Not your father’s standing army…[More]
Not your father’s priorities…
[Via WiscoDave]
Notes from the Resistance
Congressman Dan Crenshaw advocates military strike, calling cartels ‘clear and present’ threat [More]
Is he also ready to take out their embedded assets and enablers in government?
Before we start beating war drums (again!), let’s assess what “winning” means.
[Via Jess]
Just remember: This is deliberate. [Watch]
[Via Doc]
US Navy platformed ‘drag queen influencer’ to attract youth to the military in hiring crisis [More]
Our genius military leaders sure are more “progressive” at recruiting than these primitives:
They probably don’t even have a counterpart to Admiral Levine!
‘The Five’ co-hosts react to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm doubling down on an initiative to have the U.S. military implement an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2030. [More]
And who are we dependent on for the rare earth metals needed for electric vehicles…?
[Via Jess]

Employer is a US-based private security company seeking multiple Evacuation / Extraction Team Agents to conduct evacuation missions of individuals and families who are currently located in Sudan. Only highly experienced candidates who possess at least 5+ years of military experience in this region of Africa will be considered for this role – no exceptions. Preferred candidates are already located in Sudan or a bordering country. Non-competitive candidates will simply not be considered or contacted. [More]
So they don’t have to comply with diversity, equity, and inclusion rules…?
Next thing you’ll be telling me they don’t train with empathy bellies…
[Via WiscoDave]
UPDATE
It’s not like we need to worry about Sudanese biologicals with our “rigorous” border controls…
Matt Gatez FORCES US Military To Admit Drag Queens Are BAD For Children | EXPOSES Drag On US Bases [Watch]
[Via Jess]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Guess who has different priorities.
[Via Doc]

“You see, if we made a statute absolutely forbidding any human being to have a machine gun, you might say there is some constitutional question involved.” [More]
Now, what are all those “staunch supporters of the Second Amendment” in Congress going to do about it?
Would the United States be able to resist an armed force sent in by the United Nations (UN)? [More]
These foreign troops might pose a more immediate concern.
[Via Michael G]
“As we continue to navigate a challenging recruiting environment, changing the AFQT requirement removes a potential barrier to enlistment, allowing us to widen the pool of potential recruits and creating opportunities for personnel who wish to serve,” Cmdr. David Benham, a spokesperson for Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, told Military.com on Monday. [More]
Reminds me of NatLamp’s Frank Rizzo ad.
[Via WiscoDave]
“As President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing,” Secretary Austin continued. [More]
Unless it’s within our borders.
Aside from leaving those open and/or rigorously admitting confederates of the people we’re taking out elsewhere, we’re also set on simultaneously disarming you and setting known predators loose to further our case for that.
What’s the foreign entanglement worth me and mine dying for over there, anyway? That’s the litmus test I use before expecting it from someone else.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care on Thursday to reduce suicides in the military, but held off on endorsing more controversial recommendations to restrict gun and ammunition purchases by young troops, sending them to another panel for study. [More]
Don’t look for the next one to be any less stupid than the first.
[Via Jess]
As Military Recruiting Numbers Dip to Record Lows, Biden’s Woke Army Works to Destroy Morale [More]
Hey, just lower the standards and let in more foreign nationals and misfits.
Why else have quotas?
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Did someone say “government intelligence“?
[Via Michael G]
Pentagon announces largest-ever defense budget request [More]
Funny– Congress never spends even one penny on “organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States.” And none of those “staunch supporters of the Second Amendment” are demanding it.
Seeing as how the authors of the Constitution they all swore an oath to uphold viewed it as “being necessary to the security of a free State,” Why do you suppose that is?
BIDEN EFFECT: US Marine Sniper Testifies to Congress That He Was Denied Permission to Shoot and Kill Kabul Airport Suicide Bomber Who Killed 13 US Service Members [More]
Maybe if he’d been standing in a cabin doorway holding a baby…
[Via Michael G]