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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History
June 9
On This Day
1813
During the War of 1812, the frigate, President, commanded by John Rodgers, is en route between the Azores and England when it begins a series of captures of British vessels that include the brig Kitty, the packet brig Duke of Montrose, the brig Maria, and the schooner Falcon.
1869
Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie, orders the construction of the first torpedo station on Goat Island, Newport, R.I. Cmdr. Edmund O. Matthews is the first Commanding Officer. During the establishment, the station experiments with torpedoes and trained sailors in the use of the weapons.
1882
The Office of Naval Records of the War of the Rebellion (which later becomes part of the Naval History and Heritage Command) is established. The office is placed under the direction of James R. Soley, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the 1890s.
1944
During her Fifth War Patrol, USS Harder (SS 257) sinks Japanese destroyer Tanikaze in the Sibitu Passage, about 90 miles southwest of Basilan Island. On June 6, she sinks the Japanese destroyer Minazuki 120 miles east-northeast of Tarakan, Borneo. On June 7, Harder sinks the Japanese destroyer Hayanami south of the Japanese fleet anchorage at Tawi Tawi, southeast of the Sibitu Passage, Borneo. On the morning of Aug. 24, Harder is sunk in Dasol Bay, Philippines, by enemy depth charges on its Sixth War Patrol. There are no survivors and the crew is never recovered. For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity " in sinking the Japanese destroyers during the Fifth War Patrol, Cmdr. Samuel D. Dealey, Harders CO, is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
1959
USS George Washington (SSBN 598), the first U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, is christened and launched at Groton, Conn. Her nuclear capability is removed in 1983, and she is classified as SSN 598 serving until 1985. USS George Washington is later processed in the nuclear recycling program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1998.
2007
USS Kidd (DDG 100) is commissioned at Galveston, Texas. The 49th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named after Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, who was killed in action onboard USS Arizona during the Japanese Navys attack on Pearl Harbor. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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Today in History: June 9
1064 Coimbra, Portugal falls to Ferdinand, king of Castile.
1534 Jacques Cartier sails into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in Canada.
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790 Civil war breaks out in Martinique.
1861 Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke begins working in Union hospitals.
1863 At the Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, Union and Confederate cavalries clash in the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War.
1923 Bulgaria's government is overthrown by the military.
1931 Robert H. Goddard patents a rocket-fueled aircraft design.
1942 The Japanese high command announces that "The Midway Occupation operations have been temporarily postponed."
1945 Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan will fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
1951 After several unsuccessful attacks on French colonial troops, North Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap orders Viet Minh to withdraw from the Red River Delta.
1954 At the Army-McCarthy hearings, attorney Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency?"
1959 The first ballistic missile-carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, is launched.
1972 American advisor John Paul Vann is killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam.
1986 NASA publishes a report on the Challenger accident.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 9 June 1967..
Advantage Israel: Brave hearts and fighting spirit…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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Thanks to Dan
Story for "The List"…….I remember reading about this one
Skip,
A mid-air occurred in 2020, between a Miramar based Marine KC-130 and an F-35, which was refueling from the KC-130. The F-35 was refueling by drogue from the left wing pod of the KC-130. Somehow, it passed over the body of the KC-130 and struck engines #3 and #4. The incident occurred in Northern Imperial County. The F-35 pilot ejected and the KC-130 attempted to land at the Thermal Airport (TRM). However, he had to do a forced landing in a field, just short of the airport. News videos show the F-35 pilot ejecting and the aircraft striking the ground, then the KC-130 in the field, with a significant fuel leak occurring from the left pod.
I was able to get a distant look at the KC-130 before it was removed from the field. It had major damage to its wings, and #3/#4 engines. The pilot undoubtedly did a great job getting it on the ground, with no injuries to anyone.
I am attempting to get copies of aerial photo's taken at the scene. Below is the article concerning the pilot of the KC-130, receiving the DFC.
Marine Pilot Receives Distinguished Flying Cross for Safely Landing After 2020 Mid-Air Collision with F-35
This would be a great story for "The List". I'll let you know if I can get the aerial photos.
Dan
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From the archives
Thanks to YP ...
