Saturday, June 27, 2020

Military related links 062720



Donald Trump tells West Point cadets: 'We are not the policeman of the world'.  Mr Trump said he was "ending the era of endless wars"

8 days after quarantine and testing negative, 142 Fort Benning soldiers test positive for COVID-19

Senate’s top Republican ‘OK’ with removing Confederate names from military bases

GOP divided in fight over renaming bases

Renaming military bases is not erasing history; it’s erasing propaganda

NATO chief plays down concern over US troop withdrawal plans in Germany

After blindsiding allies, US gives no details on Trump’s troop plan: ‘Nothing firm has been set,’ US NATO ambassador says after Stoltenberg concedes he initially wasn’t told about drawdown in Germany.

Trump's move to pull troops from Germany draws bipartisan warnings

Germans complain about Donald Trump and the decline of the liberal order, but they’re doing little themselves to defend it

Military leaders promise to address systemic racial disparities in the military justice system: Disparities in how white U.S. troops and service members of color are treated in the military justice system have persisted for years and new efforts are needed to understand racial bias and its consequences, senior officers told a congressional panel Tuesday.

Frustrated advocates say racial biases within military justice system remain despite repeated alarms

USAF Racial Bias Study to Look at Discipline, Differences in Mentorship

Elaine McCusker, Pentagon comptroller, resigns

Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp: The U.S. Navy’s sex trafficking scandal in Bahrain

Here’s what the Navy says it’s doing to keep sailors away from prostitutes in Bahrain

A missile full of swords was likely behind the death of two Al Qaeda commanders in Syria

Push to Overturn US Military Transgender Ban Gets Boost from Supreme Court Ruling

US Troops Would Be Among First to Get a Working COVID-19 Vaccine, Officials Say

Army offers $25K for info leading to soldier who vanished days before discharge

Lack of tracer rounds, condensed planning contributed to soldier’s death in live-fire exercise

Army Reserve commander suspended amid investigation

A new leader for naval intelligence

Navy Rushes ‘Unprecedented’ 1,600 Reservists To Shipyards As COVID Guts Workforce: At the service’s four public shipyards that perform the majority of repair work on the submarine and carrier fleets, some 25 percent of workers are not clocking in for their regular shifts.

SECNAV Braithwaite Pledges Support for Navy History Museum Nearing Deal to Move off Washington Navy Yard

Lakenheath F-15 pilot killed in sea crash identified

Air Force sergeant charged in killing of federal officer at California courthouse

B-52 bombers return to Alaska following three-year hiatus

Marine Corps loosens coronavirus restrictions for troops training at Camp Fuji

French submarine burns in ‘unbelievably fierce fire’ for 14 hours

Two Ways to Stop Secrecy from Undermining US National Security

Active-duty military already stretched too thin

DOD's Health Care Chief Discusses Pivot to Counter COVID-19

BAMC follows through with redesignation of Army’s WTBs

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak

The Military Must be De-Funded Along with the Police

Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases: It is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military installations.

All Wars are Bankers’ Wars: While I respect the sacrifice of our soldiers, I am angered that so many of our young people are sent to fight wars under false pretenses.

In an unusual step, US Forces Korea permits protests on bases

Navy Won't Reinstate Crozier, Holds 1-Star's Promotion Over Poor Decision-Making

Capt. Crozier won’t be reinstated as the commander of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt

The Navy has shamefully made the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s former captain a scapegoat

In US Military First, the Air Force Has Picked a Woman as Top Enlisted Leader

Missing Osprey Part Sparks Call for an Investigation at Yokota

They Really Did It: Guard Members Create COVID-19 Challenge Coin

Supercarrier Ford Could Soon Have More Than Half of Its Weapons Elevators Working

Army Still Deciding How Soon Soldiers Will Have to Take ACFT After Giving Birth

Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt to Home Port in Bremerton in 2021 for Overhaul

Navy Now Says Vietnam Port Stop Likely to Blame for Carrier's COVID Outbreak

Remains Identified as Soldier Stationed at Fort Hood

Remains of one of two missing Fort Hood soldiers found

Nominee to Lead National Guard Sees Bigger Role in Quelling Civil Unrest

The Army Has Resumed Shipping Full Loads of Recruits to Basic

Trump Says He's Heard 'Interesting' Things About Roswell

Trump Troop Cut in Germany Fits a Pattern of Hitting Allies

Why the U.S. Is Moving Troops Out of Germany: Forces are needed in the Indo-Pacific. And Berlin should contribute more to European security.

