Pentagon Admits Biden’s Gaza Port Construction is a Total Failure
It didn’t take long for the Pentagon to all but confirm that the temporary Gaza port constructed at the behest of President Biden is turning out to be a total disaster. The admission came during a Tuesday press conference, in which Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters that none of the 569 […]
Pentagon budgeting shouldn’t look like this
The Department of Defense budget request, like any budget, reflects the priorities of those who wrote it. But in recent years, those priorities have often been superseded by investments that are clearly lower priorities. Beginning in FY 2017, Congress has asked the military and combatant commands to: Submit a list of low priority projects The […]
Pentagon mistakenly touts Pride Month in PTSD awareness post
The Department of Defense (DoD) made an embarrassing social media error on Saturday when it appeared to confuse Pride Month with PTSD Awareness Month. In a post published Saturday afternoon, the Department of Defense explained that June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, a commemorative month first recognized by the U.S. government in June 2014, […]
Pentagon Confirms Its Floating Pier to Gaza Has Broken Apart
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that a $320 million floating dock to the Gaza Strip that was announced with great fanfare by President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address has been blown to pieces and will be taken down for at least a week for repairs. Four U.S. warships that had been occupying […]
Pentagon must provide air defense for Kurds
As tensions rise across the Middle East, one of America’s most stable and reliable regional allies, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is in danger. Hostile nation states and extremist militias threaten our democratic way of life and the safety of U.S. troops and diplomats on our soil. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters alone are ill-equipped to handle […]
Austin will undergo procedure, transfer Pentagon powers
The Pentagon announced Friday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin would temporarily cede authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he undergoes a medical procedure. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement that the non-surgical bladder procedure was “planned, elective and minimally invasive” and would be performed at Walter Reed […]
Pentagon Tacitly Admits Biden’s Gaza Pier Stunt Is A Total Failure
It didn’t take long for the Pentagon to all but confirm that the temporary Gaza port constructed at the behest of President Biden is turning out to be a total disaster. The admission came during a Tuesday press conference, in which Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters that none of the 569 […]
None of the 569 metric tons of aid delivered to US-built pier has reached Palestinians, some ‘intercepted’ by looters, Pentagon says
More than 569 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in the Gaza Strip over a U.S.-built floating pier, but none of it has been delivered to Palestinian civilians, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The structure was built by the US military to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn region and was completed last Thursday. However, […]
Pentagon admits the US-built pier to Gaza is failing to provide aid
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Tuesday that the department estimates that none of the more than 500 tons of aid from the U.S.-built pier reached the people of Gaza. The U.S. pier was authorized by President Joe Biden’s administration to distribute more aid within the war zone, on top of the aid brought […]
US military will complete withdrawal from Niger by mid-September: Pentagon
U.S. troops ordered to leave Niger by the West African ruling regime will complete their withdrawal by mid-September, Pentagon and Nigerian defense officials announced Sunday. The schedule was the result of four days of talks between defense officials from both countries in the capital Niamey, a joint statement said. Niger’s decision to remove U.S. troops […]