Airline flying
As a 30 year vet airline puke, I survived the era of hijackings to Cuber at gunpoint and some maniac in Baltimore that shot and killed a Dallas Grits DC-9 copilot and then shot the captain (I knew them both) because he refused to fly to DC and crash into something. Fortunately, it was at the ramp, and the FBI blew a hole thru the entryway door and the arseholt with a large caliber weapon. The captain survived only because he was close to John Hopkins…. He returned to flying after a good while.
I carried a .25 cal Colt in my flight kit after this, until they started xraying flight kits.
Then, I was capitano on a 727 red eye from the West Coast that stopped in Salt Lake City enroute to Hotlanta. The boy band "New Kids on the Block" had given a concert, and we took a delay til they showed up with their entourage, which included "security." Flying along in flight, after about an hour, a stew knocked on the cockpit door and said something like "there's a light out in back," and the engineer took off. WTF, sez copilot and I. After a while, the engineer came back with the story. Seems that Marky Mark Walberg had decided that his seat in first class was too small, so he went to the back for search of a row of seats where he could lie down. There wasn't a full row, so he picked a row with the aisle seat occupied by a college aged chap. Marky diplomatically told him to get out of the seat, kid said NO, so Marky popped him in the eye with his fist (the eyeball displaced some), and immediately the airplane went into two armed camps: Marky's goons vs the rest of plane. The engineer was convinced that there was at least a DMZ and returned to the cockpit. I ensured that the goons understood that if there was as much as a hickup, I would immediately land, where ever (there wasn't anyplace suitable close, and we were far enough along that it might as well be Hotlanta).
Naturally, we radio'd ahead and requested large rednecks to meet the Boys in the Band ASAP after we landed.
Dawn was breaking when we taxied into the gate, and when the pax door was opened, there were four of the biggest Hapeville, GA cops there to take Marky and his Boys and their goons away. That was a very satisfying moment.
Turns out the kid Marky punched out went to Hahvuhd, and I understand he got a jolly good sum from the little chit Walberg. I understand he cleaned up his Southy act and has had a successful movie career.
On the other hand, flying from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt on Lufthansa, there was a medical event—some poor pax was having a cardiac problem. An announcement was made for any doctor on board, and it turns out there were thirteen…..(Israelis).
Got to smile about that.
YP
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Thanks to Bill
Too funny…
Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adult voices?
Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a storm hit,
with crashing thunder and severe lightning.
As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two children in bed
with my wife, Karey, apparently scared by the loud storm.
I resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom that night.
The next day, I talked to the children and explained that it was O.K.
to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but when I was expected
home, please don't sleep with Mom that night.
They said OK.
After my next trip several weeks later, Karey and the children picked
me up in the terminal at the appointed time.
Since the plane was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait
for my plane's arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for
their arriving passengers.
As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running shouting,
"Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"
As I waved back, I said loudly, "What's the good news?"
Alex shouted,
"Nobody slept with Mommy while you were away this time!"
The airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting area looked
at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest of the area to
see if they could figure out exactly who his Mom was.
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An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her
then 4-year-old daughter.
On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the
car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it.
"Be still, my heart," thought my friend, "my daughter wants to follow
in my footsteps!"
Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May
I take your order?"
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A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, "I'm Mr.
Sugarbrown's daughter."
Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown."
The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School, and said, "Aren't you Mr.
Sugarbrown's daughter?"
She replied, "I thought I was, but Mother says I'm not."
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A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with the boys?"
Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough."
The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, "If I
can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"
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A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the
way to church service,
"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"
One bright little girl replied,
"Because people are sleeping."
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Thanks to Jim
U.S. NAVY WINGS OF GOLD 1940s NAVAL AVIATOR TRAINING AT PENSACOLA
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Thanks to Mike
Some interesting bits about the A-10
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Thanks to Barrett
Skip, Boris & Folks,
Re: ARE THE DAYS OF DOGFIGHTS OVER?
Minor point in case anyone might want to add it to the mix:
There was at least one MiG effort to intercept an Oriskany Iron Hand mission, December 67. It resulted in Rick Wyman's kill while Brown Bear Schaffert survived his epic A-4 defense v. four 17s and two blow-through 21s.
