Discussion: Military, The Defense Budget, The Pentagon, War

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

And yet Social security is running out of money......

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Reuters - U.S. Congress says F-16 sale to Turkey depends on [Turkey's] approval [of Sweden and Finland's NATO application]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Independent - White House explains what the Chinese spy balloon was watching

 

[squeekness]

The Independent - White House explains what the Chinese spy balloon was watching

I'm just curious why they used a missile to bring it down. Don't fighter planes have bullets, too? One newsprogram said the missile cost four hundred thousand dollars or something stupid like that.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Chinese Balloons Were Spotted Near US Bases During Trump’s Era

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Vice - U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty (Dec. 2022)
Internal Army documents obtained by Motherboard provide insight on how the Army wanted to reach Gen-Z, women, and Black and Hispanic people through Twitch, Paramount+, and the WWE.

Associated Press - Army boss' mission: Persuade schools to welcome recruiters

 

[Hobgoblin]

Vice - U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty (Dec. 2022)
Internal Army documents obtained by Motherboard provide insight on how the Army wanted to reach Gen-Z, women, and Black and Hispanic people through Twitch, Paramount+, and the WWE.

Associated Press - Army boss' mission: Persuade schools to welcome recruiters

Hmm. Walmart has a program called Walmart + and they’ve been pushing employees to sign up. Interesting that the military was trying to reach potential recruits through Paramount +, which is offered for free in Walmart +.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Military.com - Air Force Needs to Be More 'Relatable' to Attract a Gen Z That's 'Not Patriotic,' Head of Recruiting Says

 

[squeekness]

Military.com - Air Force Needs to Be More 'Relatable' to Attract a Gen Z That's 'Not Patriotic,' Head of Recruiting Says

I thought the military was a hotbed of overly patriotic militia wannabes. Without patriotism why would you want to fight?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I thought the military was a hotbed of overly patriotic militia wannabes. Without patriotism why would you want to fight?

Free education/training, work experience and veteran benefits.

Especially if your job prospects are low.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Military.com - Not Stopping Russia in Ukraine Would Force 'Doubling' of US Defense Budget, [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General] Milley Says

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

20 years too late.

 

[squeekness]

What does it even matter now? More time wasted.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Defense One - 'Lower the Rhetoric' on China, Says Milley
We’re not on the “brink of war” with China, and Taiwan is not so easy to conquer, says the top U.S. general.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CNN - Finland joins NATO, doubling military alliance's border with Russia

 

[squeekness]

CNN - Finland joins NATO, doubling military alliance's border with Russia

Love it. Hopefully Sweden will be next.

 

[Iceman]

Was this the objective of the “special military operation”. Expand NATO even to countries that had preferred to remain neutral all this time. Putin the master strategist - or genius as Trump would describe him.

 

[squeekness]

Was this the objective of the “special military operation”. Expand NATO even to countries that had preferred to remain neutral all this time. Putin the master strategist - or genius as Trump would describe him.

Lol, pretty much. He made NATO stronger not weaker.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Washington Post - Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says
THE DISCORD LEAKS | The online group that received hundreds of pages of classified material included foreigners, members tell The Post

The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine’s war with Russia and ignited diplomatic fires for the White House is a young, charismatic gun enthusiast who shared highly classified documents with a group of far-flung acquaintances searching for companionship amid the isolation of the pandemic.

United by their mutual love of guns, military gear and God, the group of roughly two dozen — mostly men and boys — formed an invitation-only clubhouse in 2020 on Discord, an online platform popular with gamers. But they paid little attention last year when the man some call “OG” posted a message laden with strange acronyms and jargon. The words were unfamiliar, and few people read the long note, one of the members explained. But he revered OG, the elder leader of their tiny tribe, who claimed to know secrets that the government withheld from ordinary people.

The young member read OG’s message closely, and the hundreds more that he said followed on a regular basis for months. They were, he recalled, what appeared to be near-verbatim transcripts of classified intelligence documents that OG indicated he had brought home from his job on a “military base,” which the member declined to identify. OG claimed he spent at least some of his day inside a secure facility that prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices, which could be used to document the secret information housed on government computer networks or spooling out from printers. He annotated some of the hand-typed documents, the member said, translating arcane intel-speak for the uninitiated, such as explaining that “NOFORN” meant the information in the document was so sensitive it must not be shared with foreign nationals.

“He’s fit. He’s strong. He’s armed. He’s trained. Just about everything you can expect out of some sort of crazy movie,” the member said.

In a video seen by The Post, the man who the member said is OG stands at a shooting range, wearing safety glasses and ear coverings and holding a large rifle. He yells a series of racial and antisemitic slurs into the camera, then fires several rounds at a target.

The member seemed drawn to OG’s bravado and his skill with weapons. He felt a certain kinship with a man he described as “like an uncle” and, on another occasion, as a father figure.

For years, U.S. counterintelligence officials have eyed gaming platforms as a magnet for spies. Russian intelligence operatives have been suspected of befriending gamers who they believe work for intelligence agencies and encouraging them to divulge classified information, a senior U.S. official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.

 

[squeekness]

Haven't heard about any arrests yet.....

 

[InCali]

Haven't heard about any arrests yet.....

So, they're saying he was a 21 year old MA National Guardsman who lives in......Cape Cod.

 

[squeekness]

So, they're saying he was a 21 year old MA National Guardsman who lives in......Cape Cod.

I don't know the man, I swear! Lol. He could have worked somewhere near Otis. Otis has closed as far as air traffic goes, but there could be offices there. There's also the Massachusetts Maritine Acadamy right on the canal as well.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Too bad you weren't a former president, dude. Then they take their time getting around to arresting you.

NY Times - Air National Guardsman Arrested as F.B.I. Searches His Home