Category Military

Aug 27 2024

A weekend in Conneaut, Ohio attending a D Day reenactment of the landing of Allied Troupe’s at Normandy on June 6 1944.


A Vietnam era friend of mine and his wife and mine decided to drive out to Conneaut and watch the Reenactment of the D Day landing at Normandy. However. since it was a multi-day event and it was a good hour and a half drive we found an Airbnb home in Ashtabula which was nearby that we could rent. We left early on August 15th and went to the Reenactment first which gave us more time there.

We did spend most of the day at the Reenactment and had a good time there looking at the military set up and also looking at what venders had. The people in the Reenactments were by invite only and they had to have prior experience and uniforms, web gear and weapons that were from that period or new stuff made to the same specification of what was used then. All the participants were organized into the units they represented; American, British and others. They had tents set up and you could go and talk to them about what the unit they represented did that day and beyond as the allied armies moved toward Germany.

Besides the D Day landing there were also reenactments of several key battles that the American led invasion got into with the German army. They were well done. There is a picture of the beach landings.

Next is a short video (MP4 file). I was having trouble with my phone when trying to record videos as the sun was to my back and shining on the phone so I could not see what I was recording. The one that follows was the only decent one I got. I should have brought my Camera.

After the Reenactment we drove to Ashtabula, had dinner and then went to the Airbnb. When we got to the home we had some surprises that makes this trip very interesting. First the house was on a steep hill that was paved with the original pavers so it was a bit scary getting up to the house and onto the drive way to the home which was about half way to the top. After parking the car we got out, walked over to the steps going to the front porch, got our key, and then went to open the front door where we saw on right side of the front door there was a large bronze plaque picture below

This plaque was installed by the present owner of the house. It was a well made plaque refering to when the house was first made. We opened the door and walked  in, unloaded the car and after getting settled we found it was a very well done updated home. We also found a book with the history of the city and the home and found that the plaque was more accurate than we thought. The .house was a brothel and so it was a real whore House and not an oar house which was a very clever wording by the owners.

Apparently, during this period the house was built when the steel industry was developing and ore was going into Ohio and Ashtabula had a more efficient unloading system than Cleveland and so they were very busy. So there were a lot of men that were working here and the prostitution business was flourishing. We had a lot of fun talking about sleeping in a whore house, while we were there.

Later that evening we had one more surprise. While sitting in the front room watching the TV, I noticed that the book shelf next to it looked odd so I walked over to check it out.

After checking it out I saw that it was really a door to someplace and so I opened it and this is what was in inside there.

This was what I saw, which was sure not anything I expected. I did not check to see if it was a real monster or a doll. To the lower left of the doll were the stairs to the basement but after seeing that Doll we decided not to go down there … lol

The last day we were there we also tock a look at a number of Covered Bridges in that area. They were all on dirt/gravel roads. My wive’s granparents lived in this area and she remembered some of the places we pased through.

All in all we had a great time including spenting the weekend in a “oar”  house .

PS For the entire time I was there I could bot get my laptop to onnect to the internet. I had the code and that has never happened to me before? Maybe it was good that I didn’t go down to the basement!

Oct 30 2023

$105 Billion Military Aid Bill Breakdown


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted Oct 30, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

America added an additional $105 billion in military spending on top of the $886 billion military budget set to be approved by Congress. We are spending far more on securing Israel and Ukraine than our own border. The bill will provide $13.6 billion in funding to secure the US-Mexico border, which is nothing compared to the $61.4 billion set aside for Ukraine and $14.1 billion for Israel.

The package will provide the Pentagon, America’s favorite money launderer, with $7.2 billion to directly fund Israel ($3.5 billion), the Indo-Pacific ($2 billion), and Ukraine ($1.7 billion). The $58 billion in total set for the Pentagon is a number they need to abide by as the Pentagon has never completed an audit and has had trillions go unaccounted for in recent years.

Ukraine has already received $113 billion in aid from the US. The new bill will provide Ukraine with $61.4 billion — $46.3 billion will be used to directly support the military while $15.1 billion will go to non-military efforts such as paying the salaries and pensions of Ukrainian neocons.

Israel’s own military budget for 2023 sits at $23.6 billion. This new package will provide them $13.9 billion in aid or 75% of Israel’s current military budget. America had already set aside $3.8 billion for Israel before the war began.

