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Pete's just sore that he lost the war with Iran on day one and people are talking about it
https://www.stripes.com/branches/nav...-22618186.html
censorship is becoming more common in the USA
Pete's just sore that he lost the war with Iran on day one and people are talking about it
https://www.stripes.com/branches/nav...-22618186.html
Nearly six months after the U.S. Navy evacuated 1,300 family members from Bahrain at the start of the Iran war, officials are saying the evacuees cannot return for the foreseeable future and should find new homes elsewhere. The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs that were never designed to sustain a displacement lasting this long.
Some evacuees say they have spent tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket for basic living expenses. Others are sleeping on the floors of temporary housing, while their cars and furniture are stranded in Bahrain or aboard ships unable to leave the region. Many say the prolonged displacement has taken an emotional toll and worry about its long-term effects on their families’ financial and emotional well-being.
Government officials have extended and adjusted benefits to cover lodging, transportation and basic necessities. But some forms of assistance begin expiring after 180 days, or six months, forcing the Navy and State Department to scramble to come up with workarounds. “We literally have been making this up as we go, because nothing is conceived to go on this length of time,” Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said Wednesday at a virtual town hall meeting, according to an audio recording obtained by Stars and Stripes from one of the nearly 600 attendees.
Military officials have declined for months to provide a timeline for returning families to Bahrain as the fighting continued, ceasefires collapsed and hopes of a lasting peace agreement faded. Bahrain ordinarily hosts NAVCENT headquarters and about 8,300 service members, dependents and civilians at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. But the Navy drastically reduced its presence after the war began, leaving only a contingent for critical operations.
reut.rs/4c6jT3mFather of sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln taken into US immigration detention
benefit-free small craft spree bombings continue
blacklisting journalists now
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/...t-press-media/U.S. Central Command maintains a secret directory of journalists who have been blacklisted by the press office, according to an official with CENTCOM public affairs. The disclosure comes amid a failed war in Iran, a “cover-up” of U.S. casualties from that conflict, and repeated refusals by CENTCOM to address questions about civilian deaths in Iran, including the killing of a family recently disclosed by The Intercept.
The CENTCOM official who revealed the existence of the list threatened that this reporter could be added to it for calling the command too often.
“You’ll be put on a list of people to disregard,” Richard Allee, an executive assistant with CENTCOM public affairs told this reporter. When asked for clarification — “You have a list of people to disregard?” — he confirmed it with an emphatic: “Yes.” When asked which reporters or outlets were currently on the list, he replied: “I’m not privy to give you that information.”
Make-A-Wish for right wing has beens
lol prioritizing helicopter joyrides for alt-rock has-beens
lol firing top generals in the middle of losing a war
viewpoint discrimination
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-08-26/west-point-professor-fired-lawsuit-climate-change-22666987.htmlA civilian geography professor was fired from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Adam Kalkstein, a climate scientist who spent 17 years teaching future Army officers, said he consistently received “outstanding” appraisals of his work.
When leadership last year imposed a ban on teaching that humans contribute to climate change, he tried to comply but ultimately pushed back, saying that it was a disservice to the cadets’ education. “It’s not a college-level course. It’s not even a high school course. Not because it isn’t rigorous; it is. But because we’re leaving out essential information,” Kalkstein said during a November 2025 meeting of the geography department with Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves, then the dean of the academic board, according to the lawsuit. “We’re only telling cadets part of the story. We’re lying to them, deceiving them. It would be like trying to teach the law without being able to even mention the Cons ution,” Kalkstein said.
The lawsuit called for a jury trial; to block West Point from imposing “baseless” restrictions on academic freedom; to reinstate Kalkstein to his tenured position; and to pay him monetary damages.
Hegseth lickspittle, would-be family-annihilator and very possibly, our next Army Secretary
Trump 2.0 likes to propel creepy degenerates to power
https://newrepublic.com/post/214809/...-accused-abuseAfter losing his bid for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district in 2020, Parnell decided to run again for the state’s open Senate seat in 2022. But he ended his campaign after losing a custody battle over domestic violence allegations. Parnell’s wife testified that he had choked her, strangled her, and verbally and physically abused their children. The judge ruled that there was “credible evidence” for the abuse allegations, though Parnell denied them.
HEGSETH WEIGHS SUMMONING TOP MILITARY LEADERS TO QUANTICO FOR 2ND TIME – WSJ
Hegseth hamstrung a program designed to protect civilians against the unanimous advice of top armed forces commanders, hundreds of civilians died by US fires, so now DOD is considering bringing the program back
https://www.propublica.org/article/h...nse-department
Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled the nation’s top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations.
Hegseth had bet senior officers would endorse his view that focusing on civilian security was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” current and former defense officials told ProPublica.
Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.
Leaders at U.S. Central Command, the Tampa, Florida-based center that oversees military action in the Middle East, pressed to keep its full CHMR staff of 16. Eliminating or scaling back the effort would “result in decreased efficiency of U.S. lethal operations due to an increased risk of target misidentification and reduced battlespace awareness,” a memo reviewed by ProPublica said.
