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☆ Pentagon drops Covid-19 vaccination mandate for troops
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon formally dropped its Covid-19 vaccination mandate Tuesday, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated. The Defense Department had already stopped all related personnel actions, such as discharging troops who refused the shot. “The Department will continue to promote and encourage Covid-19 vaccination for all service members,” Austin said in the memo. “Vaccination enhances operational readiness and protects the force.”Austin said that commanders have the authority to maintain unit readiness and a healthy force. Roughly 99% of active-duty troops in the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps had gotten the vaccine, and 98% of the Army.
☆ US-trained Afghan commandos are fighting in Ukraine. Some are there for the pay. Others are there for revenge.
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Antonio Giustozzi | World Politics Review | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Afghan commandos who fled the Taliban are being recruited to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine. Former Afghan commandos in Iran that I spoke to largely confirm the rumors, though I found less evidence to support the claim of Wagner's role. After the Taliban takeover, only about 1,000 Afghan commandos were evacuated to the US, while a few others made it to Europe and Turkey. Afghan special forces in Kunduz City. A US Special Forces soldier patrols with Afghan Commandos.
☆ Russian security teams are scrambling to hunt down Ukrainian spies as locals in captured towns direct fire and gather critical intel
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Behind enemy lines, Ukrainian civilians are helping their country target Russian positions. In Kherson, local activists used Telegram to send photos and coordinates for Russian troops. In occupied Kherson, a man who performed at weddings before the war said he had pivoted to planting explosives under Russian soldiers' vehicles. Ukrainian forces can act on the intel in under 15 minutes, putting fire on Russian positions. Russian forces have felt the effects, and these everyday spies are becoming a priority for Russia.
☆ NATO ally Turkey is attacking a key US partner force in Syria, and it's upending joint operations against ISIS
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
NATO ally Turkey has been attacking US-backed forces in Syria fighting against ISIS. The US military confirmed on Friday that it's pausing joint operations against the Islamic State. We remain committed to the enduring defeat of ISIS and look forward to the resumption of operations against ISIS in the future." On Wednesday, CENTCOM revealed that local Syrian forces recently carried out a raid and killed the leader of ISIS, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. His predecessors were both taken off the battlefield during separate raids conducted by US special operations forces.
☆ As Ukrainian forces recaptured a key town, another elite Russian unit appears to have gone through 'the meat grinder'
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Russian troops in Lyman and those who retreated took heavy losses, including an elite GRU unit. In just a few days, Ukrainian forces liberated hundreds of square miles of territory and scores of villages. Its cadre of Spetsnaz commandos is among the best in the Russian military. Competent special operators require years of basic and advanced military training, as well as training tailored to their mission sets. The Russian military as a whole is taking a battering in Ukraine, though casualty estimates vary widely.
☆ US military confirms that another ISIS leader has been killed in Syria, revealing that he was taken out in a raid by local forces
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US military revealed on Wednesday that another ISIS leader was killed recently. Earlier on Wednesday, the Islamic State's media affiliate announced that the leader of the terror group had been killed fighting recently. The terror group didn't mention who killed al-Qurayshi — or where, according to multiple reports. "We welcome the announcement that another leader of ISIS is no longer walking the face of the Earth." He added that actions by Turkey have led the SDF to suspend its operations against the terror group.
☆ U.S. could give Ukraine energy help as temperatures fall below freezing; rumors of imminent Russian mobilization in Kherson grow
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Speculation is mounting that Russia could try to mobilize men in the occupied part of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, in December. However, it is not exclusive that all men will fall under the 'mobilization', and not only the holders of enemy passports." Russian forces withdrew from the western bank of the Dnipro river to the eastern (or "left") bank earlier in November. Russia has already attempted to "Russify" occupied areas by handing out Russian passports and promoting Russian language and culture while suppressing that of Ukraine. The Center of National Resistance called on the residents in the "TOT," or "temporarily occupied territory," to leave the region "and not become a resource for the enemy."
☆ NATO could invoke Article 4 after Russian missiles struck Poland. Here's what that means.
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
The incident could invoke NATO Article 4, which allows any member to call for a consultation when threatened. Several NATO countries previously invoked Article 4 after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Such defiant language ostensibly appeals to the collective defense principle at the heart of NATO Article 5. As such, NATO and its members have no binding obligation to defend Ukraine against Russia's attacks. Biden has made clear that US troops thus far deployed to Eastern Europe are there to bolster NATO member countries wary of nearby Russian aggression.
☆ Ukrainian special forces commander says Russia doesn't like waging war at night, so his troops need gear to fight in the dark
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russian forces don't like waging their war against Ukraine at night, said a Ukrainian commander. The commander said on a podcast that Ukrainian troops need gear to fight in the dark. Gen. Viktor Khorenko said his troops need gear while appearing on an episode of the "War on the Rocks" podcast published on Monday. But Khorenko said that Ukrainian troops could use advanced technology like night vision devices from the West to increase their night fighting capabilities. "Night vision capability is a precious commodity, further exacerbating the unwillingness to fight at night," British intelligence noted.
☆ Why it's taken nearly 100 years to have jet packs
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Daniel Gessner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
So why has it taken so long to develop jet packs that can reach 1,200 feet and fly up to 10 minutes? Why has it taken almost a century for us to see real jet packs? Narrator: The arrival of small but powerful jet engines designed for model aircraft brought back an interest in the possibilities of jet packs. Less than 10 years later, companies like Gravity Industries have demonstrated what modern microturbine-powered jet packs are capable of. But it's not far-fetched to think that jet packs like Gravity's could be used for more than just recreation.
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