US Army! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 “We must always remember that the United States remains the principal hope of freedom and the foremost foe of tyranny in all the world.”
It’s United States Intelligence Professionals Day! The work of the intelligence professionals who keep our Nation safe. Often unknown, but never taken for granted.
The @DeptofWar’s Office of Strategic Capital announced today the National Security Fund Finance (NSFF) program, a new initiative made possible through funding provided by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act to strengthen America’s critical minerals supply chain.
By partnering with private capital, the program will help drive investment in critical minerals and materials that are essential to restoring domestic production, strengthening the American industrial base, and addressing critical supply chain vulnerabilities.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity will be released soon. The application link will be posted on the Office of Strategic Capital’s website upon publication at https://t.co/eagOBza19N.
Allies of Putin openly advocated for nuclear war and wishcast for an American "crisis" while also boasting about non-existent US real-estate deals at the Kremlin-backed forum in Russia this week. So much for a five-day "special operation." My latest for @DefenseOne
On this day 250 years ago, our forefathers gathered for a national day of fasting and prayer. Today, Americans will come together again as one Nation under God.
This is who we are and who we’ve always been.
When Lucky the dog heard explosions approaching, he ran away as fast as he could. When we found him, it turned out he had shrapnel wounds and burns all over his body. It all happened because of yet another russian attack on Kramatorsk in Donetsk region.
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The Biden administration’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine mandate was wrongfully forced onto our warfighters.
It was unjust, and we are doing EVERYTHING we can to make it right.
🚨 JUST NOW: Sec. Marco Rubio drops a massive warning to the WHOLE WORLD
"You better have more than strongly worded STATEMENTS!"
"Are you gonna normalize a country claiming to control an international water? Then that precedent will be repeated a DOZEN OTHER PLACES."
"Iran now claims that they own, that they have a right to control an international waterway. They claim that they have a right to control it."
"What is the world going to do about that? Is the world going to accept that Iran now controls an international waterway? Because if the world is prepared to accept that, then be ready!"
"Because there's like 10 other countries that are going to start doing the same thing in their international waterways or in international waterways near their countries."
The dog we evacuated has just undergone a surgery. Vets removed Rex’s tumour, and are doing their best to take care of him. Donate to help us evacuate more animals like Rex from the frontline regions 🐾
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And wish Rex a speedy recovery!
During World War I, Woodrow Wilson permitted sheep to graze on the White House lawn to cut upkeep costs and allow groundskeepers to enlist. The sheep’s wool was later auctioned, raising $52,823 for the American Red Cross.
Iran cannot mete out collective punishment because of a dispute over its nuclear program.
It’s something that will not stand.
It’s something actually in the United Nations that a record 135 countries joined us and joined our Gulf Arab allies in condemning. Watch:
France’s “Agency for Secure Documents” got hacked — names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of 19 million people leaked.
Future leaks will become even uglier if the French government gets what it wants: access to encrypted chats and Digital IDs of social media users.
We will not allow Iraq’s terrorist militias, backed by Iran, to threaten American lives or interests. Those who enable these militias’ violence will be held accountable.
STATEMENT:
The Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel has completed the substantive phase of its interviews with senior military and civilian leaders. This Panel was established by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the direction of President Donald J. Trump to conduct the most comprehensive military after action review in modern history. We have now interviewed key figures involved in the planning and execution of the withdrawal, including:
▪General David H. Berger, USMC (Ret.), former Commandant of the Marine Corps;
▪General Christopher T. Donahue, USA, former Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, current commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa;
▪General Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF, former U.S. Central Command Operations Officer, current Supreme Allied Commander of Europe;
▪General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Central Command;
▪General Austin S. Miller, USA (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. Forces–Afghanistan and NATO Resolute Support Mission;
▪General Mark A. Milley, USA (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
▪General James J. Mingus, USA (Ret.), former Joint Chiefs Director of Operations;
▪Lieutenant General Carl E. Mundy, III, USMC (Ret.), former MARCENT Commander;
▪Lieutenant General Paul J. Rock, Jr., former MARCENT Commander, current Director of the Marine Corps Staff;
▪Lieutenant General Ricky L. Waddell, USA (Ret.), former Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of State;
▪Rear Admiral Peter G. Vasely (Ret.), USN, former Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan – Forward at HKIA;
▪Major General Julian C. Cheater, USAF, former Over the Horizon-Counter Terrorism Operations (OTH-CT) Commander, current Director of Strategy, Policy and Plans, U.S. Southern Command;
▪Major General Derek J. O'Malley, USAF, former Commander 455th AEW, former Commander of Bagram Airfield, current Director of the Department of War Special Access Program Central Office;
▪Major General Farrell J. Sullivan, USMC, former commander of Joint Task Force–Crisis Response (JTF-CR), current Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division; and dozens of other senior officers and officials and interagency partners.
In addition to these interviews, the Panel has reviewed more than NINE MILLION documents drawn from multiple agencies and prior Department of Defense efforts. By contrast, the previous Department-wide review commissioned under former Secretary Lloyd Austin examined around 3,000 documents and was significantly narrower in scope. The Secretary Austin-led effort was also over-classified at the highest levels, which effectively kept the most critical and relevant information from public scrutiny.
This will be the most thorough, transparent, and honest accounting the American people have received of what happened in August 2021. We are executing at the direction of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to deliver a full and unflinching examination of the systemic, institutional, and leadership factors that contributed to the collapse. Our purpose is to identify failures in decision-making so that we may prevent the United States from ever repeating this tragedy. It is our duty to ensure that the greatest military on Earth is accountable to the American people.
Our work continues. We are now integrating the massive documentary record, cross-referencing prior reviews, and preparing our findings and recommendations. The final report will be delivered to the Secretary of War and the American people in the coming months.