Also, not Iron Hand but thought I'd mention it:
In July 68 Tico's John Nichols of honored memory downed one of two 17s that jumped his photo flight. Don't know if the Viets knew it was an RF-8 or thought maybe an Iron Hand. In any case the Fightin' Photo aviator was the most aggressive in the fight. After Pirate's MiG hit the dirt, Bill Kocar called, "Let's go find the other one." By then John was out of winders and low on ammo.
Warm regards to all,
Barrett
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This Day in American Military History
June 9
1945 – On Okinawa, the Japanese forces defending the Oroku peninsula are cut off and surrounded by forces of the US 6th Marine Division. The US 1st Marine Division advance southward to Kunishi Ridge, one of the last Japanese strong points.
1945 – On Luzon, the US 37th Division captures Bagabag. The American forces attempt to block the routes into the Cagayan valley in order to isolate the Japanese forces concentrated in the Sierra Madre, in the northeast. On Mindanao, elements of the US 24th Division take Mandog, the last major strong point in the Japanese defenses.
1945 – Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan will fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
1963 – JFK named Winston Churchill a US honorary citizen.
1964 – In reply to a formal question submitted by President Lyndon B. Johnson–"Would the rest of Southeast Asia necessarily fall if Laos and South Vietnam came under North Vietnamese control?"–the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) submits a memo that effectively challenges the "domino theory" backbone of the Johnson administration policies. This theory contended that if South Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall "like dominoes," and the theory had been used to justify much of the Vietnam War effort. The CIA concluded that Cambodia was probably the only nation in the area that would immediately fall. "Furthermore," the report said, "a continuation of the spread of communism in the area would not be inexorable, and any spread which did occur would take time–time in which the total situation might change in any number of ways unfavorable to the communist cause." The CIA report concluded that if South Vietnam and Laos also fell, it "would be profoundly damaging to the U.S. position in the Far East," but Pacific bases and allies such as the Philippines and Japan would still wield enough power to deter China and North Vietnam from any further aggression or expansion. President Johnson appears to have ignored the CIA analysis–he eventually committed over 500,000 American troops to the war in an effort to block the spread of communism to South Vietnam.
1972 – Under President Nixon, the number of USAF fighter bombers in Southeast Asia has tripled, the number of aircraft carriers has tripled and will quadruple (2 to 8), and B-52s are being quadrupled.
1972 – Part of a relief column composed mainly of South Vietnamese 21st Division troops finally arrives in the outskirts of An Loc. The division had been trying to reach the besieged city since April 9, when it had been moved from its normal station in the Mekong Delta and ordered to attack up Highway 13 from Lai Khe to open the route to An Loc. The South Vietnamese forces had been locked in a desperate battle with a North Vietnamese division that had been blocking the highway since the very beginning of the siege. As the 21st Division tried to open the road, the defenders inside An Loc fought off repeated attacks by two North Vietnamese divisions that had surrounded the city early in April. This was the southernmost thrust of the North Vietnamese invasion that had begun on March 30; the other main objectives were Quang Tri in the north and Kontum in the Central Highlands. Although the lead elements of the 21st Division reached the outskirts of the city on this day, they did not represent significant reinforcements for An Loc, having suffered tremendous casualties in their fight up the highway and the two-month siege was not lifted. It would not be lifted until large numbers of fresh reinforcements were flown in to a position south of the city from which they then successfully attacked the North Vietnamese forces that surrounded the city. By the end of the month, most of the communist troops within the city had been eliminated, but the North Vietnamese forces still blocked Route 13 and continued to shell An Loc.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
GRAY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 5th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Port Republic, Va., 9 June 1862. Entered service at: Hamilton County, Ohio. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 14 March 1864. Citation: Mounted an artillery horse of the enemy and captured a brass 6-pound piece in the face of the enemy's fire and brought it to the rear.
HARDING, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born: 1837, Middletown, Conn. Accredited to: Connecticut. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served as captain of the forecastle on board the U.S.S. Dacotah on the occasion of the destruction of the blockade runner Pevensey, near Beauford, N.C., 9 June 1864. "Learning that one of the officers in the boat, which was in danger of being, and subsequently was, swamped, could not swim, Harding remarked to him: 'If we are swamped, sir, I shall carry you to the beach or I will never go there myself.' He did not succeed in carrying out his promise, but made desperate efforts to do so, while others thought only of themselves. Such conduct is worthy of appreciation and admiration–a sailor risking his own life to save that of an officer."
