Russian Advance in Bakhmut, Ukraine Could Come With Heavy Losses.

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UK: Russian advance in Bakhmut could come with heavy losses

Russian forces have made progress in their campaign to capture the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the focus of the war’s longest ground battle, but their assault will be difficult to sustain without more significant personnel losses, British military officials said Saturday.

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Pentagon puts priority on replacing munitions in 2024 budget
The Pentagon’s $170 billion procurement request for the new fiscal year focuses on replacing munitions supplied to Ukraine as well as well as weapons like long-range missiles, which would be necessary in a conflict with China, according to an internal budget document.

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Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says

The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said there were no confirmed advances by Russian forces in Bakhmut.

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US sanctions Chinese firms linked to Iranian drones used by Kremlin against Ukraine

The Treasury Department says the five Chinese firms used shell companies to hide sales of components used in production of the Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles that the US believes Iran has exported to Russia.

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The Wagner Group is losing so many fighters in Bakhmut that it’s launching a recruitment drive

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When I was through with basic training I was sent to Ft Devens, Mass for training. I rode a train from Portland, Oregon, all across the upper United States. It was a wonderful ride, full of scenery.

When we got close to Ft. Devens, we knew that we had to get of at Worchester, Mass. Well, when the cabin attendant came through he announced the next stop as Woooster. We figured that wasn’t our stop, but it was. The Massachusetts language was somewhat different than what we were used to.

We then were told that we should have gotten off at the last stop. We got off at the next stop and my buddies relatives had to come and pick us up there.

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I had the privilege to meet a Vietnam veteran while shopping for groceries. I seem to have the knack to find them. This guy is a true hero. His name is Milt Hoch. He had three tours in Vietnam. He didn’t have to. He chose to.

He was in intense fighting, even face to face fighting. He was once stabbed through both legs at once with a bayonet. He was still able to kill the enemy and survive.

I have an interview with him in my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life. It is riveting.

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Sometimes Soldiers do the Most Stupid Things, and it Hurts Them.

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Military news…

A U-2 spy plane pilot took a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon
That’s one hell of a shot!

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Latest US airstrike in Somalia kills 7 suspected al-Shabaab fighters
The U.S. military has launched six airstrikes and one special operations raid against an ISIS leader in Somalia so far in 2023.

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How would US troops fight a numerically superior enemy today?
Quantity vs. quality.

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Why a Marine who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima kept it a secret for decades
“I told him he was a hero — to which he said, ‘No, I was a Marine.’”

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American, Japanese and South Korean fighter jets escort bombers as North Korea stages more missile launches
The joint bilateral drills were planned for some time, but North Korea’s launches were sudden.

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While in South Korea, I was walking back to my barracks, when I saw a man come out of the base bar, and started to take a leak. He has just startled when he saw that his urine was freezing before it hit the ground. He immediately went back inside. At the same time four soldiers came out of the bar and they were pretty drunk. They challenged one of them to stick his tongue on the flag pole bar. I wanted to scream out try to stop him, but it was too late. He put his tongue on the bar and it froze to the bar.

He started screaming in pain, and his buddies knew right away it was a wrong thing to do. They called the medics and they came. They had to use some hot water to get him loose, which hurt him even more.

Not sure how long he was in the hospital, and what his company commander thought about it.

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Still in the final stage of finishing my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the MIlitary: In and Out of the Trenches of Life. Keep coming back to check the progress. Better yet…go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts will go directly to your inbox.

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You are never forsaken.


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Authentic Letters From WWII Will be in the Book, Signs of Hope for the Military.

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Military news…

Children of US military contractors in Germany left with no school to attend at last minute
Children of military contractors gain entry into Department of Defense Education Activity-Europe schools on a space-available basis, unlike children of service members and Defense Department civilians, who are guaranteed slots.

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Navy’s Triton surveillance drone returns to Japan for Indo-Pacific dutyAn unmanned surveillance aircraft arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni last month to support the Navy’s operations in the Indo-Pacific region.

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More ‘21st century’ schools are under construction or planned for Pacific basesHundreds of millions of dollars in construction is underway or planned to upgrade schools on overseas U.S. military bases in the Pacific, according to Department of Defense Education Activity officials.

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9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war, Ukraine says

At a veteran’s event, Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Ukraine’s children need to be taken care of because “their father went to the front line and, perhaps, is one of those almost 9,000 heroes who died.”

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US Veterans Race to Train Ukrainians as Marines; ‘Time Is Not on Their Side’

Clad in mismatched fatigues, Ukrainian Marine recruits sprawled on the grass, cocking their assault rifles and aiming at targets. Then, to the surprise of their American instructors, one by one they started squeezing the trigger.

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The US and South Korea Are Staging Their Biggest Military Drills in Years

The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has dialed up its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year while repeatedly threatening conflicts with Seoul and Washington amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy.

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I have an update for my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of life. In the appendix section in the back of the book, I will have two original letters written home from a soldier in WWII. He is writing to his mom, and it shows how you can’t say anything about what you are doing, or what has happened to his buddies.

Come back often to see more updates for my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and out of the trenches of life. Better yet…got to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts will go directly to you inbox.

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If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!


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1-800-273-8255…texting 838255.

______________________________________________________________

Remember:


You are never alone.


You are never forsaken.


You are never unloved.


And above all…never, ever, give up.

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