Sean Spoonts

About the author

Sean Spoonts is a former Navy Anti-submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Aircrewman in SH-2f LAMPS II Sea Sprite. Graduate of Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Pensacola, AW "A" School NATTC Millington, HS-1 SAR School NAS Jacksonville, FASOTRAGRUDET SERE NAS Brunswick. Duty with HSL-30, NAS Norfolk and HSL-36, NAF Mayport.

US Troops in Ukraine is an Open Secret

At last Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing Travis Tritten of military.com asked Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder about US troops in Ukraine, “The military has personnel inside of Ukraine, who are doing weapons inspections now. I’m wondering what the rules of engagement for those personnel are if they are fired on by the Russians or […]

Russia is Abandoning Kherson

Russia is abandoning Kherson and repositioning on the East bank of the Dnipro river hoping to entice Ukraine to attack by trying to force a crossing. Ukraine is probably too smart to take this bait.

North Korea Scrambles 180 Jets, South Korea Responds With 80 Jets of its Own

Yesterday, North Korea scrambled some 180 jet aircraft along its border with South Korea prompting South Korea to sortie some 80 fighters of its own, including F-16s and F-35s in response.  This incident took place as the US and South Korea conducted joint training exercises during Vigilant Storm 23. The exercise was scheduled to run […]

Pic of the Day: Air Force Flight Ops somewhere in SW Asia

Operation Inherent Resolve conducted by a Combined Joint Task Force exists to advise, assist and enable partner nations in combatting the presence of ISIS in the CENTCOM area of operations(AOR) and works to establish a framework for security framework in the region. As US Central Command states on its website; “ISIS has dramatically undermined stability […]

Russia will begin Shooting Army Deserters

Russian desperation over the failing war in Ukraine has them forming “Blocking Detachments” to apprehend and execute army deserters in a policy that has its roots in the USSR fighting Nazi Germany in WWII.

Pic of the Day: Battle Group Poland

The US Army has been training with the Polish Army since 2014, Task Force Poland and given the current situation in Eastern Europe it’s more important than ever that NATO partners are capable of joint operations.