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| FORT GREELY, Alaska (May 11, 2021) - A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flies over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) May 10, 2021, near Allen Army Airfield, Fort Greely, Alaska, prior to an air assault insertion for reconnaissance ahead of a joint forcible entry operation (JFEO) exercise the following day over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) near Allen Army Airfield, Fort Greely, Alaska, during Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). The JFEO exercise involved more than 400 U.S. Army paratroopers, and other military members from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, and more than a dozen aircraft assigned to squadrons throughout the United States including CH-47s, and U.S. Air Force HC-130 Hercules , MC-130J Commando IIs, and C-17 Globemaster IIIs. Realistic warfighting training, like JFEO, conducted during NE21, provided a venue for the joint force to develop and improve interoperability, and enhance combat readiness. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in NE21 hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the JPARC, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Duncan C. Bevan) 210511-F-HF102-0742 |
Friday, May 14, 2021
US Army Chinook supports an air assault insertion at Fort Greely during Northern Edge 21
Quantico Marine major charged with assaulting an officer during Capitol breach
via Marine Times
A serving of one Big Chicken Dinner for table Quantico Major. Big Chicken Dinner for table Quantico Major.An active-duty Marine officer stationed in Quantico, Virginia, was arrested Thursday and charged with crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, 40, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was charged “with federal offenses that include assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; and obstruction of justice, among other charges,” according to a Thursday press release.
2/2 Resupply
U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, conduct aerial resupply drills on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 6, 2021. This training increased the Marines’ proficiency in tactical logistics, enhancing their ability to conduct Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations. 2/2 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program
An autonomous assault vehicle (AAV) storms a beach during an exercise at Camp Pendleton, California (Is this the new resupply vehicle?)
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| An autonomous assault vehicle (AAV) storms a beach during an exercise at Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 11, 2019. The AAV is designed to autonomously operate in mine-countermeasures operations supporting U.S. Marines assaulting the beach. (U.S. Navy photo by Bobby Cummings) |
The ‘Mayaguez Incident’...a horrible day when we DID leave men behind...
via Stars & Stripes
And the time to find any remains or other clues appears to be slipping away, with plans by a Russian consortium, Monarch Investment Co. Ltd., to build resorts, hotels and luxury villas that it hopes would draw an estimated 300,000 tourists annually to the island that currently is manned only by a small contingent of Cambodian military personnel in flip flops and shorts.
Despite multiple JPAC missions to the island, survivors and family members are tortured by the lack of answers and looming construction, which they see as a closing window to bringing the fallen home.
“We are very concerned” they will bulldoze over the remains and keep going, according to Dan Hoffman, who said he and other survivors have fought alcohol and PTSD while suffering in silence over the violent clash and revelations that the three were left behind.
Janet Hall Meadows’ brother, Pfc. Gary Hall, was 18 when he was left behind on Koh Tang. He was taken to the mainland and executed by Khmer Rouge forces, according to Em Son, the Khmer Rouge commander of the island during the battle who talked to Stars and Stripes last year. Meadows said she hasn’t heard from U.S. officials in years even though they claim to have excavated sites in 1999 where Hall’s remains were said to be.
“I have no closure for him and that’s all I really wanted,” Meadows said. “They say never leave anyone behind, but they left him behind and the other two boys.”
Enough time has passed that the idea of "embarrassing" a senior official should no longer be a consideration.
The families of these men need closure.
The Marine Corps needs closure.
We all need accountability.
But more than even all that we need to learn the lesson of this incident. The tactical aspect of this assault cannot be ignored and in light of the moves being made, must be properly analyzed so that the same mistakes aren't made in the future.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Politics talk. You do realize this Liz Cheney drama was all contrived nonsense don't you?
Sometimes things fit together a bit too neatly to be coincidence.
This Liz Cheney drama fits that bill.
So let me get this straight.
We have the Israelis and Palestinians engaged in combat that seems to be escalating on a daily basis (I can't even figure out how all that kicked off much less see where its going...this came out the blue...which is why I haven't been talking about it), our infrastructure got hacked and the company paid ransom to get it back online (wonder if the Feds approved that payment), inflation is raging like a monster in a cage with the door ajar and unemployment is looking just as bad and lagging as at any point recently.
During all this Ms Cheney decides to talk about a former President? Before the dust settles on that a few prominent Republicans are talking about a new party?
Complete setup and another psyops game being run on Americans.
Personally I'm getting tired of the fake drama.
Accident of the Chinese Z-8 Fire helicopter.
Accident of the Chinese Z-8 Fire helicopter.
— The Dead District (@TheDeadDistrict) May 13, 2021
10.05.2021 pic.twitter.com/AwUmTI9Ilj
Poland's Exercise Dragon 21 will be a certifying event for their 18th Mechanized Division...
W ćwiczeniu @DGeneralneRSZ pk. #Dragon21 weźmie udział ok. 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ żołnierzy. W ramach ćwiczenia, @Zelazna_Dywizja zostanie poddana certyfikacji, która sprawdzi zdolność stanowiska dowodzenia do planowania i organizowania walki oraz współdziałania z innymi podmiotami. pic.twitter.com/kDF9Fnxs8r
— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱 (@MON_GOV_PL) May 13, 2021
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