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Soldiers of 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), sailors and Marines conduct Plane Side Honors at Dover Air Force base, to ensure the remain of the 13 service members killed recently in Afghanistan are transferred with the utmost dignity and respect.
The Toyota war gets its name from the Toyota Hilux trucks that the Chadian soldiers used to fight against the Libyans to great effect.
The Libyan army suffered a serious and embarrassing defeat against a technologically and numerically inferior army, losing almost 8,000 men to Chad's 1,000, and losing nearly 2 billion dollars worth of military equipment provided by the UN and US.
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U.S. Africa Command has mounting evidence that Russia, through the Wagner Group, continues to position military equipment in Libya capable of conducting kinetic operations there.
Overhead imagery shows Wagner forces and equipment on the front lines of the Libyan conflict in Sirte.
"Russia continues to play an unhelpful role in Libya by delivering supplies and equipment to the Wagner group," said U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Bradford Gering, AFRICOM director of operations. "Imagery continues to unmask their consistent denials."
It is assessed that the Russian Federation continues to violate UN Security Council Resolution UNSCR 1970 by actively providing military equipment and fighters to the front lines of the Libya conflict.
As AFRICOM has documented in a series of media releases, the U.S. assesses that Russia supplied Wagner forces operating in Libya with fighter aircraft, military armored vehicles, air defense systems, and supplies, further complicating the situation and increasing the risk for miscalculation leading to continued and needless violence in Libya.
"Imagery reflects the broad scope of Russian involvement," said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Gregory Hadfield, AFRICOM deputy director of intelligence. "They continue to look to attempt to gain a foothold in Libya."
The latest imagery details the extent of equipment being supplied to Wagner. Russian military cargo aircraft, including IL-76s, continue to supply Wagner fighters. Russian air defense equipment, including SA-22s, are present in Libya and operated by Russia, the Wagner Group or their proxies. Photos also show Wagner utility trucks and Russian mine-resistant, ambushprotected armored vehicles are also present in Libya.
"The type and volume of equipment demonstrates an intent toward .sustained offensive combat action capabilities, not humanitarian relief, and indicates the Russian Ministry of Defense is supporting these operations," said Gering.
In May, U.S. Africa Command reported at least 14 Mig-29s and Su-24s had been flown from Russia to Syria, where their Russian markings were painted over to camouflage their origin. The aircraft were then flown into Libya, a violation of the UN arms embargo. U.S. Africa Command assesses that the warplanes are being actively flown in Libyan airspace.
U.S. Africa Command previously provided photographic evidence that Wagner has laid landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in civilian areas in and around Tripoli without regard to safety of civilians.
U.S. Africa Command has continued to document how Russia uses Wagner Group as a proxy in Libya to establish a long-term presence on the Mediterranean Sea.
"Russian involvement is evident--which the Kremlin lies about every time they deny it," said Col. Chris Karns, AFRICOM director of public affairs.
The U.S. supports a political solution in Libya and encourages all parties to adhere to the UN arms embargo.
While we are just starting to see Russian aircraft flying over US territory again like during the cold war, the two super powers have been confronting each other all over Syria.
Here we can see a US convoy being blocked by the Russians. This lead to a US MaxxPro vehicle attempting to overtake the Russians and instead experienced blown radiator.
June 1988, the 160th SOAG received a short-notice directive to recover a Russian made Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter from a remote location in Chad.
At midnight on June 11, 1988, two MH-47s flew 490 miles at night without outside navigational aids to the target location, the Ouadi Doum airfield in northern Chad.
The first Chinook landed and configured the Mi-24, while the second hovered overhead and sling loaded it for return to Ndjamena.
A surprise sandstorm slowed the return trip, but less than 67 hours after the arrival of the C-5 in Chad, the ground crew had the Mi-24 and Chinooks aboard and ready for return to the U.S.
Operation Mount Hope demonstrated incredible teamwork by aviation, ground, and support personnel. Their efforts resulted in the unit’s ability to strike deep and accomplish the mission.
Members of the 1st Marine Division Band’s secondary mission is to serve as a security platoon to the Commanding General when forward deployed. Here are some picture of them conducting field training.
(U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Jacob Yost & Lance Cpl. Kevin Minor)
Getting some real Cold War vibes here.
"He goes on to contrast the American ethos of unity with Nazi ideology. “Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that ‘The Nazi slogan for destroying us … was “Divide and Conquer.” Our American answer is “In Union there is Strength.”’ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics."
- General James "Warrior Monk" Mattis
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley:
"We all committed our lives to the idea that is America--We will stay true to that oath and the American people."
Read the Chairman's full message to the Joint Force: https://go.usa.gov/xwDJ2
Soldiers of the Minnesota National Guard sleeping out in the open in Minneapolis after a long night of patrolling the streets.
A Goth girl with a Kalashnikov in the George Floyd riots. USA, 2020.
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center.
Photo by: DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
A Sentinel assigned to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), continues guard after four flags were placed on crypts, at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, during Flags-In, on May 21, 2020. Flags-In is an annual military operation carried out by The Old Guard that honors America's fallen heroes.
(U.S. Army photo Sgt. Nicholas Holmes)
If you hide in the trenches you may survive for now, but someday you will die and no one will care. If you charge the guns you may die in the next two minutes, but you will be one of the immortals. All Marines die, in the red flash of battle or the white cold of the nursing home. In the vigor of youth or the infirmity of age all will eventually die, but the Marine Corps lives on. Every Marine who ever lived is living still, in the Marines who claim the title today. It is that sense of belonging to something that will outlive your own mortality that gives people a light to live by and a flame to mark their passing.
