News from LDH: Military related links 071420

The Osprey Tiltrotor Officially Joins the U.S. Navy: The VTOL aircraft will shuttle people and cargo from aircraft carriers to shore.

Transgender Navy SEAL Kristin Beck Is Fighting Trump's Military Ban | NowThis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkMUY9AYwQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2HmycWkmolc2lxVUsod_5ZmYbXiX1NwJ_mAe5OgbnYv7r1Ld0TvZTBJGc

A Timely Warning From the Generals

https://www.creators.com/read/joe-conason/06/20/a-timely-warning-from-the-generals

Resources Related to DOD’s Tightening of Rules and Discharges of Immigrants from the Military

https://www.aila.org/infonet/dod-tightens-rules-for-immigrants-joining-military

5 questions with the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for information

https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2020/04/03/5-questions-with-the-marine-corps-deputy-commandant-for-information/

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50842848-no-time-for-spectators

No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing

https://www.npr.org/books/titles/870097537/no-time-for-spectators-the-lessons-that-mattered-most-from-west-point-to-the-wes

Special Edition: No Time for Spectators with GEN(R) Martin Dempsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbFyW7zWoc4

Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37558577-fight-like-a-girl

Ousted Marine Commander Aims To 'Fight Like A Girl' Against Gender Bias In Marines

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/31/598236785/ousted-marine-commander-aims-to-fight-like-a-girl-against-gender-bias-in-marines

Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44028643-sailing-true-north

Admiral James Stavridis, "Sailing True North"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYfxHy3tW74

8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34466908-8-seconds-of-courage

Flo Groberg on 8 SECONDS OF COURAGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzPF6KUtQA

VoteVets - Traitor Ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJZZ2MiFBl4

Two U.S. aircraft carriers head to South China Sea

https://www.axios.com/two-us-aircraft-carriers-head-south-china-sea-f04b34f5-0bfc-4389-a9b1-2cd6bd9f3e73.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0YPNoYmy40VLAxPM_bil58VmFrENudnrnQMVToqA37vzosGuKUwIWb-q4

‘He didn’t go down without a fight,’: Report details 2018 Afghan insider attack that killed soldier

https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/he-didn-t-go-down-without-a-fight-report-details-2018-afghan-insider-attack-that-killed-soldier-1.635988?fbclid=IwAR1n6KYp5jw_m9lubKGRxm1yew_exAlP9Uf0nNL5snCsiQxyQh-raQbIR48

The Reality Of Military Rape Will Shock You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIfJMG8hwM

Mold troubles continue for Virginia Beach family in military housing

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/mold-troubles-continue-for-virginia-beach-family-in-military-housing/?fbclid=IwAR35E9hAaXzlg5LntKXYr8U97g5gwsAdof5fnckV3EAlAFLSd49zJ625RdI

Who Can We Trust With the Nuclear Button? No One. The Cold War is over and all presidents make mistakes. Yet they still have sole control over whether to start a nuclear war.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/nuclear-weapons-trump.html

First aeromedical evacuation conducted with new containment chamber for COVID-19 patients

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/07/05/first-aeromedical-evacuation-conducted-with-new-containment-chamber-for-covid-19-patients/?fbclid=IwAR2Pjv5M4PewOe3WMNbJhde3tNo9ov8x_oWmULDXAj7i9nkdxoP1rCqcrIk

The Loser King: Failing upward with Oliver North

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-loser-king-hanson

Vindman to retire from military after "retaliation" from Trump impeachment

https://www.axios.com/alexander-vindman-retire-trump-impeachment-trial-777ecd00-e118-4ba0-82fc-b57d030fbeb0.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100&fbclid=IwAR3K7CP1BgN0aKs-t_SUJE8ftpE7Ve4hVtLpzyS4P0ZFT29my5IC9jiG7Qw

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified against Trump, announces retirement from the Army

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/08/lt-col-alexander-vindman-who-testified-against-trump-announces-retirement-from-the-army/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House 'campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation'

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html

H.R.6573 - Help Our Heroes Access Medicine Act of 2020

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6573?s=1&r=42

Fort Hood soldier’s murder brings unsolved cases to forefront

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/fort-hood-soldiers-murder-brings-unsolved-cases-to-forefront/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0RMZnvN7v-YPQCPgYqMj2OaczGN1VCEzXmmhleiVFHzdqbceqkluOWOdQ

Pentagon opens investigation into media leaks after Russian bounty reports: Defense Secretary Mark Esper told lawmakers on Thursday he has launched an investigation into leaks across the Pentagon, in response to a series of "bad" disclosures of sensitive information to the news media over the past year and amid reports that Russians paid militants in Afghanistan to kill U.S. troops.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pentagon-opens-investigation-into-media-leaks-after-russian-bounty-reports/ar-BB16xVq8?ocid=sf

