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☆ Billy Bob Thornton on His Movie & TV Roles: 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Landman'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But for his latest role starring in the Paramount+ drama "Landman," Thornton was tasked with a new, unique challenge: playing a version of himself. On ad-libbing his famous 'Friday Night Lights' speechThornton in "Friday Night Lights." Universal Pictures2004's "Friday Night Lights" is a beloved sports movie, and a big reason for that is the locker room speech your character, Coach Gary Caines, delivers. AdvertisementIn the pilot episode of "Landman," you film a scene at the high school football stadium in Odessa, Texas, where you filmed "Friday Night Lights." I ran into extras who were the children of extras on "Friday Night Lights."

Persons: Billy Bob Thornton, Thornton, Taylor Sheridan, it's, Tommy Norris, Norris, Tommy, Angela, Ali Larter, Monty, Jon Hamm, Billy Bob, Billy McBride, there's, Billy Wilder, Kurt Russell Bill Paxton, Stanley Donen's, Dan Aykroyd, Donna, Dan, Dudley Moore, Debbie Reynolds, Sammy Cahn, Sinatra, Stanley Donen, Bill Paxton, Bill, Rick Rossovich, Jeff Fahey, Kurt Russell, Kurt, Harvey Weinstein, Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Oscar, It's, Weinstein, Harvey, Matt, Damon, Cruz, Henry, Thomas, Lucas Black, Jayne Mansfield's, Gary Caines, Jerry Jones, Pete Berg, Boobie Miles Organizations: Paramount, Sporting, Bel Air, Columbia, Getty, Miramax Films, Sony, Miramax, Universal, Cowboys Locations: Fargo, West Texas, Mexican, Bel, Hollywood, Austrian, Fort Worth, Hot Springs, Odessa , Texas

CNN —When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. But she returned home to find she wasn’t offered the same support by the US Department of Veterans Affairs that male combat veterans were offered, Smithers said. Women account for roughly 17.5% of the Defense Department’s active-duty force, according to 2022 data from the agency. Hegseth has specifically criticized having women in roles where strength “is the differentiator,” he said on the podcast last week. She also worries any course reversal on women serving in combat will have a sweeping impact on women serving in other government jobs.

Persons: Elisa Smithers, Smithers, wasn’t, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, –, he’s, ”, Hegseth, “, hasn’t, ” Hegseth, Shawn Ryan, ” Smithers, we’ll, Elizabeth Beggs, Let’s, ” Beggs, Beggs, who’ve, Lory Manning, “ I’m, …, ” Manning, it’s, Manning, we’ve, Brandy Cottrill, Cox, “ It’s, ‘ That’s, Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Anna Moneymaker, Illinois Sen, Duckworth, MAGA, Wendy Coop, Wendy Coop Wendy Coop, ” Coop, Coop, don’t, that’s, she’s Organizations: CNN, National Guard, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Fox News, Army, Defense, Warriors, US Army, Army National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Navy, Army Rangers, Army Special Forces, Marine, “ Seals, Rangers, Green Berets, Service, Action, American Civil Liberties Union, “, National Center for Veterans Analysis, Combat, Veterans Families, US Coast Guard, US Army Special Operations Command, US National Guard, Capitol, US Navy, US Naval Academy Locations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Washington , DC, Illinois, St, Augustine , Florida

☆ U.S.S. Edsall, sunk WWII ship known as 'Dancing Mouse,' discovered after over 80 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Edsall was found 200 miles east of Christmas Island, south of Java, by the Royal Australian Navy. Edsall served valiantly during WWII, most notably in the early Pacific campaign. The Australian navy made the surprise discovery while conducting an unrelated and unspecified mission in the area. Its staff used "advanced robotic and autonomous systems normally used for hydrographic survey capabilities to locate the U.S.S. A famous photograph was taken on board a Japanese ship of the Edsall being blown out of the water, later to be used in Japanese propaganda.

