Robert Steele: Grand Strategy – No Candidate Is Serious

Grand Strategy: No Candidate Is Serious… To keep America safe we need to have a government (including military and police) that works as it should as well as a society that works for all; and to stop destabilizing the world while putting America – the 99% disenfranchised economically, politically, and socially – first. Getting there …

Chuck Spinney: USAF Killing the A-10 Proven Solution for Close Air Support (CAS)?

Why Is the U.S. Air Force Dismantling Some of Its Stored A-10s? Old Warthogs should remain flyable by JAMES STEVENSON, War is Boring, 3 August 2016 The U.S. Marine Corps, tired of waiting for the continuously-delayed F-35B, has gone to the Arizona boneyard to retrieve some of its preserved, first-edition F-18 Hornets to fulfill its …

Event: 8 June Arlington Cemetary USS Liberty Memorial Service

USS Liberty Memorial Service, 12 Noon, June 8. At noon on Wednesday, June 8, the USS Liberty Veterans Association will hold a Memorial Service at Arlington National Cemetery.  This is the 49th anniversary of Israel’s deliberate and prolonged attack on the US Navy intelligence vessel. At 11:30am bus transport will leave from the Welcome Center to section 34 where the …

Stephen E. Arnold: GAO/US Army Bury Palantir — SOCOM Funding a Carcass

GAO DCGS Letter B-412746 A few days ago, I stumbled upon a copy of a letter from the GAO concerning Palantir Technologies dated May 18, 2016. The letter became available to me a few days after the 18th, and the US holiday probably limited circulation of the document. The letter is from the US Government …

Berto Jongman: Gary McKinnon on US Space Fleet

NASA Hacker Claims USA Has War Ships In Space High-profile hacker Gary McKinnon claims to have some interesting information about the US Navy’s intergalactic operation – there is a top-secret fleet of “eight to ten” war ships in space, with around 25 “Non-terrestrial officers” on their books.

Marcus Aurelius: US Army Sounds Alarm – Military at “High Risk”

If CSA said this publicly, it was a very risky move for him personally.  Absolutely best thing I’ve seen attributed to him. US Army Chief Sounds Alarm: Military at ‘High Risk’ WASHINGTON — Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley sounded the alarm that the US Army is currently in a state of “high risk” when it comes to being …