Texas military bases got gigantic electric bills, too - and you re paying them
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Fort Hood’s electric bill for February was $35.9 million, enough to buy four M1 Abrams tanks. Other military installations that get their power from the ERCOT grid face similar sticker shock.Billy Calzada /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and the other JBSA installations get their electricity from CPS Energy, which has sued its energy suppliers over winter storm-related charges that add up to $1 billion.AFISRA /PA /Show MoreShow Less
You might have heard of Scott Willoughby, who had $19,033 charged to a Visa credit card for his light bill in the wake of Winter Storm Uri.
Gibberish Tweet By US Nuclear Agency A Toddler s Play
Within 10 minutes, the tweet drew at least 12,400 “likes, 9,000 retweets and lots of snark and speculation, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Twitter/ US Strategic Command Associated Press (AP) 2021-04-01T14:57:18+05:30 Gibberish Tweet By US Nuclear Agency A Toddler s Play outlookindia.com 2021-04-01T14:58:04+05:30
A tweet issued on the official page of the U.S. military command in charge of the nation s nuclear arsenal early had many on social media confused.
What did the Sunday evening tweet, which read “;l;;gmlxzssaw,” mean? Had the account of the U.S. Strategic Command, which has its headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha, been hacked?
One of Navy s first Black four-star admirals says military has work to do on diversity
Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post
Feb. 16, 2021
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Retired Adm. Cecil Haney served as commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Strategic Command, where he oversaw nuclear weapons.Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson
The young midshipman heard the question but kept walking as he neared a group of White students at the Naval Academy. You know, the only reason you re here is the quota system, right? one of them said.
Cecil Haney, a Black student from a Black neighborhood in the District of Columbia, did not respond. His family had warned him that he could face racism at the academy, and more than 40 years later, he remembers the remark clearly.
The United States must be ready for a nuclear war with China or Russia and seek new ways to deter both countries' use of newly acquired advanced strategic weapons, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is warning in a major new review of the global balance of nuclear forces.
Adm. Charles A. Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, said that he has “seen no indications of any compromise” in the security of America’s nuclear stockpile rising out of the SolarWinds hack, which the intelligence community believe is linked to . more > By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
America’s nuclear arsenal wasn’t compromised by a recent cyber attack that targeted thousands of sensitive computer networks used by government agencies and private companies, the Navy admiral in charge of the U.S. Strategic Command said.
The hack exploited a flaw in network monitoring software produced by Texas-based SolarWinds that allowed an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor most likely Russia to covertly install back door access points in computer networks, officials said.