60 years ago today on the 27th October 1962, human life on Earth came the closest it has ever come to a terrible ending. Everyone alive today owes their life to this handsome devil, and most of us don't even know his name. Let's change that - a thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Xe4jgXr9Fv
— Dr David Robert Grimes (@drg1985) October 27, 2022
via USNI News
The Marine Corps adaptability is necessary for the changing world, according to the service’s new recruiting campaign, which launched online Thursday and will air Saturday during the University of Georgia vs. University of Florida football game.
The advertising campaign, “Shifting Threats,” features Marines as they adapt to the more technologically sophisticated world in scenes that look to be out of a video game. The ad shows modern techniques like how Marines use and destroy drones against the backdrop of traditional Marine Corps missions like amphibious landings, humanitarian aid and disaster relief and infantry operations in harsh weather.
I almost feel sorry for these people.
They're walking a fine line and don't seem quite able to get it done.
On one hand they're trying to maintain touch with the past while they zoom toward a future that most can't recognize and even they have trouble trying to explain.
I continue to marvel at Marine Officers having to break down into professorial tones to explain this shit.
If it only makes sense to Think Tanks then your concept is probably trash.
via Aerotime
A former United States Marine Corps (USMC) pilot and flight instructor who worked several years in China faces extradition from Australia to the United States at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested on October 21, 2022, in the Australian city of Orange, New South Wales, Reuters reported, citing court records and police sources. Though the nature of the charges against him was not officially disclosed, Duggan’s arrest reportedly followed a request from the FBI regarding work he carried out in China.
Duggan formerly flew Hawker Harrier vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft in the USMC and was also an air combat instructor.
He then moved to Australia where he founded Top Gun Australia (also referred to as Top Gun Tasmania), a company that offers civilians to fly on military trainer jets. According to its website, the company flies the BAC Jet Provost formerly used by the British Royal Air Force, and the Nanchang CJ-6 still used to this day by China’s People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
The former fighter pilot is still listed on LinkedIn as the Managing Director of AVIBIZ Limited in Qingdao, China. The company is defined as a “comprehensive aviation consultancy company with a focus on the fast growing and dynamic Chinese Aviation Industry”.
Greed is a terrible thing.
Knowingly training the enemy to kill your countrymen?
That's worse.
What do the Chinese know? They continue to impose zero-COVID lockdowns despite the rest of the world moving on. Additionally, just before the midterms and the House/Senate poised to flip, we now hear that the virus came from a lab incident in Wuhan.NEW - China imposes zero-COVID lockdown of 800K people in Wuhan.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 27, 2022
We're rushing new tactical nukes to Europe? Would we use them to defend Ukraine? All I see is escalation. Russia has NOT indicated that it will strike any NATO country, yet we continue to see saber rattling as if they're about to charge over the border. Instead of working to ensure that this conflict is contained inside ONE country, we see many people agitating to make it a regional war. The idiocy never ceases to amaze.US has accelerated deployment of new B61-12 nuclear bombs to Europe: first weapons will arrive in December. NATO was briefed on decision earlier this month. I spoke with @BryanDBender at @politico about what it means. https://t.co/hTod6wiPUX
— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) October 27, 2022
Background: https://t.co/IJL1n4bj96 pic.twitter.com/0IkyyfsPOZ
When one side decides to stop taking prisoners then it becomes the policy of both sides...fuck what officers say. This winter the fight will become even more savage if the Chechens carry out this threat.The Chechen dictator Kadyrov says that his soldiers won’t take Ukrainians captive anymore.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 26, 2022
He also stated that Russia is going for all Ukraine, “as it’s Russian land”.
He says that Odesa, Kharkiv and Kyiv will all become part of the Russian Federation. pic.twitter.com/hJhL6wwzZj
Even the new commercial shows a limited skillset. The Marines of the future will be a niche force. Niche forces are always expendable when it comes to the bean counters.Against unexpected, unpredictable and unrelenting threats to our Nation’s future, it is our Marines who find a way to win. Through constant training, Marines develop the unbeatable skillset and adaptable mindset to become our Nation’s greatest asset on ever-changing battlefields. pic.twitter.com/wUyPW5Lnb9
— USMC Recruiting (@USMarineCorps) October 27, 2022