*DEGLOPPER, CHARLES N.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Co. C, 325th Glider Infantry, 82d Airborne Division. Place and date: Merderet River at la Fiere, France, 9 June 1944. Entered service at: Grand Island, N.Y. Birth: Grand Island, N.Y. G.O. No.: 22, 28 February 1946. Citation: He was a member of Company C, 325th Glider Infantry, on 9 June 1944 advancing with the forward platoon to secure a bridgehead across the Merderet River at La Fiere, France. At dawn the platoon had penetrated an outer line of machineguns and riflemen, but in so doing had become cut off from the rest of the company. Vastly superior forces began a decimation of the stricken unit and put in motion a flanking maneuver which would have completely exposed the American platoon in a shallow roadside ditch where it had taken cover. Detecting this danger, Pfc. DeGlopper volunteered to support his comrades by fire from his automatic rifle while they attempted a withdrawal through a break in a hedgerow 40 yards to the rear. Scorning a concentration of enemy automatic weapons and rifle fire, he walked from the ditch onto the road in full view of the Germans, and sprayed the hostile positions with assault fire. He was wounded, but he continued firing. Struck again, he started to fall; and yet his grim determination and valiant fighting spirit could not be broken. Kneeling in the roadway, weakened by his grievous wounds, he leveled his heavy weapon against the enemy and fired burst after burst until killed outright. He was successful in drawing the enemy action away from his fellow soldiers, who continued the fight from a more advantageous position and established the first bridgehead over the Merderet. In the area where he made his intrepid stand his comrades later found the ground strewn with dead Germans and many machineguns and automatic weapons which he had knocked out of action. Pfc. DeGlopper's gallant sacrifice and unflinching heroism while facing unsurmountable odds were in great measure responsible for a highly important tactical victory in the Normandy Campaign.
GANDARA, JOE
Rank and Organization: Private. U.S. Army. Company D, 2d Battalion. 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Place and Date: June 9, 1944, Amfreville, France. Born: April 25, 1924, Santa Monica, CA . Departed: Yes (06/09/1944). Entered Service At: Los Angeles, CA. G.O. Number: . Date of Issue: 03/18/2014. Accredited To: . Citation: Gandara is being recognized for his heroic actions on June 9, 1944, in Amfreville, France. His detachment came under devastating enemy fire from a strong German force, pinning the men to the ground for a period of four hours. Gandara advanced voluntarily and alone toward the enemy position and destroyed three hostile machine-guns before he was fatally wounded.
McGONAGLE, WILLIAM L.
Rank and organization: Captain (then Comdr.) U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Liberty (AGTR-5). place and date: International waters, Eastern Mediterranean, 8-9 June 1967. Entered service at: Thermal, Calif. Born: 19 November 1925, Wichita, Kans. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sailing in international waters, the Liberty was attacked without warning by jet fighter aircraft and motor torpedo boats which inflicted many casualties among the crew and caused extreme damage to the ship. Although severely wounded during the first air attack, Capt. McGonagle remained at his battle station on the badly damaged bridge and, with full knowledge of the seriousness of his wounds, subordinated his own welfare to the safety and survival of his command. Steadfastly refusing any treatment which would take him away from his post, he calmly continued to exercise firm command of his ship. Despite continuous exposure to fire, he maneuvered his ship, directed its defense, supervised the control of flooding and fire, and saw to the care of the casualties. Capt. McGonagle's extraordinary valor under these conditions inspired the surviving members of the Liberty's crew, many of them seriously wounded, to heroic efforts to overcome the battle damage and keep the ship afloat. Subsequent to the attack, although in great pain and weak from the loss of blood, Captain McGonagle remained at his battle station and continued to command his ship for more than 17 hours. It was only after rendezvous with a U.S. destroyer that he relinquished personal control of the Liberty and permitted himself to be removed from the bridge. Even then, he refused much needed medical attention until convinced that the seriously wounded among his crew had been treated. Capt. McGonagle's superb professionalism, courageous fighting spirit, and valiant leadership saved his ship and many lives. His actions sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. (Captain McGonagle earned the Medal of Honor for actions that took place in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean rather than in Vietnam.)