Persons: Edsall, Joshua Nix, Caroline Kennedy, Mark Hammond, Kennedy, Hammond, Lisa Franchetti, Jim Nix, ‘, Nobody, … Organizations: Royal Australian Navy, Veterans, Darwin, U.S . Navy, U.S . Army Air Force, Washington Post Locations: Pacific, Christmas, Java, Pearl, U.S, Australia, Britain, Dallas

☆ Northern Gaza at imminent risk of famine, WHO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Northern Gaza is at risk of imminent famine, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as Israel continues its bombardment across Gaza amid threats by the Biden administration to limit military assistance to Israel if it did not allow more humanitarian aid into the enclave. It also said that 713 aid trucks were brought into northern Gaza since the beginning of October. A Palestinian man carries a child injured in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza on Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have fled northern Gaza to nearby Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement within the besieged territory. A Palestinian child fleeing Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Tuesday, walks down Salah al-Din road toward Gaza City.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, Israel's, ”, Netanyahu, EYAD BABA, Scott Paul, Matthew Miller, Fawaz, Itzik Cohen, Beit, Salah al, OMAR AL, Giora Eiland Organizations: World Health Organization, Israel, Getty, WHO, Israel Defense Forces, International Rescue, UNRWA, United Nations, Oxfam America, NBC News, ”, State, London School of Economics, United Nations Human Rights Office, AFP, IDF, NBC News ’, Sky News, Israeli National Security Council Locations: Northern Gaza, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, AFP, NBC News ’ British, Gaza City, Beit Lahia, OMAR

☆ Top U.S. commander in Middle East being investigated on allegations of shoving a subordinate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Army Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla shoved an airman while traveling on a C-17 several weeks ago, the officials said. The Army Criminal Investigation Division said in a statement that it is "aware of an alleged incident and is currently looking into it. The Army Criminal Investigation Division is an independent federal law enforcement agency responsible for felony criminal investigations and operations. For now, he remains in the job and is currently traveling in the Middle East, according to a senior administration official. Kurilla has been at the helm of CENTCOM, the combatant command in the Middle East and Central Asia, since April 2022.

Persons: Michael “ Erik ” Kurilla, Kurilla, It’s Organizations: Army, U.S . Central Command, Army Criminal, Army Criminal Investigation, Defense, 75th Ranger Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, Operations Command Locations: U.S, CENTCOM, East, Central Asia, Israel, Iran, Iranian, Syria, Mosul, Iraq

☆ South and North Korea troops potentially entering Ukraine war unlikely to stoke regional conflict, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

South and North Korea troops potentially entering the Russia-Ukraine war is unlikely to stoke a wider conflict between the two Korean countries, experts said. The U.S. on Wednesday confirmed that North Korean troops had been sent to Russia. "The messaging we are seeing is likely intended to deter the actual deployment of North Korean troops to Ukraine from Russia. But that will depend on how the North Korean troops are deployed, she added. "In such a case, South Korean troops would be shooting in self defence, thus limiting the nature of such combat encounters."

Persons: Yonhap, Yoon Seok Yeol, Liang, Nah, Naoko Aoki, Aoki, Pyongyang's Organizations: stoke, Yonhap, NBC News, CNBC, Singapore's, Rajaratnam, of International Studies, Seoul, RAND, North Locations: Korea, South, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, North, Moscow, Pyongyang, Seoul

☆ Military and defense leaders explain how 5G and Open RAN are helping solve networking challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

5G and Open RAN are some networking technologies they highlighted. "5G networks will enable automated guided vehicles, port and airfield operations, and cutting-edge telemedicine such as remote access to specialists and rapid creation of field hospitals," Ramirez said. "So looking at this from the perspective of how do we actually manipulate these systems internally, we've gone 100% in on Open RAN as our solution. We have a perspective of how Open RAN is the basis for taking advantage of these technologies and pushing us into the 6G era." The Department of Defense is working with academic and industry leaders on Open RAN to bring its communications systems into a new era, he said.

