Military related links 013022

The Pentagon Just Got $778 Billion, But USAID Is Running Out of Money for Covid-19 Vaccines?  "Why is there more money for the military-industrial complex… at the same time the U.S. is refusing to spend the $25 billion needed to make enough additional vaccines to vaccinate the world?"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/27/pentagon-just-got-778-billion-usaid-running-out-money-covid-19-vaccines

 

United States Navy Band - White Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGXd_0RRyE

 

How a battalion of reindeer helped defeat the Nazis in World War II: “The reindeer were pack animals ... It makes perfect sense.”

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/world-war-ii-reindeer-battalion/?utm_source=Task+%26+Purpose+Today&utm_campaign=b6a1f95849-TP_Today_12_27_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_67edd998fe-b6a1f95849-76873159

 

Need Health Advice at Home? Chat With a Nurse 24/7

https://newsroom.tricare.mil/Articles/Article/2878187/need-health-advice-at-home-chat-with-a-nurse-247

 

Pentagon Chief Austin Says He Has Tested Positive for COVID

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/03/pentagon-chief-austin-says-he-has-tested-positive-covid.html?mc_cid=a7b0432c18&mc_eid=5fbd657cc7

 

Court-Martial of Air Force 2-Star General Postponed Amid COVID Concerns

https://www.airforcemag.com/court-martial-of-air-force-2-star-general-postponed-amid-covid/

 

Air Force to Announce Working Group to Study Resilience, Mental Health

https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-to-announce-working-group-resilience-mental-health/

 

The New $1M-a-Year Research Grants AFRL Hopes Will Speed Up Space Tech

https://www.airforcemag.com/the-new-1m-a-year-research-grants-afrl-hopes-will-speed-up-space-tech/

 

Past DOD Leaders Say the Next National Defense Strategy Should Encourage Data, Tech Sharing

https://www.airforcemag.com/former-dod-leaders-next-national-defense-strategy-data-tech-sharing/

 

More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

 

The Military’s New Challenge: Defeating Cheap Hobbyist Drones.  Small armed devices, often bought for a few hundred dollars online, are a big battlefield problem for the U.S. military, and developing a defense that is cost-effective against swarms of them is a conundrum

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-militarys-new-challenge-defeating-cheap-hobbyist-drones-11641401270

 

New in 2022: Can the Air Force find a smarter way to deploy?

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-air-force/2022/01/05/new-in-2022-can-the-air-force-find-a-smarter-way-to-deploy/

 

Military Families File Lawsuit over Water Contamination in Hawaii

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/06/military-families-file-lawsuit-over-water-contamination-hawaii.html

 

U.S. tightens COVID-19 infection controls at bases in Japan as cases surge

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-asks-us-take-covid-19-counter-measures-military-bases-kyodo-2022-01-06/

 

Missile Warning & Defense

https://www.airforcemag.com/category/missile-warning-defense/

 

More people are joining the Air Force in their late 30s

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/01/05/more-people-are-joining-the-air-force-in-their-late-30s/

 

Air Force's Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly Ones

The previously classified Starfire Optical Range aids astronomers while enabling the Space Force to better detect and track small objects in space.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43760/air-forces-small-telescope-tech-will-help-detect-enemy-satellites-sneaking-up-on-friendly-ones

 

DSCA names James Hursch as new director: James Hursch, a Pentagon civilian with decades of security cooperation experience under his belt, has taken over the Pentagon's foreign arms sale office.

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/dsca-names-james-hursch-as-new-director/?_ga=2.265864777.718049607.1641413032-1657587888.1621892464

 

NGA working with NRO to target satellite imagery ‘deep fakes’: NGA's Chief Information Office Mark Andress said he has an entire engineering team dedicated to certifying the accuracy and validity of imagery products and the metadata around them.

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/nga-working-with-nro-to-target-satellite-imagery-deep-fakes/?_ga=2.101256775.718049607.1641413032-1657587888.1621892464

 

Working With China on Climate is ‘Most Important Element’ of the Decade, NSC Official Says: Kurt Campbell also talked about how Biden’s China policy is different from Trump’s and how to reconcile cooperation with an authoritarian state.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/01/working-china-climate-most-important-element-decade-nsc-official-says/360439/

 

Azerbaijani Kleptocrats Have Been Getting Their Money’s Worth in Washington for a Long Time: Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar’s not the only lawmaker illicitly involved with the regime, he’s just the one who (maybe) got caught.

https://newrepublic.com/article/165140/kleptocracy-azerbaijan-henry-cuellar-lobbyists

 

What Should the Left Do About China?  Progressive thinkers are developing a foreign policy approach that opposes military confrontation while acknowledging Beijing’s oppressive policies.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/china-left-foreign-policy/

 

Pulling Out of Arms Control Doesn’t Solve Anything

http://populist.com/28.02.Sibert.html