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Military news…
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| The U.S. Navy Is Getting A Major Radar Upgrade |
| The AN/SPY-6 will equip all new U.S. Navy surface ships and will be back-fitted onto legacy ships to help counter growing threats. |
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Ukraine utility crews adapt, overcome after Russian strikes
Over the grinding wail of a chainsaw pruning trees, Oleh Braharnyk recalls how his crew sprang into action in Kyiv a week earlier to repair power lines downed by Russian missiles and keep electricity flowing to his beleaguered fellow Ukrainians.
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Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut ‘destroyed’
Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine’s military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance.
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Pentagon to raise military housing allowances in US by 12% on average
The new rates take effect Jan. 1 and reflect the largest year-over-year jump to housing allowances in many years. Housing allowance payments totaling an estimated $26.8 billion will be paid to roughly 1 million service members next year.
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It has been a while since I last did a rant. I will rant today:
- President Biden has made so many bad mistakes our country is falling apart.
- Our troops need to be paid more.
- Leaving a Marine behind in Russia, is not acceptable.
- Give our troops better housing. Some places are a joke.
- Always hire a veteran first. They have been there and done that.
- The VA has a long history of denying veterans compensation. Time for a change.
- Some people do not like the military. Maybe they should see what it is like not to have one.
- Not all military people are good. There are some bad apples in the barrel.
- The way people treated our Vietnam veterans was appalling. They fought for our country.
- People need to think about enlisting. There is a severe shortage right now.
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Just found another veteran to interview. He is a submariner. Not just any submariner, a nuclear submariner. Should be a fantastic interview. Keep coming back to read more about this, and the progress of my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the trenches of Life. 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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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?
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