Persons: —, It's, Venice Goodwine, that's, Goodwine, Juan Ramirez, Ramirez, Tom Rondeau, Rondeau, we've Organizations: MWC Las Vegas, RAN, Service, MWC, Vegas, Radio Access, Department of, Air Force, Air, Department of Defense, Department Locations: Venice

Twice this year, US forces in the region have assisted Israel in intercepting an attack by Iran. Austin announced in early August that he was sending the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the region; it arrived later that month. The strike group consists of thousands of sailors and Marines, spanning across three destroyers and a carrier air wing. The USS Spruance and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., also both guided-missile destroyers that are part of the strike group, were operating in the Red Sea. In addition to the firepower brought by the Lincoln strike group, the Navy has a number of other destroyers and capabilities in the region.

Persons: Israel, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Abraham Lincoln, Spruance, Frank E, Petersen, Bulkeley, Arleigh Burke –, Murphy, Stockdale, Sabrina Singh Organizations: Washington CNN, Israel, Navy, Iranian, Defense, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, Lincoln, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marines, USS, Air Force, Pentagon, US Central Command, Army, Patriot, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems Locations: East, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Iranian, Gulf of Oman, Red, York, Lebanon, Cole, Indianapolis

☆ Over half of the Air Force's Osprey fleet has been cleared to fly after a deadly crash prompted a military-wide grounding
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen. AdvertisementJapan Ground Self-Defense Forces soldiers disembark from a V-22 Osprey aircraft. Debris believed to be from a US military Osprey aircraft is seen in waters off the coast of Yakushima Island. The cause of the Japan crash was determined to be the fracturing of a high-speed planetary pinion gear in the aircraft's prop rotor gearbox. US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher CallawayThe Gundam 22 crew did press on after the chip burn lights and did not violate their training.

Persons: —, Michael Conley, that's, We've, Conley, YUICHI YAMAZAKI, Military.com, Jeffrey Hoernemann, Eric Spendlove, Luke Unrath, Terrell Brayman, Zachary Lavoy, Jake Turnage, Brian Johnson, Jake Galliher, Carl Chebi, NAVAIR, we've, Bell, Christopher Callaway, AFSOC, Amber Sax, John Sax, Sax, Konstantin Toropin Organizations: Service, Special, Command, Air, Space Force Association, Business, Defense Forces, Getty, Naval Air Systems Command, Program, Ospreys, Air Force, Osprey, Japan Coast Guard, AP, Air Force Special Operations Command, Tech, Staff, Pentagon, Bell, Boeing, US Air Force, Gundam, Marine Corps Locations: Washington, Japan, Yakushima Island, California

☆ USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Rather than building an entirely new vessel, it was decided to modify medium-sized landing ships (classified as LSMs for 'Landing Ship Medium'). Officially renamed USS White River in 1955, the ship was decommissioned again in 1956. A day after that, White River fired on a nearby VC anti-aircraft site, destroying it and killing or wounding 11 guerillas. Winstead/National ArchivesFuture shore bombardment and LSMsDespite its value and firepower, by 1970, White River was showing its age. Now known as the Medium Landing Ship program, the Navy hopes to acquire 18 to 35 of the vessels.

Persons: —, White, Cmdr, Roy E, McCoy, Chris Page, we'd, R.E, Winstead, USS Zumwalt, hasn't, they're, Benjamin Brimelow Organizations: Service, US Defense Department, Business, Navy, US Navy, USS, National Archives ', Archives, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Pacific Reserve Fleet, South Vietnamese Army, Archives Future, Naval, AGS, Marine Corps, Operations, Corps, Global Affairs, Fletcher School of Law, Diplomacy, Modern, Institute Locations: Ukraine, White, beachheads, Pacific, Africa, Europe, Plaines, California, Japan, LSMR, Ch'o, Korean, San Diego, Vietnam, South, Ngãi Province, South Vietnam, Cambodian, Gulf, Thailand, Delta, Viet, Quảng Ngãi, Phuoc Tuy Province, Missouri, West

