SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo In 2005 then-Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano famously said that building a wall on the southern border of the United States to stem the flow of illegal immigration would be ineffective. “You show me a 50-foot wall and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder at the border. That’s the way the… [Read More]
U.S. Boots on the Ground in Syria? DoD claims troops conducting special ops with Kurds
Defense officials have told CNBC the Pentagon has boots on the ground in Syria assisting the Kurds. The nature of the special ops was not disclosed. Earlier this week the Pentagon stated it has not included Syrian Kurds in its training of mercenary groups fighting to depose the government of Bashar al-Assad. Defense officials tell… [Read More]
Obama’s Head of Navy Issues Sickening Statement About US Marines… Remove Him Now
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus gave an interview on NPR last week where he criticized a Marine Corps study showing that female Marines in mixed-gender teams performed more slowly than their male counterparts and sustained twice as many injuries as men. “They started out with a fairly large component of the men thinking this… [Read More]
Russia raises stakes on Syria ahead of U.N. meeting in New York
By refusing to clarify the scale of its military presence in Syria, Russia keeps the West fearing a considerable build-up to win a stronger bargaining position when world powers sit down to talks on the conflict, Western diplomats in Moscow said. Those discussions could take place as soon as this month, when Russian President Vladimir… [Read More]
Corn maze honors ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle
The owners of a small Georgia farm took a tractor, a global positioning system and seven acres of corn and created a masterpiece made of maize last month honoring American sniper Chris Kyle. “I felt like we needed to do something patriotic,” Misty Duren told me. “It hit me one day that it would… [Read More]
ON THE GROUND: Russia admits military experts with Assad’s forces
Russia‘s Foreign Ministry disclosed early Wednesday that Russian military experts are assisting forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in that country’s long-running civil war. The statement by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to Reuters marks the first confirmation from Moscow that members of the Russian military are on the ground in Syria after weeks… [Read More]
US tourists pick up dinner tab for Israeli soldiers; why were the Americans grateful?
Michael Schaus, An Israeli soldier and his comrades were overwhelmed with gratitude when an American family traveling in Israel quietly picked up the bill for their dinner, saying he was “blown away” by the random act of kindness. “Thank you for defending our homeland,” the Feman family of New Jersey wrote on the bill. “With great… [Read More]
Fort Bragg Troops Train for Domestic Emergency: “This Exercise Is About the Home Front”
Ostensibly, and on the surface, they are trained to “help out” with things like natural disasters, floods and hurricanes. Mac Slavo | SHTFplan.com, They are “ready” too for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear hazards. Slightly below the surface, these Fort Bragg Army engineers are also training — this time in Florida — to assist local… [Read More]
2 men sought after shots fired on soldiers at US Joint Forces military camp
Authorities are back to searching for a suspects in connection to a Camp Shelby shooting. Two men opened fire on soldiers in training at a sprawling military camp in Mississippi Tuesday, igniting a widespread search but causing no injuries. According to WDAM, the incident occurred shortly after noon, when shots were fired on soldiers at the… [Read More]
In blow, U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al Qaeda wing
The United States said on Tuesday it had indications that Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military were captured by fighters from al Qaeda’s Syria wing, Nusra Front, in the latest blow to a fledgling program at the center of America’s war strategy. The Pentagon said in a statement it was monitoring the situation but… [Read More]
How the U.S. is training China’s military – while inching toward conflict
Despite tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea, the two nations’ militaries train together at a very high level. Current “mil-mil” engagements are robust, with China participating in the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2014, which is hosted biannually by the U.S. Pacific Command. The drills allowed China to… [Read More]
U.S. troops to train regular Ukrainian military troops: State Department
U.S. troops will begin training regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in an expansion of their current mission, which so far has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry national guard units, the State Department said on Friday. “This training is part of our long-running defense cooperation with Ukraine and is taking place at the… [Read More]