Category Special Operations

Trump Ends Covert CIA Program To Arm Anti-Assad Rebels In Syria, A Move Sought By Moscow

July 20, 2017 · by · in Al Qaeda, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, military history, national security, NSA, POTUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpt: Officials said Trump made the decision to scrap the CIA program nearly a month ago, after an Oval Office meeting with CIA Director Mike Pompeo and national security adviser H.R. McMaster ahead of a July 7 meeting in Germany with Russian President Vladimir Putin. … After the Trump-Putin meeting, the United States and Russia […]

Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears At Special Operations Exercise

July 19, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Intelligence Community, military history, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears At Special Operations Exercise thedrive.com · by Joseph Trevithick · July 17, 2017 German company Grob only ever made five G 520s and one showed up for drills in Indiana. By Joseph Trevithick North Vernon Municipal Airport SHARE The U.S. military, including the U.S. Coast Guard, has a long history of operating high-flying surveillance aircraft […]

POTUS Trump To Nominate Key Admin Personnel — Including USD(I)

July 18, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Congress, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, FBI, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, NSA, POTUS, Special Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military · Leave a comment

Note VADM Kernan for USD(I) President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent To Nominate Personnel To Key Administration Posts https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/17/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: Peter Henry Barlerin of Colorado to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America […]

Why America’s Army Is Falling Apart

July 17, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Army, Defense Industrial Base, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, military history, national security, POTUS, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Gen. George Washington told his officers, “If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.” Washington’s wise words are being systematically ignored by the Army.   On July 18 the 173rd Airborne Brigade, along with allied NATO airborne units, will conduct a Joint Forcible Entry exercise near Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria.The goal is to […]

Digital Generals Are As Important As Military Generals (Because The U.S. Is Losing The Digital War)

July 16, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, artificial intelligence, big data, China, CIA, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Denial & Deception, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Hybrid War, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Internet, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, NSA, Open Source Intelligence, quantum computing, Robots In War, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

Maybe — Unless you are practicing to fight disconnected; and, making your network dependent opponent — ‘deaf, dumb, and blind.’  RCP, fortunascorner.com Digital Generals Are As Important As Military Generals (Because The U.S. Is Losing The Digital War)     By Steve Andriole, www.forbes.com View Original June 20th, 2017 Shutterstock There are some economic realities that are […]

Winning A War Against North Korea Would Come At ‘Great Cost’: Here’s What It Might Look Like

July 16, 2017 · by · in China, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, military history, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, POTUS, Russia, South Korea, Special Operations, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction · Leave a comment

The comments below highlighted in blue are by/from Col. (Ret.) David Maxwell — and, his contact info is at the bottom of this email.  RCP David Maxwell:  The fear of the tragic amount of blood and treasure that will be expended if hostilities resume has led not to a policy of strategic patience but to […]

Pentagon No. 2 Says Goodbye; Mattis: ‘I Hate To Lose Him’

July 16, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, Defense Industrial Base, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, National Guard, national security, Navy, NSA, POTUS, Special Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military · Leave a comment

Pentagon No. 2 Says Goodbye; Mattis: ‘I Hate To Lose Him’ By Sandra Erwin, www.realcleardefense.com View Original July 14th, 2017 The Pentagon on Friday bid farewell to Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work. His boss, Secretary Jim Mattis, said Work is sure to leave a void that will be hard to fill. “I hate to lose him,” Mattis […]

Taking Out Kim Jong Un — And Not For Dinner

July 13, 2017 · by · in China, CIA, Covert OIperations, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, national security, North Korea, Philippines, POTUS, South Korea, Special Operations, targeted killing, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpts: With the Trump administration declaring that the era of “strategic patience” is finally over, the big question ought to be not how to bring Kim to his senses, but how to take him down without triggering a war. Is there, perhaps, a lot more that America could do to exploit the North Korean regime’s […]

Satellites Reveal Secret U.S. Bases Emerging In The Desert

July 12, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, POTUS, Russia, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, US Military, Yemen · Leave a comment

I would like to think this is part of a denial/deception plan.  RCP   Satellites Reveal Secret U.S. Bases Emerging In The Desert The Daily Beast · by David Axe · July 11, 2017 Imagery from June appears to show a small airstrip in southern Syria near the border with Jordan and Iraq—that’s in addition to a drone […]

Russia Develops Military Exoskeleton To Give Soldiers Superhuman Capabilities

July 8, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, National Guard, national security, Navy, Russia, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Russia Develops Military Exoskeleton To Give Soldiers Superhuman Capabilities By Mike Wehner, bgr.com View Original July 6th, 2017 Any sci-fi flick or video game showing a futuristic battlefield is always filled with soldiers wearing advanced high-tech armor and all manner of fancy gadgetry. Russia is doing its best to make that fictional battlefield of the future a […]

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