"An Army major is celebrating one year of having earned approval to wear his hair and tribe-specific regalia items in a way that honors his Native American heritage during appropriate service ceremonies."
@ManyRoads OMG. It makes me feel so good to see my Native brothers and sisters wherever I encounter them. For YEARS, as a child, I read about Native Americans as if they were people of LONG, long ago, dead and vanished, never to return. Now we have a Native woman in charge of our public lands and interior; a Native Hawai'ian representing his people in the Lege. A Native rep. from Kansas. When will we have more representatives from the ORIGINAL inhabitants of this land?
A former US military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that his November resignation was in fact due to “moral injury” stemming from US support for Israel’s war in Gaza and the harm caused to Palestinians.
Harrison Mann, an army major, would be the first known DIA official to quit over US support to Israel.
Man said he felt shame and guilt for helping advance US policy that he said contributed to the mass killing of Palestinians.
“At some point, whatever the justification, you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not,” Mann wrote.
"As the descendant of European #jews I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing," wrote Maj. Harrison Mann.
Any #infosec folks recommend the best #cyber contractor hiring in vicinity of Ft. Eisenhower? (Ft. Gordon). A friend is looking for an established contractor with good benefits hiring people at GS-13 equivalent level to staff CYBERCOM, TRADOC or other major commands. #USArmy
After decades of secrecy, the "Ghost Army" is honored for saving U.S. lives in World War II.
@NPR reports the unit "used inflatable tanks, phony uniforms, fake rumors and special effects to deceive German forces during World War II, diverting attention from larger units."
"More than 100 music acts and individual musicians dropped out of the popular South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival this year in Austin, Texas to protest the event’s sponsorship by the US Army and major defense contractors."
The U.S. Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars.
AP reports the plan will also add "about 7,500 troops in other critical missions, including air-defense and counter-drone units and five new task forces around the world with enhanced cyber, intelligence and long-range strike capabilities."
3 #USArmy troops were killed & 25 service members were injured in a #drone attack overnight on a small #UnitedStates outpost in #Jordan, US ofcls told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the #MiddleEast since the beginning of the #Gaza#war.
The killing of 3 Americans at Tower 22 in Jordan near the border w/ Syria is a significant escalation of an already-precarious situation….
It’s unclear why air defenses failed to intercept the #drone, which appears to be the first known attack on Tower 22 since attacks on US & coalition forces began on Oct 17. #UnitedStates forces at the outpost are there as part of an advise-and-assist mission w/ #Jordan.
…The US has taken several retaliatory actions against the #Iran-backed groups in #Iraq & #Syria, one as recently as last week, when the US struck 3 facilities in Iraq used by Kataib #Hezbollah & other Iran-affiliated groups.
The killing of 3 #Americans also comes as the #UnitedStates & #Iraq are expected to begin talks soon about the future of the US #military presence in the country.
“Our military is not an equal opportunity employer. We’re looking for the best of the best to do whatever. We’re not looking for different groups, social justice groups. We don’t want to single-handedly destroy our military from within,” --T. Tuberville
From the 17th Century through the 1950s American white supremacy depended on the explicit violent control of BIPOC, hence racially segregated armed forces. Naturally they weren't going to supply the internal enemy with access to advanced weaponry and military training.
After WWII more prescient capitalists like Truman understood that the stability of their exploitative regime depended on moving to more subtle, less visible means of control, which included racial integration. The revolutionary activities of BIPOC veterans after WWII suggests the old time supremacists weren't wrong to worry.
Plausibly Tuberville is looking forward to a future more like the good old days before the war -- the civil war.