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There is a US soldier currently in space—Army Col. Anne McClain, a Kiowa pilot turned astronaut—but she’s on the ISS, a lot closer to here than to the moon

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Extensive destruction between April 29 and June 10 in southern Gaza's Tal as-Sultan and Saudi Housing Project visible in imagery from @planet.com. At this rate, there won't be anything left of either neighborhood in the next month or two and it's not clear where the displaced will be able to live..

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Extensive destruction visible both north and south of Khan Yunis in recent June 10 SkySat imagery from @planet.com. The villages of Al-Qarara (north of Khan Yunis) and Qizan al-Najjar (south of Khan Yunis) have essentially been wiped out.

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For nearly 20 yrs, the US military sent JSOC operators out accompanying Title 50 CIA operations in Afg on the legal premise that the military personnel (“Omega teams”)—in the same trucks on the same raids as the CIA operatives and their Afghan troops—were there under Title 10 authorities.

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Deterrence creep: you've heard about "restoring deterrence" against Iran. Now we've got the AFRICOM commander talking about "reinstituting deterrence in a significant way" against the Somali franchise of ISIS with a recent spate of air strikes in the Golis Mountains. This seems...dubious.

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American contractor with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation describes IDF dropping off aid at night, when curfew orders make unarmed Gazans targets under IDF rules; alerting GHF that a Gazan crowd was approaching; then firing artillery at area where they’d reported the crowd. zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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That’s XVIII Airborne Corps commander Lt. Gen. Greg Anderson on the left

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“The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.” www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

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Extremely cool photo of Green Berets in the 1950s when it was not yet the official Army Special Forces headwear

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This is not what DOD usually refers to as “security assistance”

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Army units have been ordered to provide soldiers for this weekend’s parade who will wear replica uniforms from all periods of the Army’s history. There’s one period in particular where I’m *really* curious to see what uniforms are featured.

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The commander of XVIII Airborne Corps—the organization all those soldiers in maroon airborne berets come from—is Lt. Gen. Greg Anderson, who’s led such prestigious organizations as 2/75 Rangers and the 173rd Airborne during his career.

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New: The US ordered all embassies in striking distance of Iran (across Mid East and parts of E Europe / N Africa) to convene emergency action committees & send cables back to DC about what measures they are taking to mitigate risks. That led to today's departures for Iraq

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The period of lowest nighttime illumination this month will be in two weeks: June 23-26

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“If you recognize a Palestinian state unilaterally, we’ll leave nothing to recognize.” That’s an Israeli cabinet minister—who has broad authority over West Bank policy—responding to the prospect of France or Britain recognizing Palestinian statehood.

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One-third of the 3,600 western soldiers who died in Afghanistan were from non-US ISAF contingents. Some countries whose militaries bore especially heavy burdens relative to their size and fought in difficult provinces include the UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Georgia, and Romania

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(Reuters) - The US embassy in Iraq is preparing for an ordered evacuation due to heightened security risks in the region.

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I get the sentiment but this is untrue. I was the presiding officer for the army’s CO board from 2020-21. CO’s have objection/s to participating in all forms of violence, not to particular missions. Mil members can refuse illegal orders. *Note: illegal here does not = unethical. 1/3

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It’s not just 700 Marines, it’s a battalion, a combat unit called 2/7. When I was in a similar unit, 2/8, we had literally 1 week of “non-lethal” (riot control) training. And about 4 years of lethal training. No disrespect to 2/7, but they’re not trained for this. They’re trained for war.

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Compared to their rush into Gaza City in fall 2023, right now IDF ground forces are just nibbling around the edges of Gaza’s urban areas—even though all of Khan Younis and large chunks of Gaza City are under evacuation orders so what’s left of them can be flattened ahead of the advance, as in Rafah.

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HOT DOGS TUESDAY

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