☆ From convict to combatant, Ukraine enlists prisoners to fight Russian forces
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Sebastian Shukla | Frederik Pleitgen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Still, morale may be Ukraine’s only hope in Pokrovsk as Russian forces zero in on the town. Russian forces are only 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, according to a map dated September 10 from DeepState, a group that monitors the progress of Russian forces in Ukraine that has links to Ukraine’s security services. Pokrovsk is coming under increasingly heavy bombardment by Russian forces as they advance as close as 8km to the town. CNNPokrovsk is a vital supply town for eastern Ukrainian forces fighting back the tides of Russian soldiers. It could result in a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Chasiv Yar and the line of contact moving closer to the much larger cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

Persons: Vitaly, Vitaly mumbles, …, ”, He’s, Vladimir Putin’s, he’d, Oleksandr, ” Oleksandr, they’d, CNN Pokrovsk, Putin, Chasiv Yar Organizations: CNN, 59th Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Infantry, Convicts Locations: Ukraine, Pokrovsk, Russian, Kursk, DeepState, Donetsk, Kramatorsk

☆ Another US amphibious warship is out of commission as mechanical failures continue to plague the Navy's fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Konstantin Toropin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Several hours later, the Iwo Jima was spotted coming back to Norfolk . Sailors and Marines wash the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima. A fleet of MV-22 Osprey aircraft is seen on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima while at anchor at a port in northern Israel. AdvertisementMilitary helicopters are seen on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima during a NATO exercise. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty ImagesSince then, both Franchetti and the current leader of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, have tried to present a more unified front on the issue .

Persons: —, Cmdr, David Carter, Carter, AirAssets, Military.com, Dominick A, Boxer, Lisa Franchetti, ACK GUEZ, David Berger, Berger, JONATHAN NACKSTRAND, Eric Smith, Smith Organizations: Service, Navy, Naval Surface Force, Naval, Business, Marine Corps, Iwo Jima, Sailors, Getty, USS Wasp, Iwo, Boxer, Marine, Marines, House Armed Services Committee, Geographic, Forward Deployed Naval Forces, United States Navy Locations: Norfolk, Iwo Jima, Virginia, Iwo, Israel, AFP, Turkey, Sudan, NATO, East Coast, West Coast, Japan

☆ Navy SEALs dropped in on a nuclear-powered submarine in the Pacific, drilling for a higher-end fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementWest Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators assemble a combatant rubber raiding craft near the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772). West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators conduct military dive operations and prepare to board the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772). AdvertisementA West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operator climbs aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772). West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators maneuver a combatant rubber raiding craft and board the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772). In January, Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram showed how seriously SEALs take this when he jumped into the dark waters of the Arabian Sea after his teammate, Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J.

Persons: —, Alex Perlman, Kenneth Douglas, Alex, Blake L, Chaney, We've, GWOT, that's, Alex Smedegard Frogmen, Nathan Gage Ingram, Christopher J, Chambers, frogmen Organizations: Service, Warfare, Navy, Craft, Business, West Coast, Los, Submarine Squadron, Special Warfare, Big Navy, Army Green Berets, Marine Raiders, Recon Marines Locations: China, Russia, Beijing, Moscow, Los Angeles, Greeneville, West Coast, NSW, Angeles, Virginia, Coast, Makin

☆ A new experimental US Air Force bomb can sink warships, but the question is if it's the right weapon for a war with China
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewA US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber recently used a new anti-ship weapon to sink a decommissioned warship in the Pacific and a cargo ship off the coast of Florida. A US Air Force B-2 Spirt receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker in the sky over northwest Missouri in August 2018. According to the Air Force Research Laboratory, the goal is to replicate the combat potential of a submarine with an aircraft that can cover a much larger area. QUICKSINK is not the only initiative indicative of the Air Force's desire to increase its maritime strike capabilities. The Air Force remains interested in developing more affordable munitions for maritime strikes.