Defense Giants Seek More Money for COVID Rebates

https://www.airforcemag.com/defense-giants-seek-more-money-for-covid-rebates/

Democrats Ask DOD to Rescind Transgender Military Service Ban

https://www.airforcemag.com/democrats-ask-dod-to-rescind-transgender-military-service-ban/

House Democrats call on military to end ban on transgender service

https://www.militarytimes.com/newsletters/daily-news-roundup/2020/07/08/house-democrats-call-on-military-to-end-ban-on-transgender-service/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Snapshot: DOD and COVID-19

https://www.airforcemag.com/snapshot-dod-and-covid-19/

Theodore Roosevelt carrier returning to San Diego after deployment marked by coronavirus outbreak and political scandal

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Theodore-Roosevelt-carrier-returning-to-San-Diego-15394617.php

Russia Nuclear Treaty Lapse to Degrade U.S. Influence: Ex-Military Leaders

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nuclear-treaty-expiry-degrade-us-influence-ex-military-leaders-new-start-1516601

How the Coronavirus Has Changed the Way America Prepares for Nuclear War: The threat of the virus forced the Air Force to take new measures to adapt the crews overseeing U.S. arsenals of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-07-09/how-the-coronavirus-has-changed-americas-nuclear-missile-force

Soldier Makes History as First Woman to Join the Green Berets

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/soldier-makes-history-first-woman-join-green-berets.html

Decades after World War II, DoD struggles to clear unexploded ordnance at Navy and Air Forces bases on Guam

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/07/08/decades-after-world-war-ii-dod-struggles-to-clear-unexploded-ordnance-at-navy-and-air-forces-bases-on-guam/

Most Air Force Recruits with COVID-19 Show No Symptoms

https://www.airforcemag.com/most-air-force-recruits-with-covid-19-show-no-symptoms/

New Invention Helps Protect Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/07/09/New-Invention-Helps-Protect-Healthcare-Workers-During-COVID-19-Pandemic

DHA's new app assists providers with treating infectious diseases

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/07/10/DHAs-new-app-assists-providers-with-treating-infectious-diseases

I am Navy Medicine: Lt. Daniel Murrish

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/07/09/I-am-Navy-Medicine-Lt-Daniel-Murrish

Black Troops Bear a Cost on Bases Named for Confederates, Milley Says

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/black-troops-bear-cost-bases-named-confederates-milley-says.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

Army Pulls Handout Listing 'MAGA' as a Sign of White Supremacist Sympathies

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/army-pulls-handout-listing-maga-sign-of-white-supremacist-sympathies.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

Carrier Theodore Roosevelt Ends Deployment Rocked by COVID-19 and Chaos

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/carrier-theodore-roosevelt-ends-deployment-rocked-covid-19-and-chaos.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

Army Reviewing 'Confederate Memorial' Featuring Slaves at Arlington National Cemetery

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/army-reviewing-confederate-memorial-featuring-slaves-arlington-national-cemetery.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

Bill Would Allow Family of Murdered Army Lieutenant to Receive Military Benefits

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/bill-would-allow-family-of-murdered-army-lieutenant-receive-military-benefits.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

No Charges Filed in Fatal Shooting of Armed Fort Carson Soldier

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/10/no-charges-filed-fatal-shooting-of-armed-fort-carson-soldier.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

The US Military Is Losing the Sniper War Against Russia

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/us-military-losing-sniper-war-against-russia.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

Air Force Flying Car Trade Show Puts $10M of Contracts on the Table

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/air-force-flying-car-trade-show-puts-10m-of-contracts-table.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

US Army Chief Welcomed to Thailand with Coronavirus Test

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/us-army-chief-welcomed-thailand-coronavirus-test.html?ESRC=eb_200710.nl

National Women Veterans & Service Women Sign-On Letter -- #JusticeForVanessaGuillen

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScifw-UogjXDJPUrrNI-t4CbKrG0Mj5NIDAo-mINmP6EUdsCw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1

Military’s top officer is open to renaming Army posts honoring Confederate generals

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/09/militarys-top-officer-is-open-to-renaming-army-posts-honoring-confederate-generals/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Esper tells lawmakers he’s not convinced Russia offered Taliban bounties to kill US troops

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/09/secdef-tells-lawmakers-hes-not-convinced-russia-offered-taliban-bounties-to-kill-us-troops/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Top Pentagon officials offer lessons learned from military’s response to George Floyd protests

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/09/top-pentagon-officials-offer-lessons-learned-from-militarys-response-to-george-floyd-protests/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

A woman became a Green Beret Thursday, a huge milestone for the Army and the military, but she isn’t the first female to earn the title

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/07/09/a-woman-became-a-green-beret-today-a-huge-milestone-for-the-army-and-the-military-but-she-isnt-the-first-female-to-earn-the-title/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Esper announces leak investigation at Pentagon

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/07/09/esper-announces-leak-investigation-at-pentagon/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Marine, Navy bases in Japan fight new coronavirus infections as cases surge in Tokyo

