A great power war would not easy to wage for anyone, even Washington.
The new Russian battalions “are characterized as highly integrated, extremely powerful, and exceptionally mobile,” the authors explained, noting they were composed of “of a tank company, three mechanized infantry companies, an anti-tank company, two to three batteries of artillery (self-propelled guns and multiple launch rocket), and two air defense batteries.” Chinese ground forces, likewise, have reformed their formations and upgraded their warfighting doctrine.
On February 7 of last year, then-Vice Chief of Staff for the Army Gen. Daniel Allyn stated that only three of fifty-eight combat brigades in the U.S. Army were sufficiently trained for wartime deployment, blaming the condition on sequestration. It is not the lack of money, however, that is behind the army’s inability to maintain ready forces. Rather, it is the obsolete force structure the army has maintained since World War II. Fortunately,
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Biden’s Defense Secretary Pick an Accomplished Commander, Devout Catholic
WINDSOR TERRACE The U.S. Senate has confirmed retired Army general Lloyd Austin to be the first African American secretary of defense.
The Senate voted 93-2 Friday morning, Jan. 22, clearing the way for Austin, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Defense.
Austin, a devout Catholic from South Georgia, has achieved numerous “firsts” in his more than four decades serving his nation as an Army officer. He is, for example, the first African American to command the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) which is how President Biden, then serving as vice president, came to know the general.
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President Trump’s pardon of four former Blackwater mercenaries convicted for their role in a massacre in Baghdad has sparked outrage in Iraq. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said the decision violates, quote, “the values of justice, human rights and rule of law” and, quote, “ignores the dignity of the victims,” unquote. The Blackwater guards included Nicholas Slatten, who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre, when he and other Blackwater mercenaries opened fire with machine guns and grenades on a crowded public space in Baghdad, killing 17 unarmed civilians, including women and children, the youngest victim a 9-year-old boy named Ali Kinani.