Military
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump had a lot to say about America's place in the world at the debate last night. And very little of it was honest. Neither man wants to level with the public about the serious tradeoffs this country faces on the global stage. Biden insisted that the United States can still dominate the entire world, fighting slow-burn proxy wars forever without any real cost to Americans. Trump offered the flip side of that vision, promising to end the wars on favorable terms without taking any risks or making any compromises with rival countries. Their attack...
Reason
Ensuring the US Marine Corps is adequately outfitted with the right equipment, in top shape, even as its fighting needs evolve is no small feat. Today, that operation, undertaken by the US Marine Depot Maintenance Command (MDMC), is better oiled thanks to a transformation grounded in IT. MDMC is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and calibrating Marine Corps equipment, including radios, weapons, and vehicles, both in the field and at huge depots in Georgia and California. The nearly 1-million-square-foot facilities, large enough to fit nearly 1,000 school buses in each, also provide engin...
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Washington (AFP) - Israel and the United States said Wednesday they had made progress toward resolving a rift over US weapons shipments after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly accused President Joe Biden's administration of slowing down deliveries. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met top officials over three days in Washington as he voiced hope for quietly working through disagreements with Israel's vital ally, drawing an implicit contrast to Netanyahu's more confrontational approach. "During the meetings we made significant progress, obstacles were removed and bottlenecks were addresse...
AFP
Today's guest is Mike Rowe, the podcaster, former host of Dirty Jobs, and star of Something To Stand For, an unabashedly patriotic film in which he tells unknown stories about legendary figures in American history. Something To Stand For will be in theaters from June 27th through the 4th of July, and will be available online afterward. Reason's Nick Gillespie and Rowe talk about the decline of patriotism and trust in experts over the past 50 years, the necessity of knowing history and your neighbors, and how developing gratitude may lead to a social renaissance even in the midst of political p...
Reason
A government agency was spreading dangerous rumors about the coronavirus vaccine, playing on people's religious beliefs to sow chaos, Reuters revealed last week. Was it Russia? China? Iran, perhaps? The culprit turned out to be someone closer to home: The U.S. military. Both the Trump and Biden administrations signed off on a psychological operation aimed at discrediting Chinese-made vaccines, using fake social media accounts to target foreign countries, Reuters reported. The program ended in late 2021, after executives at Facebook and officials from other U.S. government agencies raised conce...
Reason
Kaohsiung (Taïwan) (AFP) - Le président taïwanais Lai Ching-te a averti dimanche les élèves de l'académie militaire de Taïwan que leur "plus grand défi" était de faire face à "la forte montée en puissance de la Chine", qui, selon lui, considère "l'élimination" de l'île gouvernée de façon autonome comme une cause nationale. S'exprimant à l'académie militaire taïwanaise de Kaohsiung (sud de Taïwan), M. Lai a déclaré que ses enseignants et élèves devaient reconnaître "les défis et les missions de la nouvelle ère". "Le plus grand défi est de faire face à la montée en puissance de la Chine, qui a d...
AFP (Français)
In December, the Department of Defense revealed that it had missed its collective recruitment goals for the armed forces by 41,000; among the separate military branches, only the Navy and Space Force met their individual goals. Given that, according to FiveThirtyEight, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are running nearly dead even in their respective bids for a second term, either man is as likely as the other to be called upon to address that shortfall. One former Trump Cabinet secretary is pushing national mandatory military service. If elected, Trump would do well to rej...
Reason
The Zhytomyr Oblast military enlistment office reported on June 8 that it had launched an investigation after Serhii Kovalchuk, 32, died following his stay at the Zviahel military enlistment office in late May. Kovalchuk's relatives have accused the military enlistment office of causing his death by beating him. Dozens of local residents have protested against the enlistment office following the incident. Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the incident. Military enlistment officials have denied the accusations, claiming that no violence was used against Kovalchuk. According to...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The Zhytomyr Oblast military enlistment office reported on June 8 that it had launched an investigation after Serhii Kovalchuk, 32, died following his stay at the Zviahel military enlistment office in late May. Kovalchuk's relatives have accused the military enlistment office of causing his death by beating him. Dozens of local residents have protested against the enlistment office following the incident. Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the incident. Military enlistment officials have denied the accusations, claiming that no violence was used against Kovalchuk. According to...
Kyiv Independent
The Zhytomyr Oblast military enlistment office reported on June 8 that it had launched an investigation after Serhii Kovalchuk, 32, died following his stay at the Zviahel military enlistment office in late May. Kovalchuk's relatives have accused the military enlistment office of causing his death by beating him. Dozens of local residents have protested against the enlistment office following the incident. Prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the incident. Military enlistment officials have denied the accusations, claiming that no violence was used against Kovalchuk. According to...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
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