U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has done most everything so far that President Donald Trump hoped he would — and for now, that’s been enough to keep Trump on Hegseth’s side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/world/politics/hegseth-trump-pentagon-chaos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #petehegseth #defense #us #donaldtrump #usmilitary
Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/veterans-affairs-anti-christian-bias #Trumpadministration #Christianity #USpolitics #USmilitary #Religion #USnews
Trump says Hegseth is ‘doing a great job’ despite reports of second Signal chat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/trump-pete-hegseth-signal-group-chat #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Trumpadministration #Signalgroupchatleak #USnationalsecurity #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #USmilitary #USpolitics #Worldnews #USnews #Yemen
‘Full-blown meltdown’ at Pentagon after Pete Hegseth’s second Signal chat revealed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-pentagon #Signalgroupchatleak #Trumpadministration #PeteHegseth #USmilitary #USpolitics #USnews
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on forthcoming U.S. airstrikes on Yemen in a private Signal chat group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/world/politics/us-defense-hegseth-signal-chat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #defense #petehegseth #signal #yemen #houthis #donaldtrump #usmilitary
"... But none of this gets to the most jaw-dropping part of this. #Musk and #Thiel propose making this network of hundreds of surveillance and attack satellites into a subscription service that the Musk/Thiel/Luckey consortium would own and the Pentagon would subscribe to ..."
#uspol #USmilitary #NationalSecurity
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-to-force-pentagon-to-build-and-them-pay-him-to-use-network-of-killer-satellites
U.S. soldiers joined Japanese officials and residents in Okinawa for a one-off joint nighttime patrol Friday following sexual assault cases involving American servicemen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/society/japan-us-okinawa-street-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #sexcrimes
The U.S. attacked a key Yemen oil port controlled by the Houthis overnight and killed dozens of people, according to the Iran-backed militants, raising the specter of a widening conflict in the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/world/us-steps-up-houthi-campaign/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #usmilitary #yemen #houthis #iran #donaldtrump
The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/world/us-withdraw-troops-syria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #defense #syria #donaldtrump
https://www.europesays.com/2008182/ American forces begin exit from Syria, troop levels to drop below 1,000 #AmericanBases #BasharAssad #Conflicts #DeirEzzor #DroneStrikeJordan #IranianMilitias #ISISResurgence #KurdishForces #MiddleEastSecurity #NortheastSyria #OperationInherentResolve #pentagon #Syria #SyriaWithdrawal #SyrianConflict #TroopConsolidation #USMilitary #UsTroops
Japan's defense chief has poured cold water on Trump's demand to boost cost-sharing for hosting American troops in Japan before the current deal expires in 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/politics/trump-japan-us-troops-nakatani/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #usbases #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #usmilitary #china #shigeruishiba #gennakatani
Reviving an '80s-era worldview, Trump says his nation's alliance with Japan is unfair, but Tokyo says the country has been paying billions and plays a key role in U.S. strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/politics/japan-us-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #usbases #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #usmilitary #china #shigeruishiba
China trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/china-trade-war-us-arms-firms-rare-earths-supply #Internationaltrade #Aerospaceindustry #Trumptariffs #USmilitary #Worldnews #Business #USnews #China
The US Army will force US citizens into concentration camps and not even blink.
Two thirds of those in the Military voted for Trump, ....they want to kill people, it gives them life. Think of that marine who murdered that man on the subway...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/us-military-extremism-the-base
Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/us-military-extremism-the-base #Farright(US) #USmilitary #USnews
The head of the U.S. military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump, has been fired for criticizing Washington's agenda for the Arctic island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/world/politics/jd-vance-greenland-base-head-fired/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usmilitary #denmark #greenland #donaldtrump #jdvance
The purge of US Military commanders that don't toe the party line of their insane Commander-in-Chief is on.
Another checkmark in the fascist authoritarian government to-do list.
#TheAmericanFascist #Greenland #USMilitary #USConstitution #Denmark #NATO
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/col-susannah-meyers-head-of-us-military-base-greenland-fired-after-jd-vance-visit #Trumpadministration #USmilitary #USpolitics #Greenland #Worldnews #JDVance #USnews
The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs take hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/world/politics/aukus-submarine-sale-scrutiny/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #australia #us #submarines #aukus #china #pla #usmilitary #defense #donaldtrump
Military leaders from over 40 African nations fear Trump may dismantle security programs that hold off extremist groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/world/africa-us-military-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #africa #us #usmilitary #china #donaldtrump #benin
