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...
There's a lot of good news coming out of Africa. Eleven of the world's 20
t the intersection of military global health and veterinary medicine, collaboration and innovation are paramount. This was illustrated at the inaugural Veterinary One Health International Military Symposium, Indo-Pacific (VOHIMS, IP) held recently. This symposium marked a significant milestone for the Indo-Pacific region's approach to collaboration and addressing animal, environmental, and human health connections through a One Health approach.
Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro attempted to issue a message in English to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the upcoming expiration of Biden's generous oil and gas sanctions relief package to his regime.
The popular Chinese app TikTok may soon be banned in the U.S. as a measure to outlaw it is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where
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...
Three years ago, Derrick Evans was taking part in the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol, joining hundreds of other Donald Trump supporters who refused to accept his defeat in the presidential election. Evans is not the only January 6 veteran using the assault on the Capitol as an argument for election.
The independent presidential candidate told supporters that such a system would allow US voters to know ‘if somebody is spending $16,000 for a toilet seat’
The US government has given up on Niger. The government formally announced this weekend that it had agreed to withdraw