The budget also indicates America’s plans to go to war with China. The spending package will provide $2 billion in military aid to Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific and an additional $2 billion in developmental aid. All of these figures are the least amount America will spend on foreign aid as Biden seemingly approves a new spending bill each week when he’s not on vacation.

And what about America’s border? Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will receive $7.8 billion. Trump requested less than this to build his wall and Congress shut down entirely. Politicians on both sides of the aisle said there was no funding available to secure America’s border before the mass invasion in 2023.

Americans are financing the globalists’ war games abroad. Our tax dollars do not go far on our own land. This is yet another spending package based on AMERICA LAST policies.

May 29 2023

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, Oh Lord


Posted originally on the CTH on May 29, 2023 | Menagerie | 21 Comments

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IhE0qgpau-U%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
~Amen~

Every year I post this video. I am very proud to have called the little town of Ringgold, Georgia my home for many years. Every year we drive back down to spend the few minutes it takes to go through town, the main stretch and all the little side roads, and appreciate the flags, and honor the fallen.

May the blood cost of our freedom be increasingly appreciated and honored. And may America always be blessed with towns and people like this, who remember and honor our fallen because they value our freedom and know the cost.

If you hijack this post with political content that belongs on the other threads I will put you in moderation. This is a memorial in remembrance of our dead. Not a place to rant.

May 29 2023

To the Seven Green Berets that Were KIA in Vietnam During the Months of October, November & December 1967 at the Fifth Special Forces CIDG Camp Bu Dop A-341, May their Souls Rest in Peace they were all Good Men


There are three other Berets that were there that were WIA and we will soon be joining you my brothers.

May 29 2023

Memorial Day – Thank You to the Brave


Armstrong Economics Blog/Uncategorized Re-Posted May 29, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VLHEZ6ZUxE%3Ffeature%3Doembed
May 25 2023

30 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Goes Missing


Armstrong Economics Blog/USA Current Events Re-Posted May 25, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3TPDLWOFP-o%3Ffeature%3Doembed

(video from Dyno Nobel’s YouTube channel)

A lot of expensive and lethal weapons of war have been reported missing this week. There have been numerous train derailments in America this year, and trains containing lethal materials routinely do not make it to their final destination. A railcar holding over 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The railcar was discovered two weeks later, completely empty, at a stop in the California Mojave Desert.

Ammonium nitrate can be used as fertilizer or as a powerful explosive. This is the same chemical used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the 2020 bombing of Beirut, Lebanon. Miners commonly use this chemical as a fuel source to remove massive rock formations since it is so effective. Manufacturing company Dyno Nobel reported the shipment missing to the National Response Center on May 10. “The railcar was sealed when it left the Cheyenne facility, and the seals were still intact when it arrived in Saltdale [Calif.]. The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the railcar may have developed in transit,” a spokesperson told the media. Another spokesperson told the New York Post that “there is no indication of any danger to the public and no indication the pellets were intentionally taken by anyone.” The company insists that the contents in the pellets “fell from the rail car onto the tracks in small quantities throughout the long trip.”

Should we believe the railcar casually fertilized the ground amid its long trip? Dyno Nobel markets itself as an explosive company, and their contents were never intended for fertilization. “All accidents are preventable. Injuries, illnesses, and environmental damage are not an inevitable consequence of conducting business,” the company states on its website. Given that this company specializes in explosives, it is peculiar that they would have such a major failing that they are reporting as an accident.

May 25 2023

Audit Reveals Pentagon Lost Thousands of F-35 Jet Parts


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted May 25, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

The Lightning II or F-35 is one of the most sophisticated fighter jets available. Created by Lockheed Martin, the jet is designed for stealth and destruction. This elite weapon is the most expensive plane ever built, with an estimated lifetime cost between $1.4 and $1.6 trillion. The United States owns more of these jets than any other nation, but a recent report reveals that the Department of Defense is missing thousands of F-35 parts.

Although the F-35 costs around $80 million, the operation costs are very high, with an average flight costing $36,000 per hour. Lockheed Martin has claimed that it could reduce flight costs to $25,000 per hour if the Pentagon awards them a lucrative maintenance contract. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report in 2019 stating that the F-35 had a major shortage of spare parts. “F-35 aircraft performance is falling short of warfighter requirements—that is, aircraft cannot perform as many missions or fly as often as required. This lower-than-desired aircraft performance is due largely to F-35 spare parts shortages and difficulty in managing and moving parts around the world,” the reported noted.