Persons: —, Vincent De Groot, Bryan Clark, Lindsey Heflin, Mark Gunzinger, QUICKSINK, Clark, Gunzinger Organizations: Service, Air Force, American, Business, US Air Force, KC, US Air National Guard, Air Force Research Laboratory, US Navy, Hudson Institute, US, People's, Army, China News Service, Getty, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Ship, Navy Locations: Pacific, Florida, China, Missouri, Hawaii, Gulf of Mexico, Washington, Beijing, Western Pacific

☆ This tech stock is enabling the 'AI goldrush' and can surge nearly 25%, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

While several tech giants have taken a hit amid the crushed hype around artificial intelligence, Palantir Technologies is an AI beneficiary that is here to stay, according to Bank of America. "We liken the market, industry, and investor attitudes toward AI to that of the California gold rush," Mora wrote in a Tuesday note to clients, adding that the "AI rush" appears to have run dry given the recent tech sell-off. "As it was with the gold rush, the real benefactors were the entrepreneurs that supported the rush. "PLTR is well-positioned as enriched data, connectivity, and interoperability are what define the new era of defense," the analyst said. The firm kept its underweight rating and $20 price target on the stock.

Persons: Mariana Mora, Mora, —, Palantir, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Technologies, Bank of America, Chief, Artificial Intelligence, Department of Defense, Applications Government, U.S ., Deutsche Bank Locations: California

☆ The deadliest V-22 crash in Air Force history caused by 'catastrophic' gearbox failure and crew's 'lack of urgency,' a probe found
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Konstantin Toropin | Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

An infographic details the crash location of the US military V-22 Osprey aircraft near Japan's Yakushima island. Debris believed to be from a US military Osprey aircraft is seen in waters off the coast of Yakushima Island. Members of the Japanese Navy look through binoculars during a search operation after the CV-22 Osprey crash. The Air Force, alongside the other military services that fly the Osprey, grounded their V-22s shortly after the crash. The service said last month that only a handful of its aircraft were flying at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.

Persons: —, Military.com, Michael Conley, Conley, didn't, It's, …, Jeffrey T, Eric V, Luke A, Terrell K, Zachary E, Jake M, Brian K, Johnson, Jake Galliher, Spendlove, Adm, Carl Chebi, Chebi, " Conley, we're Organizations: Service, Air Force, Business, Ospreys, Getty, Air Force Special Operations Command, NBC, Osprey, Japan Coast Guard, AP, Ministry of Defense, Tech, Staff, Pentagon, Cannon Air Force Base, The Air Force, Naval Air Systems Command Locations: Japan, Anadolu, Yakushima, Yakushima Island, New Mexico

☆ Fact-checking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In his speech to Congress on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone, pledging to carry on with the war in Gaza until Israeli hostages are released and Hamas is eliminated. He defended Israel’s actions, pushing back against criticism that the war has gone on for too long and resulted in too many civilian casualties. The incident Netanyahu appeared to refer to occurred in May and killed at least 45 people at a camp for displaced Palestinians. Israeli officials have been making the claim that Hamas was stealing aid since October. UN Humanitarian Coordinator Lynn Hastings told CNN then that Hamas wasn’t stealing aid because aid wasn’t coming in.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel, ”, Jonathan Conricus, Seth Moulton, ” Conricus, “, National Intelligence Avril Haines, Haines, Yoav Gallant, Samantha Power, it’s, Lynn Hastings, wasn’t, David Satterfield, Biden, Matthew Miller Organizations: CNN, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, UN, House Armed Services Committee, Gaza’s Ministry, Health, Palestinian Ministry, National Intelligence, stoke, USAID, Rights Watch, Israeli, US State Department Locations: Gaza, Rafah, Palestinian, Israel, Iraq, Iran, America, Tehran, Gazans, Jordan

