okay Best Sapper Competition getting a shoutout in the HASC hearing 😤

When Natasha Bertrand & I reported this in February, the Army had spent over $430 million out of pocket on Ukraine training and support
cnn.com/2024/02/19/pol…

Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth just told lawmakers that number is now nearly $800mil & urged them to pass the supplemental to replenish

New: There have been over 130 “direct attacks” on US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Middle East over the last six months, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro says. He adds that the Navy is approaching a $1 billion tab in munitions that need to be replenished because of defensive actions.

McCaul warns “the world is on fire and history will judge us by our actions”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Tuesday morning with China’s Minister of National Defense Adm. Dong Jun, marking both Austin’s first call with Dong and his first at-length conversation with a Chinese counterpart since November 2022.

The call comes less than 2 weeks…

Inbox: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held a teleconference call this morning with his Chinese counterpart, Adm. Dong Jun, marking the first time the two have ever spoken and the first at-length conversation Austin has had with a PRC counterpart since November 2022.

I’m old enough to remember when it used to be a simple and respectable “pussy in bio” response and now it’s a whole photo

sorry can't come to work tomorrow I'm five books behind on my goodreads reading challenge

I’m glad the report doesn’t call the Marines liars, but states they were mistaken. Totally different things. The Marine providing overwatch knows what he saw and reported it accurately, the person he saw was not the bomber though.

This is the image provided comparing the man officials say was the bomber (L) & the man snipers at the gate believed to be the bomber (R) hours before the attack.

Intel analysis of the two 'received the strongest negative possible rating' that they were the same, officials said

the way this man manifested should be studied by science

Among the findings from the Abbey Gate review being released today is that the Taliban's use of excessive force resulted in civilian deaths.

That was never in question to the troops who were there. What one soldier told me a year after the withdrawal:
taskandpurpose.com/news/army-mari…

Here are a couple warriors showing off some new deployment patches. Standby for dozens of interesting cruise patches this year… it’s a tradition.

President Biden called to thank the two airwing commanders whose squadrons shot down more than 70 Iranian drones last night.
Sr admin official:
'The president then spoke with Lieutenant Colonel Curtis “Voodoo” Culver, the commander of the 494th Fighter Squadron, a unit based in…

“Over the past two years, some service members have claimed that they had the bomber in their sights, and they could have prevented the attack,” one of the officials on the supplemental review team told reporters on Friday. “But we now know that is not correct.”

NEW: The military’s additional review into the deadly Abbey Gate bombing concluded that a man troops near the gate believed to be the suicide bomber was not responsible — confusion due in part to conflated intel reporting before the attack.
cnn.com/abbey-gate-bom…

brb gonna go sit in a silent room for a few hours and reflect on Civil War