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Pentagon Watch
SECDEF tells governors Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine.ย Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.
China Threat
US military drills with Pacific allies send a message to China, expert says.ย Military exercises between the United States and its allies in the Western Pacific, both ongoing and upcoming, send a message to China not to pull a โstuntโ to distract people at home, according to a New Zealand-based American security expert.ย
Navy prepares F-35C recovery op in South China Sea as Japan issues salvage notice.ย Officials for U.S. 7th Fleet declined to comment Monday or confirm whether a Japanese Coast Guard navigation warning was connected to salvaging the jet.
Russia Threat โ Ukraine
Pentagon discussing more Europe deployments amid Russia-Ukraine tension.ย More units could be put on alert for possible individual deployments.
Ukraine announces plan to boost army as foreign leaders rally.ย Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday to boost his armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years and raise soldiers' pay, but said this did not mean war with Russia was imminent.
โNo war pls' โ Gen Z is spamming Putin's Instagram asking him not to start World War III.ย As tensions rise in Europe and the United States prepares to send troops to support Ukraine against Russia, Generation Z has taken on another approach โ simply asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to โplease consider to just not start the war.โ
Ukraine โcalmly preparing' for the worst as US-Russia clash at UN.ย Russia accused the West of โwhipping up tensionsโ over Ukraine, while Ukraine's security chief argues the country needs to revise a 2015 peace deal.
Iran Threat
US and allies close to reviving nuclear deal with Iran, officials say.ย A return to a 2015 accord is on the table, but the next decisions are up to the new government in Tehran, the Biden administration said.
North Korea
North Korea documentary shows limping Kim as he tackles โworst-ever hardships.'ย A North Korean documentary broadcast on Tuesday showed a limping leader Kim Jong Un as he tackles the impoverished country's โworst-ever hardshipsโ amid the coronavirus pandemic and sanctions over its weapons programs.
Homeland Security
Haste and planning failures doomed Operation Lone Star's troops to suffer.ย Never before has Texas โ or any other state โ involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission. Nor has it been done so quickly.ย
International Security
Coups cheered in West Africa as Islamist insurgencies sap faith in democracy.ย โSince the 1990s there has been a wave of democracy across West Africa. But that democracy has failed the people,โ said Tankoano, a civil society leader, at his home outside the capital Ouagadougou. โWe must be clear, we need a military regime.โ
US-allied Syria force says it foiled major ISIS comeback plot.ย A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force said Monday that a prison overrun by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria was now fully under its control, thwarting a dangerous plot by the extremists to launch further, multiple attacks across the volatile region.
Biden tells emir he will make Qatar major non-NATO ally.ย President Joe Biden promised Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, on Monday that he will soon designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, granting special status to a key friend in a turbulent region.
Biden Afghan Disaster
Over 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials killed since US pullout: UN.ย โMore than two-thirdsโ of the victims were alleged to result from extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates, the U.N. says.
Military and Space
AN AMERICAN ICON โ Special operations legend John Singlaub has died at the age of 100.ย The legendary commando and fervent anti-communist was 100 years old at the time of his passing.
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