The problem of managing moving parts globally was never solved. In fact, the GAO released a new report stating that thousands of spare parts are missing, “the total value of which is unknown.” The Pentagon never kept a record of its most prized aircraft, which are held in over 50 locations globally. The Pentagon’s F-35 program office spent $12 million to conduct the inventory, discovering they were “unable to provide the cost, total quantity, and locations of spare parts in the global spares pool.” The GAO is condemning the Pentagon for its “lack of accountability” and said this massive error highlights why the Defense Department needs to conduct a full audit of all its inventory.

The Pentagon handed over the power of record-keeping to the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin seemingly does not know where the parts are either, but they’d happily supply the US with more. The nation is trying to cut funding everywhere but has lost at least millions from this mismanagement. One must wonder if only the bill, but not the parts, existed. The US did gift Ukraine an F-35 and positioned numerous F-35 jets in strategic NATO member locations on the eastern front. Lockheed Martin believes that over 400 F-35 aircrafts will be stationed in Europe by 2030. The defense contractor is planning for a major war, while the US government is ill-prepared and cannot account for its own weapons.

May 30 2022

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them, Oh Lord


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 30, 2022 | Menagerie

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IhE0qgpau-U%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
~Amen~

Every year I post this video. I am very proud to have called the little town of Ringgold, Georgia my home for many years. Every year we drive back down to spend the few minutes it takes to go through town, the main stretch and all the little side roads, and appreciate the flags, and honor the fallen.

May the blood cost of our freedom be increasingly appreciated and honored. And may America always be blessed with towns and people like this, who remember and honor our fallen because they value our freedom and know the cost.

God Bless America.

Jan 30 2022

Lt. Col Whistleblower Provides Testimony—the COVID-19 Vaccines are More Dangerous to the Armed Services than the Virus in her Opinion


Posted originally on TrialSite News by Staff on December 18, 2021

Lt. Col Whistleblower Provides Testimony—the COVID-19 Vaccines are More Dangerous to the Armed Services than the Virus in her Opinion

Army Lt. Colonel Theresa Long discusses adverse reactions and the Nuremberg Code. Theresa Long is an Army Aerospace Medicine Specialist. Recently, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson invited the officer to make a statement in regards to what she considers a life-endangering COVID-19 vaccination program. That’s because the Lt. Col believes the adverse events associated with the COVID-19 vaccines are being underreported. Her opinion arises from a combination of medical education, training, and firsthand experience treating soldiers. The Lt. Col shared that this was her own opinion and not that of the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense (DoD), or any other relevant entity. Made as a “protected communication” under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act title 10 USC 1034, Long believes the COVID-19 vaccine program represents an unprecedented threat to U.S. military readiness—even more of a threat than COVID-19 itself. Could this be true?

Over 200,000 military personnel have rejected the COVID-19 vaccination, yet the U.S. military will commence repercussions leading to what Lt. Col Long declared is to the detriment of “morale and readiness” as they [the soldiers] will be “processed” out of the service. Now 200,000 soldiers is a lot. In fact, Lt. Col Long declared that not in any theater of war has the U.S. lost so many soldiers in just a few months. 

Long declared, “Taking soldiers out of uniform has the same impact on readiness as losing them on the battlefield.” Offering her personal background and credentials, including a Master’s in Public Health,  Lt. Col Long went on to remind everyone she spent the last three decades serving the country.

In front of superiors, Long, a critical thinker questioned the vaccine program early on. She stated, that significant amounts of time in the clinical trials process was skipped. With only 12 active soldiers lost to COVID, Long declared, “yet we are going to risk the health of the entire fighting force on a vaccine we only had two months of safety data on.” The response from her superiors: “Your damn right, Colonel. And you are going to get every soldier you can get to take the vaccine so I can get enough data points to determine if the vaccine is safe.”Subscribe to the Trialsitenews “COVID-19” ChannelNo spam – we promise

Of course, this raises the specter that enlisted military personnel were considered guinea pigs, as the safety was supposedly already established. TrialSites’ Sonia Elijah’s analysis of some of the disclosed Pfizer safety documents raises more questions than it answers about actual vaccine safety.

