Marcus Aurelius: Army Heavy Drop Failures

Watch three (3) Army High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (“Humvees”) freefall into the Drop Zone after separating from their airdrop platforms following parachute canopy deployments during a 173d Airborne Brigade exercise at Hohenfels, Federal Republic of Germany on/about 11 April 2016. Open Facebook Video (2 Minutes) Investigation(s) reportedly underway, perhaps concentrating on identifying who captured the …

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 …

Chuck Spinney: Deadly Blowback from Neo-Imperial Wars (Terrorism and Illegal Immigration) Place Europe at Risk

Last September 11, I posted an essay that argued the refugee flows triggered by the aftermath of our interventions in the Middle East were mutating, whether by design or by accident, into grand strategic weapon of mass destruction.  My argument was limited to the flows within the Middle East, but as I implied, they were …