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for June 9, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
9 June
1916: Lt Richard C. Saufley died in a crash near Pensacola after being in the air 8 hours 51 minutes on an endurance flight. He set an American altitude record earlier on 2 April 1916. (24)
1945: 110 B-29s attacked the aircraft factories at Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe, Japan. (24)
1952: KOREAN WAR. An H-19 helicopter of the 3d Air Rescue Squadron picked up a downed UN pilot, encountering moderate small arms fire enroute. (28)
1959: The Republic F-105D Thunderchief first flew. First Navy fleet ballistic missile submarine, the nuclear- powered USS George Washington, launched.
1960: SAC began a test program to disperse B-47s to civilian airfields in times of crisis. (1)
1961: The 1611 ATW at McGuire AFB received the first C-135A Stratolifter, the first jet aircraft in MATS. (18) (21)
1964: FIRST KC-135 SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM COMBAT OPERATIONS. Four KC-135s from Clark AB refueled eight F-100s from Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, on an attack against anti-aircraft batteries in North Laos. PACAF RF-101Cs and KB-50Js supported the strike. (1) (17)
1967: The first O-2A Forward Air Controller aircraft arrived in Vietnam. (16) (26) The USAF started evacuating some 1,300 military and civilian Americans from the Middle East because of the Arab-Israeli War. (16) (26)
1971: Karl Stefan set a FAI altitude record for 2,220-3,000 cubic meter balloons (Subclass AX-8) by taking his Raven S-60 to 31,000 feet over Boulder, Colo. (9)
1974: Northrop's YF-17 prototype made its first flight at Edwards AFB. Northrop pilot Henry E. "Hank" Chouteau flew the jets for 61 minutes at altitudes up to 18,000 feet and speeds of 610 MPH. (3)(12) (21)
1983: C-5B fabrication began almost three months early. (12)
1989: MAC units flew four tons of medical supplies to aid the victims of a rail disaster at Ufa on the Trans-Siberian Railroad about 750 miles southeast of Moscow. A liquid-gas pipeline exploded as two trains passed each other. One train derailed and crashed into the other. Nearly 850 passengers were either killed or injured, making it the worst rail disaster in history. (16)
1995: A B-2 Spirit flew its first "Global Power" mission by flying from Whiteman AFB, Mo., to the Netherlands in 12 hours. It simulated a bomb drop. (16)
1997: During the 9-20 June Central Enterprise exercise, for the first time in the 10-year history of the B-1B bomber, two units became one force at a forward operating location, RAF Fairford, England. The 7th Bomb Wing from Dyess AFB and the 28th Bomb Wing from Ellsworth AFB, along with 350 people, fused together to form the 7th Expeditionary Bomb Group. (AFNEWS, 19 Jun 97)
1997: The Pathfinder RPV set a new world record for high-altitude flight by a solar powered aircraft, reaching 67,350 ft. This flight to the highest altitude ever reached by a propeller-driven aircraft took place at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. (3)
2003: The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Altair UAV first flew at Gray Butte at El Mirage (near Edwards AFB), Calif., where it reached 7,000 feet in altitude. The turboprop Altair was a high altitude research vehicle for NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program. (3)
2005: The USAF accepted 420th, and final, re-engined KC-135R from Boeing. The KC-135R (tail number 57-1441) went to the 141 AREFW, an ANG unit at Fairchild AFB. (22)
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World News for 9 June thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Guard Chief Touts Value Of Reserve Forces For High-Intensity Conflict DoD News | 06/09/2022 The head of the National Guard Bureau says that the service will use some of the funding from the president's fiscal 2023 budget request to prepare for potential conflicts with peer or near-peer adversaries, reports the DoD News. On Tuesday, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee that "having a modernized, relevant and capable reserve component to augment our active forces" would help deter threats and prevent conflict. The armed forces need to make sure that as they modernize, the reserve components, including the National Guard, are equipped with deployable and sustainable equipment that is interoperable on the battlefield, he said. Hokanson identified the Air National Guard's aging fighter fleet as a particular concern. There are 25 Air Guard fighter squadrons, including six of aging F-15C/D jets and seven with older F-16 aircraft that need to be replaced.
