RSS- Yuriy Butusov on the “difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction”
- “Project 2025 Is A Blueprint For Business Disaster”
- The smoke signals were correct. Biden bails out of the presidential race, right on schedule!
- “CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say”
- Efforts escalate to get Biden to withdraw as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president
- Duck Punt Sailing Around the World
- An old British soldier’s thoughts on the Trump assassination attempt
- The federal criminal case against Trump about classified documents is dismissed because the special counsel was illegally appointed
- Assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally; a wound is in his right ear area
- Model rocket nails vertical landing after three year effort
Category Archives: TTG
This is the Price They Paid (reposted from 2021)
What happened to the signers? Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and … Continue reading
Posted in History, TTG
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The charge of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 2 July 1863 – reposted
This action has been largely overlooked in most accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg. It is certainly drowned out by the ubiquitous accounts of the 20th Maine and Picketts Charge. As I recall, the charge of the already depleted 1st … Continue reading
Posted in History, TTG, WBS
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Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine
CNN — The Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems. The change would mark another significant shift in … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Israeli Supreme Court rules that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men
In a landmark ruling that threatens to unravel Israel’s government, the country’s Supreme Court has ordered the military to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men, who’ve long been exempt from service. Tuesday’s decision was unanimous, and comes amid intensified public opposition to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, TTG
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Bundìn er bàtlaus mađur *
* “Bound is the boatless man” – a a Viking expression often quoted in “Wooden Boat” magazine More than three millennia ago, a sinking merchant vessel settled about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Its hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Messing about in boats, TTG
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Could CIA Sabotage North Korean Arm Shipments to Russia? – Jeff Stein
With time running out five months before the election, and facing a polarized Congress dominated by Republicans eager to bring Biden down, the likelihood of the White House proposing any grand covert ops to sabotage the arms shipments at sea … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Cargo ship Tutor believed to have sunk in Red Sea after Houthi attack
A cargo ship has sunk in the Red Sea a week after it was damaged in a deadly sea drone attack by Yemen’s Houthi movement, British maritime authorities and salvagers say. The Tutor, a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier, was hit … Continue reading
Posted in Messing about in boats, The Military Art, TTG, Yemen
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Trent Telenko on Western Intel T3R Incompetence
This post [by Tuomo Rusila] was a very good answer to a Wash Post hit piece on Ukraine for it’s ratio of combat to logistical troops, or “tooth to tail” ratio (T3R). “Zelensky’s office announced that of the 1 M … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Happy Birthday to the US Army
Today is the 249th birthday of the US Army. I was going to post a 1979 version of the “I am the Infantry” presentation from then Fort Benning, now Fort Moore, but I figured it’s probably a little too parochial … Continue reading
Posted in History, TTG
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“Ukraine Launches Unmanned Systems Force as New Military Branch”
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have introduced a new military branch aimed at supporting and developing units of unmanned systems, according to a report by Militarnyi. Representatives from the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense presented the Unmanned Systems … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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