Retired Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, who was then in charge of Central Command, and several other senior officers directly involved in combat operations had appealed to Hegseth to keep the program. They explained that it was a valuable tool, another retired general said — but “that intent was overridden.”
Hegseth gutted the effort, leaving only a handful of people to carry out the mission. It was stripped of almost all of its funding, even as the U.S. launched new campaigns in Somalia, Yemen and Iran. One official summed up the Hegseth approach as: “Bombs away!”
Hegseth’s early exchanges with the generals made clear that the civilian harm program had no future in his reimagined “Department of War.”
“No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement,”Hegseth would later tell a gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals.
But now, after U.S. missile strikes have killed hundreds of civilians in Iran and Yemen, episodes that drew global criticism and questions from Congress, the program could soon be partially revived.
The about-face would mark a rare reversal in a department that hasn’t tolerated dissent under Hegseth and President Donald Trump. Last year’s military memos detail a delicate pushback that may preserve at least the framework of the civilian security campaign.
Current and former defense officials described the evolution of the civilian security program on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the Trump administration.
The Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment about the poll or the program’s revival.
The poll from early 2025, which has not been previously reported, cemented top-level military support for Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response, a relatively new program adopted after years of heavy civilian tolls in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. As part of its mission, CHMR (pronounced “chimmer”) stationed personnel within major regional commands. Officials tried to develop a picture of life on the ground in combat zones to aid decision-making on military strikes and avoid or minimize civilian harm.
In the poll, Hegseth gave commanders three options: cut 65% of staff but keep the effort operational, continue with only a small centralized office in Washington, or eliminate the program.
Nine commanders chose the first option to preserve the enterprise as much as possible, according to a memo reviewed by ProPublica. Leaders of two commands, one overseeing the nuclear arsenal and the other focused on cyber threats, declined all three options, asking to maintain the full program.
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purge of top US Army officials continues robustly, leaving leadership ranks less than robust
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...romotions.htmlDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers selected for promotion to one-star rank, a highly unusual move that appears to be targeting officers who worked for generals he does not like, current and former defense officials said.So far this year Mr. Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards made up of peers, from promotion lists. More than half of those officers have been female or Black.
Mr. Hegseth’s actions appear to violate the rules governing a promotion system that is meant to be apolitical and merit-based.
Some of the Army officers pulled from the latest list appear to have worked recently for Gen. Randy George, the former Army chief of staff, whom Mr. Hegseth fired without explanation in April. The others have ties to Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, who was forced to leave the Army this summer, defense officials said.
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Typically, Army one-star promotion lists consist of about three dozen officers.
In March, Mr. Hegseth struck four officers from an Army one-star promotion list that had consisted of 34 officers. Two of the officers targeted by Mr. Hegseth were Black men and two were women, prompting some senior military officials to question whether the officers were singled out because of their race or gender.
Beyond the blocking of officers for promotion to one-star rank and the firing of General George, Mr. Hegseth has fired or forced out a half-dozen senior officers — a generation of the Army’s most combat-hardened leaders — thinning the service’s top ranks for the next several years, officials said.
The personnel turmoil has also left a vacuum at the top of the Army at a moment when it is responsible for defending troops against the threat posed by cheap drones and missiles.
The Army has not had a chief of staff, the service’s top officer, since Mr. Hegseth fired General George in April, and there are no signs that he is close to filling the position, said current and former officials. Mr. Hegseth’s choice to take over as Army chief, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, does not currently have enough support in the Senate to be confirmed, officials said.
General LaNeve, who previously served as Mr. Hegseth’s senior military aide, has expressed frustration with Mr. Hegseth’s decision to block qualified officers for promotions and is concerned this will dilute the Army’s pool of experienced leaders, defense officials said.
it's hard to overstate how extreme and radical this is
sekrit Twitter influencers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ivilian-roles/
Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius.
The best part is they almost immediately outed themselves trying to cover for Pounds after she accidentally outed herself. Now they're basically saying "triggered" to everyone currently mocking them for being idiot shills. Hegseth is a complete and utter moron -- these people had been and would've continued posting on his behalf for free.
so-much for right wing skepticism of the deep state
Pete Hegseth is the most hated person in the building
on.wsj.com/4ydsav4Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned following months of tension with Pete Hegseth
ominous
. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...“With Driscoll’s departure, the Army will lack any Senate-confirmed civilian or military leaders.”
I still don't think that US troops will obey orders to kill Americans, but the odds of orders being issued to do it are going up
Was Hegseth's secret employment of social media influencers an unlawful covert action?
Also, 50 USC 3093(f)
https://bsky.app/profile/kdbyproxy.b.../3mufw6th4xk2v
Hegseth has ousted the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Navy Secretary, the chief of Naval Operations, the Pentagon inspector general, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the head of US Cyber Command, and now the Army Secretary. During a war of choice that isn’t going well. (Partial list)
Department of Losing
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