USA—Justice Probes Undisclosed Qatar Lobbying By Former Marine General New York Times | 06/09/2022 The Dept. of Justice is investigating alleged illegal lobbying by the former deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command, reports the New York Times. The department filed a warrant application in California in April alleging that retired Marine Gen. John Allen, now the head of the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C., conspired with Richard Olson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, and businessman Imaad Zuberi to lobby on behalf of Qatar. Allen has also been accused of lying to investigators and trying to withhold information sought by a federal subpoena. The plan described in records obtained by the newspaper began in 2017 when Qatar was under pressure from Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., which included economic isolation and threatened military action. A spokesman for Allen said that the general had "voluntarily cooperated with the government's investigation" and had not been paid for his work. The lobbying was on behalf of U.S. interests and troops stationed in Qatar, the spokesman claimed. Olson has pled guilty to lobbying for Qatar during his first year of retirement from diplomatic service. Zuberi is in prison for violating foreign lobbying, campaign finance and tax law as well as obstructing justice. The Justice Dept. has been stepping up investigations into efforts by Middle Eastern countries to develop close ties with business and political figures in the U.S. and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
USA—L3Harris Wins Deal For Passive Sensors To Defend Warships L3Harris | 06/09/2022 The U.S. Navy has chosen a team led by L3Harris Technologies to supply a passive sensor system to enhance the protection of warships, reports the defense firm. L3Harris received an initial $205 million contract for the Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optical Infrared (SPEIR) program. The deal has a potential value of $593 million if all options are exercised through March 2031. The program will significantly advance the use of 360-degree electro-optic/infrared imagery and situational awareness from a dedicated weapons support sensor to a full passive mission capability. L3Harris will serve as systems integrator and prime contractor, delivering capabilities for missions such as anti-ship cruise missile defense; counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS); counter-fast attack craft; mobility; anti-terrorism/force protection; and operational tasking visual information. The SPEIR is intended for installation on Navy aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, destroyers and frigates, the company said. Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems will provide the L3Harris SPATIAL solution that provides a scalable 360-degree electro-optical/infrared passive automatic detection and tracking system, enhancing shipboard combat systems and navigation capabilities, the company said.
Ukraine—Army Suffering Heavy Losses On Front Lines, Needs More Weapons, Defense Minister Says Interfax-Ukraine | 06/09/2022 Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has called for more support as its military continues to suffer significant losses in its fight against the Russian invasion, reports Interfax-Ukraine. Every day as many as 100 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and 500 wounded in the fighting, he said in a social media post. He noted that Ukraine has advanced in certain areas despite Russia's ongoing offensive in the Donbas. Reznikov expressed concern about the pace and quantity of weapon supplies from the West, and thanked those countries that have been supporting Kyiv.
Ukraine—Newly Acquired Howitzers Already On Front Line, Says Defense Minister Ukrinform | 06/09/2022 Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says that the Ukrainian army has fielded recently donated howitzers on the front lines, reports Ukrinform. Polish 155-mm Krab and Norwegian 155-mm M109A3 self-propelled howitzers have been deployed and are engaging targets on the front lines, Reznikov said. The minister said that Ukraine has been working to shift its equipment from Soviet- or Russian-standard systems to NATO-compliant systems since the Russian invasion in February. Kyiv has already received five different types of 155-mm howitzers, including FH70 and M777 towed and Caesar, Krab and M109A3 self-propelled guns. Stocks of 155-mm ammunition are now 10 percent larger than the stocks of Soviet-caliber shells in the Ukrainian inventory prior to the invasion, said Reznikov.
Russia— Baltic Fleet Kicks Off Exercise Agence France-Presse | 06/09/2022 The Russian Baltic Fleet is holding an exercise this week in the midst of NATO's annual BALTOPS drills, reports Agence France-Presse. On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 60 ships and 40 aircraft were taking part in an exercise focused on defending sea lanes and fleet bases. Training was also taking place at ground ranges in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The exercise comes amid heightened tensions with NATO over Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and Finnish and Swedish applications to join the alliance. Moscow has called the decision of the Nordic countries to join NATO escalatory and threated retaliation.
