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  1. #Weymouth #VeteransParade June 2012, which passed right in front of Aaran Guesthouse. The parade included representatives of all the #ArmedServices, including #RAF, #RoyalNavy, #BritishArmy, #RoyalMarines #Cadets, #WRAF, #WRAC, #WREN and #MilitaryVehicles

  2. Officials Call BS on Pentagon Pete’s Blatant Lies - Whisky Pete’s chest thumping #ChristianNationalism and his appetite for chaos and destruction are tainting the once proud US Military. Lock him up for #WarCrimes before it is too late. #ArmedServices #pentagon #military thedailybeast.com/officials-ca

  3. LIVE: Hegseth, Caine testify to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine testify to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee as the Iran war passes the 60-day mark. #Iran #USA #Congress #Hegseth #Caine #ArmedServices #Testimony #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

    fllics.com/en/video/live-hegse

  4. Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of #NORTHCOM, told the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte that the number of incursions along the #US #Mexico border was “over a thousand” each month.

    The #DEA & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor #Mexico based drug #cartel operations.

    #Trump #idiocracy

  5. The annual defense policy bill cleared the chamber in a wide bipartisan vote after it passed the #House last week. #Trump is expected to sign the measure, despite the White House’s misgivings….

    The 77-20 vote saw substantial support from #Democrats & #Republicans to push through the $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act [#NDAA], the product of months of negotiations between leaders of the #Senate & House #ArmedServices cmtes.

    #law #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #oil

  6. The top #US #military officer overseeing ops in #LatinAmerica met privately with lawmakers Tues, days before he is due to step down from his position prematurely amid tension with the #Trump admin & its deadly “counternarcotics” campaign there.

    Adm #AlvinHolsey, head of #SOUTHCOM, met in a #classified session with #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) & the cmte’s top Democrat, Sen Jack Reed (RI).

    #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress

  7. #PeteHegseth came under fire for how the #military was used in the #protests.

    Defense Secy #Hegseth sparred w/ #Democratic senators as he was grilled at a congressional hearing Wed about the Trump admin's latest military actions.

    The fmr #FoxNews host…got into a heated exchange before the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte w/ Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan , who questioned him over the #military's #authority to #arrest & #detain #protesters.

    #law #Constitution
    abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegset

  8. They were joined by the ranking #Democrats on the equivalent cmtes in the #House: Reps #AdamSmith of WA, of the #ArmedServices Cmte; #GregoryMeeks of NY, of the #ForeignAffairs Cmte; #JimHimes of CT, of the #Intelligence Cmte. Rep #RajaKrishnamoorthi of IL, the snr Democrat on a special House cmte formed to address threats from #China, signed on as well.

    …the lawmakers said that #Musk was, under #Trump’s direction, “destroying our federal #NationalSecurity work force…”

    #USpol #authoritarianism

  9. The statement was signed by the top-ranking #Democrats on a trio of #NationalSecurity panels: Senators #JackReed of RI, of the #ArmedServices Cmte; #JeanneShaheen of NH, of the #ForeignRelations Cmte; & #MarkWarner of VA, of the #Intelligence Cmte. Senator #ChrisCoons of DE, another snr member of the foreign relations panel, also signed on.

    #USpol #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #NewWorldOrder #Trump #ElonMusk #military #intelligence #ForeignPolicy #Putin

  10. …Peters’ departure would deliver another blow to #Michigan’s clout in Washington. He’s the delegation’s most senior #Democrat & has secured seats on some of the #Senate’s most influential cmtes, including #Appropriations, #ArmedServices & the powerful Senate #Commerce, #Science & #Transportation Cmte that’s important to Michigan’s #AutoIndustry.

    #USpol #MIpol