midterms. The crazies come out

 

Open Comment Post. 22 Feb 26

 


German is fielding the Luchs 2 while also participating in the CAVS program

 

This is puzzling to me. The Germans are buying and fielding the LUCHS 2 while also buying and participating in the CAVS program. The issue? They're both 6x6's of about the same size and capability, have about the same carry ability (according to what I've seen) and while I can't tell the cost breakdown for them I would think they cost about the same. While the LUCHS 2 is aimed at the recon mission (and they've gone with a 25mm cannon...explain that one!) the CAVS is gonna will be more general purpose with it going toward engineers, mortar carrier and RECON too. Is this just a buy Europe thing or something else.

Leatherback Sea Turtles have a pretty gnarly mouth

Should have used this in the alien movies...

 

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

If we just use Navy assets in the region then Iran is gonna get pounded. 33% of the deployed US fleet is in the Persian Gulf

Notice. No Marine Corps assets in the region EXCEPT for aircraft assigned to the carriers. So much for fleet integration huh?

 

Britain’s diminished military sinks to alarming levels

 via Washington Times

Veterans Minister Alistair Carns startled Britons in 2024 with the revelation that analysts suspect the British army would likely be annihilated after six months of the kind of high-intensity combat on the battlefields of Ukraine.

Earlier that same year, lawmaker Luke Akehurst told a parliamentary committee that the only missile defense available to London is to moor one of the country’s handful of air defense destroyers in the Thames.

Britain’s last two tests of its Trident submarine-based nuclear missiles failed.

British forces are well trained, yet they are served by recruitment and procurement mechanisms that look unfit for purpose.

London’s military obviously cannot compete with Washington’s in scale, but even European peers France and Italy exceed Britain in virtually every metric.

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 The military website Global Firepower shows that France (population 68.3 million) fields 264,000 active service personnel, and Italy (population 60.9 million) has 165,000. Britain, despite having a larger population (68.4 million), fields just 141,333.

In naval strength, Italy deploys 17 surface escorts, France 16 and Britain 13. Italy and Britain each field two aircraft carriers. France has one but also boasts three helicopter carriers. For perspective, the U.S. has 11 aircraft carriers.

In terms of air forces, France flies 974 airframes, Italy 714 and Britain 625.

Despite these shortfalls, Britain has a higher 2026 defense budget, $88 billion, than either France — which, like Britain, is nuclear-armed — at $67 billion, or Italy at $37 billion.

Story here. 

The Brits are in serious trouble.  I hope they can recover.  Its hard to look at what the Poles have done and compare it to the troubles that the Brits are going thru and feel hopeful.

A once proud military nation that punched above its weight is declining fast.


China's marine corps gets ready to kick in doors....The Chinese PLANMC Commander sees his force as totally OFFENSIVE in nature

 via The Tribune

Zhu's paper lists four tasks for China's premier amphibious force. One is acting as an initial assault force, leveraging its combined-arms advantages. The report stated, "It must play a pivotal role in independently conducting operations, breaching frontline enemy defences, while relying on the broader naval warfare infrastructure to achieve strategic surprise, conduct multidimensional assaults, execute elite force raids, seize and control critical points and complete other missions, and rupture enemy lines to penetrate and exploit enemy centers of gravity."

 A second PLANMC mission is seizing and controlling islands and reefs. Chinese marines must be ready to perform integrated amphibious operations, all-domain control and precision maritime strikes. This may mean retaking or capturing enemy-held islands/reefs to establish strongpoints bristling with air defenses and sea control fires, or deterring an adversary from approaching said islands.

 As a third mission, Zhu said the marine corps is a unique force for maritime deterrence. Thus, it safeguards maritime chokepoints, executes strikes to break an enemy's blockade of straits, conducts vessel boarding and infiltrates close to enemy bases to guide precision strikes or conduct special operations.

 Finally, Zhu mentioned the suitability of the PLANMC for overseas operations. "As an overseas expeditionary force operating from the sea to the land, the marine corps can leverage traditional friendly nations as strongpoints, supplemented by the overseas support bases of Chinese-invested enterprises, using overseas garrisons and shipborne prepositioning to create an integrated land-sea force disposition, sustain forward presence, and perform missions such as defense of critical nodes, escort operations and evacuations of Chinese nationals, armed rescue operations and limited punitive actions."

Whole story is here. 

CH-47 Airborne Operation...Photos by Capt. Alvin Cade Jr

1st MINI-Reactor being loaded onto a C-17!

THIS IS FREAKING HUGE NEWS! This is indeed historic. Power on demand? FUCKING AWESOME!

Open Comment Post. 17 Feb 26