Afghanistan—Interior Ministry Rolls Out New Police Uniforms TOLONews | 06/09/2022 The Afghan Interior Ministry has unveiled a new uniform for the national police force of the Taliban government, reports the Tolo News (Kabul). On Wednesday, the ministry said it would distribute an initial 20,000 uniforms in Kabul and Kandahar provinces, with another 100,000 uniforms to be available in the near future. The lack of police uniforms and training since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 has led to criticism that the former insurgents have been abusing their power and engaging in criminal activities, reported the Voice of America News. The new uniform would help citizens identify police and counter security spoilers, said Deputy Interior Minister Noor Jalal Jalali. The uniform is dark green with the Taliban's white flag with black Arabic lettering on the sleeves.
Cameroon—Troops Murder 9 Civilians In Anglophone Northwest Voice Of America News | 06/09/2022 The Cameroonian military has acknowledged that its troops shot and killed civilians who failed to help soldiers searching for a missing servicemember in the northwestern Anglophone region, reports the Voice of America News. The troops were deployed to the village of Missong on June 1 and demanded help from villagers, said a military spokesman. When the villagers declined to show them rebel hideouts, the soldiers became angry and opened fire, killing nine civilians, including four women and a baby. A 12-year-old child was injured in the attack. Relatives of the victims said that the villagers were afraid to show the troops where the rebels were located because of the possibility of reprisal attacks. The military said it had arrested four soldiers for their involvement in the murders. Rights groups have accused the Cameroonian military and Anglophone rebels each of killing civilians and burning homes during the five-year conflict.
Estonia—Milrem To Launch New Robotic Command System At Eurosatory Milrem | 06/09/2022 Milrem Robotics says it will unveil its new command-and-control system for intelligent uncrewed systems at next week's Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. The system integrates several different uncrewed aerial and ground platforms into a composite command-and-control system and merges sensor and effector data from various payloads, the Estonian defense firm said in a release. The C2 system permits the constant monitoring of the condition of uncrewed vehicles, including energy status, fault conditions, operating parameters, built-in diagnostic tests, initialization and configurations. Integrating different uncrewed and crewed systems through a single C2 system enables operators to maximize the deployment of autonomous systems on the battlefield, Milrem officials said. The C2 system's autonomy engine can remotely navigate and control the position and motion vectors of uncrewed platforms and other integrated elements. It supports user-defined autonomous missions and behavior sets and delivers an ALFUS Contextual Autonomy Capability level of 4+ for behaviors related to autonomous navigation, such as route planning, object avoidance and geo-mapping. It also provides autonomous functions such as flight control, target detection and automatic optimized routing, the company said.
Iran—Advanced Centrifuges Being Installed At Natanz Reuters | 06/09/2022 A confidential International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report says Iran is preparing to install advanced centrifuges at its fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, reports Reuters. On June 6, the IAEA verified that Iran had begun installing IR-6 centrifuges in a single cascade previously declared to the agency. On that date, the IAEA received a letter stating Iran's intention to install two new cascades of IR-6 centrifuges at Natanz. On June 8, the agency verified that installation of the new cascades had not yet begun. Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was prohibited from using anything other than first-generation IR-1 centrifuges at the Natanz facility. After then-President Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018, Tehran began installing more advanced IR-2m and IR-4 centrifuges. Iran had held off on its plan to install the newer IR-6 machines until earlier this month. The IAEA report was sent to the agency's 35-country Board of Governors shortly before it passed a resolution criticizing Iran for failing to explain traces of uranium found at undeclared sites.
Iran—Authorities Hang A Dozen Balochis In Possible Reprisal IranWire | 06/09/2022 Iran hanged 13 members of the Balochi ethnic minority this week in apparent retribution for the killing of two military officers earlier this month, reports IranWire (U.K.). Twelve Balochis were hanged on June 6 at the Zahedan Central Prison in the eastern Sistan and Balochistan province. Six were charged with drug-related offences and the remainder was convicted of murder. On June 7, another Balochi convicted on drug charges was hanged at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan in central Iran. Human-rights groups say Iran stepped up executions in 2021, which has been attributed to the judicial system clearing a "backlog" of planned executions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of those recently executed have been ethnic minorities, primarily Balochis. Locals said the latest executions were likely retaliation for the killing of two military officers in Sistan and Balochistan province on June 4 by unknown gunmen.