Long continues that service members are “national treasures,” as they have had to “stare down bullets,” and deal with exposure and damages from IEDs, bomb blasts, and “thankless and protracted wars.”

Now, those that opt to not receive the vaccine, for whatever reason, will be processed out of the military. Listen to the whistleblower’s story. She doesn’t seem to be a right-wing conspiratorial loon or fringe personality. A woman who grew up in a tough spot, who joined the military at 17, and because of the Armed Services has grown into an officer, living what she calls the “American Dream.”

Based on Long’s testimony, if true, the prospect of a mass research program—funded and directed by the U.S. government, comes into focus. That is, the COVID-19 response was orchestrated as a mass research endeavor that violated (and continues to do so from this point of view) long-standing ethical principles, including the Declaration of Helsinki. 

TrialSite suggests a lot of fast, unfolding dynamics make this situation difficult to categorize as “one thing” bad or good in terms of the myriad of interests associated with pandemic response. We suspect both good and not good intentions become entangled in what becomes an even bigger, more convoluted mess due mostly to governing reactions, both under the Trump Administration and under the current Biden regime.

The pandemic response incompetence runs through both administrations as Trump withheld vital information early on (see Woodward interview), which led to a popular cult of viral denial which we continue to struggle with. Many people continue to walk around thinking this pandemic is over,” said Daniel O’Connor, founder of TrialSite. He continued, “In fact, this mass contagion continues on and will do so for the indefinite future, and people must protect themselves, and that can range from risk-based approaches to mass vaccination [e.g., elderly, those with co-morbidities, etc.], early treatment, and careful social practices.” O’Connor suggested, however, due to severe pandemic politicization and misinformation from all sides, including ongoing unprecedented censorship, “really ugly politics could evolve.” For example, basic concepts such as natural immunity were not rigorously studied by the U.S. government early on. There was seemingly a bias toward one “cure.” This impulse led to what amounted to a massive government-sponsored research program marketed as a sure thing.

Trump violated all sorts of norms, promoting various experimental approaches without any filter. Moreover, he can take accountability for the massive financial handout to pharma companies over the use of early-treatment options—that occurred under his watch—his accountability, in addition of course, to marketing these vaccines as “miracles” or gifts from “above.” 

Rather, a sober, pragmatic, and honest government communication campaign should have commenced from the start. That is, that the vaccines would not cure COVID-19, such a volatile and ever-changing, and mutating pathogen, but rather would be an approach along with early treatment, antivirals, and other discoveries both in the real world of medicine and research. The public would have been far more trusting.

Many had great hopes for Biden to turn things around but in fact, his administration seems to throw gasoline on the collective fires. Biden, rather than building bridges, appears to be intent on burning the whole house down. None of these politicians should get a pass from the collective public.

Call to Action: Check out the video before it’s taken down. Video is now gone!

Dec 22 2021

Military Thinning Due to Mandate


Armstrong Economics Blog/North America Re-Posted Dec 22, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

The Marine Corps reportedly discharged 103 Marines for not taking the mRNA vaccine. The highest refusal rate among the military branches, 10,000 Marines may now be discharged from the service. Around 5,700 Air Force and Space Force troops are not vaccinated.  Over 6,200 Army troops have received temporary exemptions, but 3,900 remain unvaccinated. The Navy and National Guard pushed back their vaccine mandates until June. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that there is still an opportunity for troops “to do the right thing.”

The Defense Department admittedly has no idea what impact this will have on the US military at large. Kirby admitted that they are simply hoping the men and women who risk dying for their country will “do the right thing” and put their lives at risk once again.  “I just don’t think we’re at a point now where we can draw a line and say, ‘OK, this is exactly what impact the separations are having on the force,’” Kirby said. “I just don’t know that we’re there yet because there are still opportunities here for people to do the right thing.”

Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma has attempted to stop the vaccine mandate for troops. “I believe we should suspend the vaccine mandate until the Department of Defense can answer basic questions about the impact the mandate will have on the total force,” Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma stated to US News. “I have yet to receive a response.” The mandate is a potential risk to national security. The military elites know what will happen if they lose tens of thousands of troops but they’re willing to put the country at risk to promote the larger agenda.