Welcome to the Early Bird Brief, compiled by Diana Correll and Steve Weigand.

Troops would see 3 percent pay raise, more child care and family support programs under House plan

CMSgt JoAnne Bass to become first woman to serve as chief master sergeant of the Air Force

The Pentagon wants to forge ahead with robot warships, but Congress wants to slow the train

Guam says 22 more Defense Department personnel have tested positive for coronavirus

Afghan health care personnel deliberately attacked during pandemic, UN says

Trump nixing promotion of Army impeachment witness could politicize military, senators warn

The military’s rate of new coronavirus cases doubled this week

Protests force military reckoning on race

Coronavirus vaccine by year’s end no longer ‘aspirational’ but ‘likely,’ says top general

NATO’s new surveillance drone begins test flights over the Mediterranean

Defense planning takes a back seat in Britain’s struggle to shake the coronavirus

With challenges aplenty, Europe’s navies are coming to grips with high-end warfare

Israeli general talks ‘military diplomacy,’ maintaining readiness during a pandemic

US Army training resumes in Europe amid pandemic and the threat of troop cuts

New European Defence Agency boss warns against ‘rash’ budget cuts by EU members

Nordic militaries rekindle old alliances, as Russia warms to the region

A naval arms race is gaining speed in the Mediterranean Sea

Army command sergeant major’s death under investigation

Army starts ‘comprehensive’ look at racial disparity in its justice system

Guard unit that lost EOD troop in Afghanistan faced ‘funding constraints’ and ‘time-consuming request process'

Congressman: Remove Confederate traces from West Point

Soldiers celebrate 'breaking the chains' at inaugural Juneteenth celebration at Camp Humphreys

Warship John S. McCain headed back into operations

Navy Has ‘Mitigated’ Risk of Suspect Steel From Company in Federal Fraud Case

VADM Bill Galinis Takes Command of NAVSEA, VADM Tom Moore Retires After 39 Years

Navy Unsure If Recent EMALS Fault Was Equipment or Procedure Problem, But Workaround Has Been Validated

USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Nimitz launch dual-carrier flight drills in Philippine Sea

House to block KC-135 retirements for three years, but some B-1 bombers could head for the boneyard

Name of Air Force pilot who died in North Sea crash is stenciled on two F-15s

Air Force to take more action at PFAS-tainted marsh, but locals skeptical

Second wave of Marines arrive in Australia for training rotation, enter quarantine

Marine punched man in the face at Okinawa nightclub while violating coronavirus restrictions, police say

After 2 months, Nebraska National Guard is wrapping up key COVID-19 missions

Space Force invokes Defense Production Act to prop up small launch market

Pentagon maps out defense space strategy

Juneteenth marks a momentous occasion for the military, too

U.S. Army Soldier Charged in Neo-Nazi Plot to Attack Fellow Troops: The soldier, an Army private, confessed that he hoped to cause “the deaths of as many of his fellow service members as possible,” federal prosecutors said

US Soldier Charged with Planning Deadly Ambush on His Army Unit, DOJ Says

Soldier Used Upcoming Deployment to Plan Deadly Attack on Unit, Indictment States

Trump blasts into a new frontier … for war

Save the Postal Service, Cut the Military Budget

Tackling mosquitos to protect the force

DHA’s new MEDLOG IT PMO supports MHS logistics

Naval Academy Rescinds Offer of Appointment for Student who Wrote Racist Messages

Surge in Coronavirus Cases at Air Force Base on Guam Sparks Probe into Possible Violations

Most Active-Duty Soldiers with Severe COVID-19 Have Preexisting Health Conditions, Study Finds

The Burden of a Black Naval Officer

Why Is It So Hard for Some Recruits to Get Contraception?

NMCSD Civilian Receives BUMED Civilian Biomedical Technician of the Year Award

Army 2nd Lt. first to donate convalescent plasma at Benning

Fort Leonard Wood breaks ground on new hospital

Warrior Wellness-Mental Health And Women In The U.S. Military Webinar:

Pentagon Quietly Moves to Make CBD Use a Criminal Offense for Troops

Fort Bragg's Garrison Commander Relieved of Duty Amid Investigation

House Lawmakers Want to Pause Military Health System Overhaul

On This Day: June 25 – Naval History and Heritage

Dive Spiegel Grove Shipwreck

Shiphandling You Will Not Learn from a Book

Handling a Ticonderoga

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says

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