Israel—Athens Protests After Break-In At Greek Orthodox Site In Jerusalem Haaretz | 06/09/2022 The Greek Foreign Ministry has filed a complaint with the Israeli government after a group of Israelis reportedly broke into the chapel of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Mount Zion, reports Haaretz (Israel). A group of around 50 "Israeli radicals of unknown origin, broke into the gate and barriers and trespassed on the chapel of the Patriarchate on the hill of Zion" earlier this week and threatened to kill a guard at the site, the patriarchate said. The patriarchate filed a police complaint and demanded a thorough investigation. "We express our deepest concern about yesterday's incursion into a property owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the desecration of the Chapel there by members of a Jewish seminary," the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that it expected Israeli authorities to investigate the incident, bring those responsible to justice and prevent similar illegal activities in the future.
Israel—U.N. Report Faults Israel For Ongoing Conflict With Palestinians Times of Israel | 06/09/2022 A new U.N. report has blamed Israeli "persistent discrimination against Palestinians" for the continuing violence between the sides, reports the Times of Israel. The U.N. Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel report released on Tuesday identified "forced displacement, threats of forced displacement, demolitions, settlement construction and expansion, settler violence and the blockade of Gaza" as "contributing factors to the recurring cycle of violence." The 18-page report focuses on the root causes of the conflict. Israel refused to cooperate with the commission and denied it access to Israel and Palestinian-controlled areas in the West Bank and Gaza. The report reaffirmed that the U.N. sees Israeli settlements, including in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, as illegal. "Ending Israel's occupation, in full conformity with Security Council resolutions, remains essential in stopping the persistent cycle of violence," said Commissioner Miloon Kothari in a statement. The Israeli Foreign Ministry dismissed the report, calling it biased, one-sided and "tainted with hatred for the state of Israel." Analysts also criticized the study, saying that only a few paragraphs covered violations by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups and that it made several false claims of discrimination to build a case of racism.
Japan—Protest Filed After Russia Suspends Fishing Deal Kyodo News Agency | 06/09/2022 The Japanese government has formally protested after Russia suspended a safe fishing agreement that prevented Japanese fishing vessels from being seized by Russian authorities in waters near the disputed Kuril islands, reports the Kyodo news agency (Tokyo). On Tuesday, Russia announced the suspension of the 1998 agreement, linking it to a Japanese payment freeze for a development project in Sakhalin. Tensions between the sides have increased after Japan joined U.S.-led sanctions on Russia over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. A Japanese government spokesman confirmed that Japan had not made the latest payment for the Sakhalin project but emphasized that the program was not a condition for continuing the fishing pact. The agreement allows Japanese fishers to fish for Atka mackerel and octopus among others in exchange for "cooperation" payments to Russia. It was implemented after a series of captures and shootings of Japanese fishing vessels by Russian authorities. The Kuril islands were seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. Japan says the seizure was illegitimate and continues to claim sovereignty over the Russian-controlled territory.
Nigeria—Bandits Kill 32 In Kaduna State Channels Television | 06/09/2022 Nearly three dozen civilians have been killed in a series of bandit attacks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, reports Channels Television (Abuja). On Sunday, militants attacked four villages in the Kajuru local government area, killing at least 32 people and burning houses and a church. A local resident claimed the bandits employed a helicopter in support of their ground attack. A senior security source told the TV station that the military responded to the attacks with ground and air forces, eventually forcing their withdrawal.
South Korea—Defense Minister To Discuss N. Korean Threat With Chinese, Japanese, U.S. Counterparts Yonhap | 06/09/2022 South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong Sup plans to meet with his counterparts from China, Japan and the U.S. during a regional security forum in Singapore this week, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). During the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue, which begins on Friday, Lee is scheduled to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and take part in trilateral discussions with Austin and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi. There are no plans to hold bilateral talks with Kishi, said the South Korean Defense Ministry. Lee also expects to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe. The talks are expected to focus on areas of cooperation in response to North Korea's growing missile and nuclear threats, the ministry said.
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