While the Biden administration appears eager to send billions of dollars to keep a foreign state fighting an armed conflict far away from US borders, it turns out that members of the United States’ own armed forces have to live in unsanitary conditions.
A team of inspectors from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has investigated 12 unspecified military installations in the United States and interviewed US military personnel about the conditions they have to live in.
In a 118-page report produced as a result of this inspection, the GAO investigators have concluded that the Pentagon failed to provide the oversight necessary to rectify the issues they’ve uncovered.
Specifically, some of the interviewed US military personnel complained about dirty water in their barracks that was potentially unsafe to drink; others mentioned broken heaters and air conditioning units, with the affected service members being forced to deal with such issues themselves by obtaining individual ACs or space heaters......more here
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The Empire of Chaos is relentless. Lawfare, destabilizations, sanctions, kidnappings, color revolutions, false flags, annexations: 2025 will be the year of BRICS – plus BRICS partners – as choice targets under fire.
Inestimable Prof. Michael Hudson coined “chaos” as official US policy. That’s bipartisan – and it runs across all silos of the Deep State.
In the absence of long-term strategic vision, and amidst the progressive imperial expulsion from Eurasia, all that’s left for the Hegemon is to unleash chaos from West Asia to Europe and parts of Latin America – a concerted attempt to Divide and Rule BRICS and thwart their collective drive affirming sovereignty and the primacy of national ...
While NATO may be yearning to take on Russia in the Arctic, many of its troops lack the necessary expertise for survival in such extreme conditions.
Although NATO forces regularly participate in drills in the region, many remain unprepared for the harsh realities of Arctic life.
Though NATO forces routinely participate in the bloc’s drills in the region, many of them are still not prepared to survive in the Arctic’s harsh conditions, The Sun reports citing Minna Alander, a researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
"Not all NATO allies have the capabilities that are needed and that work in the Arctic environment and climate,” Alander said.....more below
