Challenging Daesh to battle, fun, chaos, and security concerns – Pokémon Go
An American volunteer with the Kurdish Peshmerga caught a Squirtle near Mosul, Iraq and subsequently challenged Daesh (ISIS) to a Pokémon battle.
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Iraqi Shi’ite cleric tells followers to target U.S. troops fighting Daesh (ISIS)
The Mahdi Army was disbanded in 2008, replaced by the Peace Brigades, which helped push back Daesh from near Baghdad in 2014 under a government-run umbrella, and maintains a presence in the capital and several other cities.
Pentagon: School Attack Mastermind Killed in US Airstrike
A U.S. airstrike near Afghanistan‘s border with Pakistan killed the mastermind of a 2014 attack on a Pakistani school that killed some 150 people, mainly children, American and Pakistani officials said Wednesday. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the airstrike Saturday killed “known terrorist leader” Umar Khalifa, who was known by several other names including […]
The Pentagon keeps data on millennials. This is what it says
Young Americans continue to show steady interest in military service despite the improved economy and fading sense of patriotic duty that can be traced directly to 9/11, according to an analysis of Defense Department data conducted by Military Times. In fact, internal Pentagon polls that track public opinion among the military’s target demographics — young men, in particular […]
The Navy misplaced $67 million – Inspector General audit report
The Navy via DFAS-CL went as mad as my ex-wife on payday with the checkbook and mismanaged accounting and spending across the board.
How the US military plans to handle transgenders serving openly
The overall the cost of providing health care to treat gender dysphoria will probably run between $40,000 and $50,000 over the lifetime of an individual service member, defense officials said.
Unfounded active shooter on Joint Base Andrews, “barricade situation” – For real?
The sky is falling or not? This unclear incident demands explanation and accountability.
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program — You want to do WHAT for Russia?
Russia and its nukes and chemical weapons “a brand new problem in those days – brand new to history, really, requiring new thought,” Carter said.
Now the Pentagon refuses to say whether U.S. troops have been hurt fighting ISIS
The Pentagon is refusing to disclose when U.S. troops are wounded by Islamic State forces in Syria, suggesting that doing so could “provide information to the enemy that might be helpful.” Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook has repeatedly balked at questions about reports that four American troops were injured there on June 9. He did […]
F-35 Top Line Buy to Remain Steady According to Pentagon
Current Top Line F-35 number holds at 2443 according to Pentagon Official The current number of F-35’s to be purchased — the largest weapons program ever by many billions of dollars—is holding steady at 2,443 according to Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work. Work noted in a letter to Senator John McCain (as reported by […]
Donald Trump, Calls Out the Uniformed Thieves of GWOT – Pandering Veteran Activists: ‘Triggered’
Only 115 enlisted personnel and military officers were caught and convicted since 2005. These service members committed bribery, contract-rigging, embezzlement, and theft valued at $52 million during their deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Women Might Be Entered Into the Military Draft Soon
Now that the Pentagon has opened up combat positions to women, the Senate has voted on, and approved, a defense bill that would require women to sign up for the military draft when they turn 18. It would be the first time in American history that women are required to sign up for the draft […]
