The government should do more business with McKinsey & Co. — one of the world’s largest consulting firms — says a Pentagon presentation: “Leverage [the] consulting firm’s expertise and objectivity – outsourcing is a positive action.” While this might sound like a talking point from lobbyists, it actually came from an active-duty naval commander who spent almost a full year working at McKinsey & Co. with you, the taxpayer, footing the bill. It’s no secret that major defense companies spend...
The US is considering increasing its small military presence in Ukraine by sending up to 60 additional military advisers, POLITICO reported on Saturday, the same day the House approved $61 billion in spending for the proxy war. Four unnamed US officials told POLITICO that the additional troops would “support logistics and oversight efforts for the … Continue reading "US Considering Sending Military Advisers to Ukraine"
Conditions have been getting so bad for the approximately 1,100 U.S. military personnel stationed in Niger right now that one member of the Air Force decided to write Congress.In a letter reported by the Washington Post Wednesday night, a whistleblower complained to Congress that the U.S. Embassy in Niger, particularly Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon and Air Force Col. Nora J. Nelson-Richter, the defense attaché posted there, was putting troops at risk by ignoring the military junta's March...
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP), and presented it earlier this month at the Sea Air Space Expo. The idea is to convert oil rigs...
The US government has given up on Niger. The government formally announced this weekend that it had agreed to withdraw
Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls for US military aid to Armenia to protect itself. Addressing the Congressional Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Wednesday, Pallonne also noted that “there has to be a lot more humanitarian assistance for Artsakh, and a way has to be put forward, and the US back …
Chinese foreign ministry says the expanded annual exercise Balikatan destabilizes the region.
Can The US And Iraq Move Beyond Military Ties? Authored by James Durso via ResponsibleStatecraft.org, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani is in Washington next week with both sides hoping to expand their economic relationship Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq in the erroneous belief that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction and was allied with al-Qaida, the terror group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The U.S. created an occupation...
The “Balikatan” drills will take place for the first time in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.
With the pendulum of war swinging in Russia’s favor and the Western alliance only now clearing the way for more aid to Ukraine, many have been waiting for the Institute for the Study of War to offer its take on who is to blame and what is to be done. ISW has been one of the most referenced think tanks in mainstream media reporting on the war in Ukraine and has played a prominent role in creating and sustaining war optimism in the West in 2022 and 2023. Its daily battlefield reports have...
The US is expected to announce sanctions against a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.
The Philippines is a major focus of US efforts to strengthen regional