☆ Fact check: Netanyahu’s claims about Rafah in speech to Congress
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The “incident” Netanyahu referenced occurred in May and killed at least 45 people at a camp for displaced Palestinians. The airstrike injured more than 200 after a fire broke out at the camp following the strike, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics. In the same week of that strike, at least 29 Palestinians were killed in two separate Israeli attacks on displacement camps in Rafah, according to Palestinian and UN officials. CNN has seen firsthand video shot by stringers in Rafah and spoken to several health officials, humanitarian workers and eyewitnesses who have reported civilian fatalities as a result of Israel’s military assault on the southern city. Gaza’s Ministry of Health does not distinguish in its reporting between combatant and civilian deaths but has previously said that some 70% of casualties in all of Gaza have been women and children.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Gaza Health Ministry, UN, Gaza’s Ministry of Health Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Palestinian, Gaza’s

☆ Ukraine's Air Force must ditch its Soviet-style approach to get the most out of F-16s
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But only if the battered Ukrainian Air Force is capable and willing to drastically change the way it fights in the middle of the war. Finally, Ukrainian Air Force leadership must be incorporated into the Ukrainian General Staff to foster and facilitate integrated, all-domain concepts, planning, and employment." "The bottom line is that it will not be easy," Deptula, a retired US Air Force lieutenant general, told Business Insider. "It will take years for the Ukrainian military culture to shift from the model based on their Soviet military history, to Western military doctrine." For example, ground-based artillery and rockets can destroy Russian air defense systems, which enables Ukraine's air force to operate over the battlefield, and thus provide close air support to the army.

Persons: David Deptula, Christopher Bowie, Nichols, Goldwater, interservice, —, Mitchell, Deptula, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mitchell Institute, Ukrainian, Staff, US Air Force, Russian Air Force, Goldwater, Navy, Joint Chiefs, Missions, Army, Marines, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Soviet, Grenada, Ukrainian, Forbes

☆ In Taped Remarks at Supreme Court Gala, Revealing Glimpses of Roberts and Alito
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. have long been a jarring study in contrasts. The chief justice is guarded, embodying a cautious and conventional conception of the judicial role. Justice Alito, an eager combatant in the culture wars, tests the limits of that behavior. Their differing approaches were on display in surreptitiously recorded comments at a Supreme Court gala last week. That’s not for lawyers.”

Persons: John G, Roberts Jr, Samuel A, Alito Jr, Justice Alito, Justice Roberts, That’s, ”

☆ 'This can no longer be justified': International outcry over Rafah attack piles more pressure on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A Palestinian child plays with the rubble after Israel bombs Palestinians' tents and shelters in Rafah, Gaza on May 27, 2024. The Israel Defense Force initially said it used "precise munitions" and "intelligence" to target two senior Hamas leaders in the area. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians," Macron's post read, adding: "I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire." The U.S., meanwhile, called the images coming out of the attack were "devastating" and "heartbreaking," but refrained from demanding a stop to the Rafah operation. The attack comes two days after the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' top court, asked Israel to "immediately halt" its military offensive in Rafah, citing the "disastrous" humanitarian situation.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Guido Crosetto, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Global, Israel Defense Force, National Security, Reuters, International Court of Justice, United Nations Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Gazan, Palestinian, U.S, Israel

☆ Tim Hetherington captures a moment of brotherhood between two soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The photograph, taken in 2008 by the late British photographer Tim Hetherington, is from a time when nearly a fifth of all combat in Afghanistan was taking place in the six-mile valley. Tim HetheringtonBoth Hetherington and Junger became “enamoured with the opportunity to show the intimacy of a platoon in combat,” Junger said in an interview via telephone. “My examination of young men and violence, or of young men… It’s as much a journey about my own identity as it is about those young soldiers,” he wrote. ‘It took a little bit from his soul’In this process, Hetherington worried about how photography could be extractive. He wrote of the young men he met there: “They are grimily happy that we are here to help them.