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/marine-navy-bases-in-japan-fight-new-coronavirus-infections-as-cases-surge-in-tokyo-1.636871?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

US Forces Japan extends public health emergency; coronavirus restrictions tightened on Okinawa after on-base outbreaks

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-forces-japan-extends-public-health-emergency-coronavirus-restrictions-tightened-on-okinawa-after-on-base-outbreaks-1.636979?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+starsandstripes%2Fgeneral+%28Stars+and+Stripes%29&utm_term=Editorial+-+Military+-+Early+Bird+Brief

Alaska military family latest to file a mold lawsuit against privatized base housing operators

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/09/alaska-military-family-latest-to-file-a-mold-lawsuit-against-privatized-base-housing-operators/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

In protest response review, Pentagon looks at impact of police equipped like soldiers

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article244121292.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Return to work plans ‘endanger’ federal workers, senators say

https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2020/07/09/return-to-work-plans-endanger-federal-workers-senators-say/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

2 Marine installations in Japan lock down as COVID-19 returns to Okinawa

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/07/09/2-marine-installations-in-japan-lock-down-as-covid-19-returns-to-okinawa/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

13 Lessons from the Crozier Controversy

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/07/13-lessons-crozier-controversy/166751/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.10.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley were both briefed on Russia's Taliban bounties

https://theweek.com/speedreads/924734/defense-secretary-mark-esper-gen-mark-milley-both-briefed-russias-taliban-bounties

Starting Jan. 1, 2021, if you’re a Group A retired beneficiary, you and your family must pay a monthly TRICARE Select enrollment fee to maintain your TRICARE Select coverage.

https://tricare.mil/Plans/Enroll/Select/EnrollmentFees

Explosion occurs on naval ship in San Diego, at least 18 sailors taken to hospital, officials say

https://www.kcci.com/article/1-injured-in-fire-aboard-ship-at-naval-base-san-diego/33288566#

A 'few dozen' US Marines in Okinawa, Japan, infected with COVID-19

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/506928-a-few-dozen-us-marines-in-okinawa-japan-infected-with-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1LFZg9nMAboe-lyvaiwM01stqMmhD1ofc4EYrB9Ao9JGU0a_pe36QULUE

Pentagon reform boss on eliminating entire office: ‘This is a guaranteed failure’

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/07/09/pentagon-reform-boss-on-eliminating-entire-office-this-is-a-guaranteed-failure/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

House panel isn’t giving defense industry all the COVID aid it wants

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/07/08/house-panel-isnt-giving-defense-industry-all-the-covid-aid-it-wants/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 25: Sue Freeth, Combat Stress U.K.

https://www.militarytimes.com/podcasts/2020/07/08/seeking-the-military-suicide-solution-podcast-episode-25-sue-freeth-combat-stress-uk/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Russian Black Sea Sub Deployments to Mediterranean Could Violate Treaty

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/08/russian-black-sea-sub-deployments-to-mediterranean-could-violate-treaty?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Seven US troops test positive for coronavirus after arriving in South Korea

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/seven-us-troops-test-positive-for-coronavirus-after-arriving-in-south-korea-1.636738?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Russian ambassador calls reports of bounty program to kill U.S. soldiers a ‘downright lie’: U.S. media reports of a Russian bounty program to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan are a “downright lie,” Moscow’s ambassador in Washington said Wednesday, and are “poisoning the atmosphere of cooperation” on Afghan peace between the two countries.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-ambassador-calls-reports-of-bounty-program-to-kill-us-soldiers-a-downright-lie/2020/07/08/8647e1b8-c162-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Army investigates handout suggesting Trump campaign slogan constitutes ‘covert white supremacy'

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/09/army-investigates-handout-suggesting-trump-campaign-slogan-constitutes-covert-white-supremacy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Army Was Reviewing More Than Confederate Base Names, Officials Reveal

https://cdn.defenseone.com/a/defenseone/interstitial.html?v=9.22.4&rf=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenseone.com%2Fpolitics%2F2020%2F07%2Farmy-was-reviewing-more-confederate-base-names-officials-reveal%2F166730%2F%3Futm_source%3DSailthru%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DEBB%252007.09.20%26utm_term%3DEditorial%2520-%2520Military%2520-%2520Early%2520Bird%2520Brief

Navy Ban on Sailors Worshiping Indoors at Off-Base Churches Stirs Controversy

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/08/navy-ban-sailors-worshiping-indoors-off-base-churches-stirs-controversy.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

There are fewer recruits due to COVID-19, but they have the same hard training Navy, Marine commanders say

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/07/08/fewer-recruits-but-same-hard-training-navy-marine-training-commanders-say/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

A day after MCAS Futenma outbreak, Okinawa reports first off-base coronavirus case since April

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/a-day-after-mcas-futenma-outbreak-okinawa-reports-first-off-base-coronavirus-case-since-april-1.636736?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2007.09.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Marine Corps shutters Camp Hansen on Okinawa ‘until further notice’