Persons: Tim Hetherington, ”, Sebastian Junger, Hetherington, Doc, Kelso, Junger, ” Junger, “ Restrepo ”, Bobby, “, Tim Hetherington Junger, ” Young, James Brabazon, Tim Hetherington Brabazon, Brabazon, “ Tim, …, Cortez, Greg Brockett, I’m, Stephen Mayes, Tim Hetherington Hetherington, wasn’t, ‘, ” Tim Hetherington, —, Mayes, Tim, he’d, ” Brabazon Organizations: CNN, Liberian, Gaddafi, Tim Hetherington Trust Locations: Korengal, British, Afghanistan, Kunar Province, Cortez, ”, Libyan, Tubmanberg, Liberia, Monrovia, Misrata, Libya

☆ Opinion: Israel could defeat Hamas in Gaza more quickly if the US didn’t hold it back, this military expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Hilary Krieger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

CNN: Do you think that Israel can defeat Hamas without conducting a ground invasion in Rafah? The fact is that Rafah’s where the hostages and remaining Hamas military power and leadership are believed to be, their rockets and weapons production and other capabilities, everything. CNN: Couldn’t Israel’s offensive still have the effect of creating more militants who are going to join Hamas and fight against Israel? But it’s also a very winnable war for Hamas at this point because wars are not determined just by military capability. The problem is that the international community pushed Israel into this framework of going slower, going methodically, evacuating every area beforehand.

Persons: CNN —, John Spencer, Spencer, John Spencer Spencer, He’s, ” Spencer, JACK GUEZ, they’ve, we’re, there’s, Couldn’t, David Petraeus, Petraeus, who’s, it’s, You’ve, Dawoud Abo, Israel, I’ve, Israel doesn’t, that’s, — we’re, they’re, would’ve Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Modern, Institute, IDF, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Getty, Israel, Nazi, Spencer, Shiva, Dawoud Abo Alkas, ISIS, UN, Gaza, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iraq, West, Rafah, Spencer, Israeli, Hamas, Gaza City, AFP, Iran, Palestine, Northern Gaza, Afghanistan, United States, Egypt, Sinai, Anadolu, Qaida, Mosul, Panama, Tokyo

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks while meeting with the Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over an audio recording of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, the Republican federal prosecutor who declined to recommend charges against the president over his handling of classified documents. White House counsel Ed Siskel notified Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan of the decision in a letter on Thursday. The decision came after Attorney General Merrick Garland recommended that Biden assert executive privilege. Biden defended his memory, and Garland later said it would be "absurd" for him to have tried to block Hur's language about the president's memory.

Persons: Joe Biden, Robert Hur, Ed Siskel, James Comer, Jim Jordan, General Merrick Garland, Biden, Carlos Felipe Uriarte, Garland, Hur, Donald Trump Organizations: Joint Chiefs, WASHINGTON, Republican, Department, House Judiciary, White, Republicans Locations: Washington , DC

☆ US sends land-attack missile system to Philippines for exercises in apparent message to China
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The presence of the US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) ground-based missile system, increases the risks of “misjudgment and miscalculation” in a region already on edge over Chinese-Philippines face-offs in the South China Sea, Beijing says. It’s the first-ever deployment of the MRC missile system, also known as the Typhon system, to the Indo-Pacific theater, and it comes amid a series of US-Philippine military exercises, including the largest-ever edition of the bilateral Balikatan exercises beginning Monday. It also can fire the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, a maneuverable cruise missile with a range of 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles), according to the CSIS. Those are the same rules Washington and Manila accuse Beijing of ignoring with aggressive Chinese actions that have injured Filipino sailors and damaged vessels around disputed features in the South China Sea. US Army PacificChina’s missile advantageAnalysts say the deployment of the Typhon missile battery is the first signal of US plans to address what has long been an advantage for Beijing in the region.

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