To All,
Good Tuesday morning January 10, 2023.
I hope that your week has started well.
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History
January. 10
This Day In Naval History
Jan. 10
1917—The first U.S. Navy production order for aerial photographic equipment is initiated when the Naval Observatory issued requisitions for 20 aero cameras and accessories to be manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company.
1934—In the first nonstop formation flight from the United States to Hawaii, six Consolidated P2Y-1 aircraft from Patrol Squadron (VP-10) depart San Francisco, CA. After flying 2,399 miles in 24 hours and 35 minutes, the P2Y-1 aircraft arrive at Hawaii.
1943 – Submarine Trigger (SS 237) sinks the Japanese destroyer Okikaze off Yokosuka, Japan.
1944—Submarines Seawolf (SS 197) and Steelhead (SS 280) attack a Japanese convoy about 70 miles north of Naha, Okinawa, sinking three ships, including one while in the middle of a typhoon.
1953—The auxiliary motor minesweepers Merganser (AMS 26) and Firecrest (AMS 10) receive 40 rounds of 105 mm enemy fire from guns in the vicinity of Ponggang-ni near North Korea. Reports reflect no damage or casualties from the attack.
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Today in History January 10
1072 Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger take Palermo in Sicily.
1645 The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is beheaded on Tower Hill, accused of acting as an enemy of the British Parliament.
1724 King Philip V shocks all of Europe when he abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, Louis.
1811 An uprising of over 400 slaves is put down in New Orleans. Sixty-six blacks are killed and their heads are strung up along the roads of the city.
1847 General Stephen Kearny and Commodore Robert Stockton retake Los Angeles in the last California battle of the Mexican War.
1861 Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 London's Underground begins operations.
1870 John D. Rockefeller and his brother William establish the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
1899 Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo renounces the Treaty of Paris, which annexed the Philippines to the United States.
1901 The Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
1903 Argentina bans the importation of American beef because of sanitation problems.
1911 Two German cruisers, the Emden and the Nurnberg, suppress a native revolt on island of Ponape in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific when they fire on the island and land troops.
1912 The world's first flying-boat airplane, designed by Glenn Curtiss, makes its maiden flight at Hammondsport.
1917 Germany is rebuked as the Entente officially rejects a proposal for peace talks and demands the return of occupied territories from Germany.
1918 In Washington, the House of Representatives passes legislation for women's suffrage.
1920 The Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
1923 The United States withdraws its last troops from Germany.
1940 German planes attack 12 ships off the British coast; sinking 3 ships and killing 35 people.
1941 The Soviets and Germany agree on the East European borders and the exchange of industrial equipment.
1946 Chiang Kai-shek and the Yenan Communist forces halt fighting in China.
1964 Panama breaks ties with the U.S. and demands a revision of the canal treaty.
1984 The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.
1985 Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua, vowing to continue the country's transformation to a socialist state with close ties to the USSR and Cuba.
2007 A general strike begins in Guinea; eventually, it will lead to the resignation of the country's president, Lansana Conte..
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 10 January 1968… The NVN build-up for the battle for Khe Sanh…
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
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This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
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Daily Memo: China and the Philippines
By: George Friedman
January 10, 2023
Last week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited President Xi Jinping in China, where they agreed to cooperate in peace and security operations and in developing gas and oil deposits in the South China Sea. On the surface, this seems like a routine diplomatic meeting, but that it took place at all suggests there may be more than meets the eye. Relations between the Philippines and China have been strained in the past, with Beijing unhappy about Manila's ties with the U.S. and Manila angry about Beijing poaching in its territorial waters.
Eased tensions between the two reveals some of the dynamics at play between China and the United States. China's strategic problem is that it depends on international trade, particularly for minerals, and on exports, particularly to the United States. Exports account for about 20 percent of China's gross domestic product.
From this, it follows that the most important Chinese imperative is to maintain exports, and the greatest threat to its exports is if China were denied access to the global sea lanes. The ports on China's east coast are the key to China's economy. If they were closed or interdicted for any reason, the Chinese economy would be stunned at least and shattered at most.
There is a sense in the United States and elsewhere that China is a potentially offensive nation. In fact, it is a fundamentally defensive nation. Its fear is that the U.S. would try, by military action or otherwise, to close China's ports or prevent its ships from transporting goods. This necessitates from China a military strategy designed to limit U.S. access to the South China Sea and guarantee its own access to the Pacific.
The line of islands running from Taiwan to Indonesia is the key to solving China's strategic problem. The islands provide limited passage into the Pacific and are narrow enough that U.S. naval forces could block the relatively narrow gaps they create. There is a great deal of discussion about China's intentions toward Taiwan. An invasion of Taiwan would require amphibious forces to move across the Taiwan Straits, where they would be vulnerable to Taiwanese or American anti-ship missiles.
Beijing would struggle to absorb a failed invasion, of course, but even if the operation succeeded, it wouldn't change China's geographic challenges. It is not Taiwan that Beijing needs to control but the straits north and south of Taiwan. The northern route is flanked by an increasingly powerful Japan, with a force built to block a Chinese adventure. Holding Taiwan doesn't change this fact. Nor does it change the reality that the southern and northern routes around Taiwan are open waters vulnerable to a host of long-range weapons.
The more interesting gap is the 600 miles (965 kilometers) between Taiwan and the Philippines. It is a broader passage, which is necessarily more difficult to close. The same could be said for the 300-mile expanse south between the Philippines and Indonesia. Indeed, the fact that the Philippines is such a vast congregation of islands creates a multiplicity of routes that China covets. Unlike the northern routes, these southern passes demand defensive forces to be spread much more thinly. And if China had access to the Philippines, it could base aircraft and missiles as an added threat and uncertain variable.
The key is reaching an understanding with the Philippines. Beijing and Manila have any number of reasons to distrust each other, so these negotiations are not even the beginning of serious thoughts. If talks become more serious, the United States has several ways it can counter, of course, but it raises the question of intentions and costs. China would likely pay a very high price for access to the Philippines because it is worth more than Taiwan, and it likely wouldn't have to fight a potentially losing war to access it. The Philippines may not completely liberate China from the first island chain, but it is impossible to believe Beijing isn't dreaming about it. Manila may be content to sit and wait, wondering what kind of toll it can extract from the U.S. for refusing an offer from China.
Not incidentally, the commander of the US Marines announced on Monday a program to prepare the Philippines for war in conjunction with Japan. What this means is unclear. It isn't intended to start a war but to prevent one. What is certain is that China's meeting with Marcos rang alarm bells in Washington.
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A time honored tradition thanks to Marcus
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The Bonnie Dick captures a Pukin Dog………
Navy jets get covered in graffiti when they land on the wrong ship (taskandpurpose.com)
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Daily Memo: Daily Memo: Russia's Response to Ukrainian Strike in Donetsk
Moscow claims that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in retaliation for a massive New Year's strike.
By: GPF Staff
January 9, 2023
Strikes in Ukraine. Following a Moscow-declared cease-fire over Orthodox Christmas celebrations, Russia launched an airstrike on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk in retaliation for a Ukrainian strike on Makiivka in Donetsk on New Year's Eve. The Russian Defense Ministry said 89 Russian soldiers died in the Makiivka strike. There are no signs of casualties from Russia's own attack on Kramatorsk, according to reports, despite Moscow claiming to have killed 600 Ukrainian troops. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said reinforcements would be sent to Bakhmut and Soledar, the site of heavy fighting between the two sides.
Drills in Belarus. Russia and Belarus announced that they will conduct joint air exercises from Jan. 16 to Feb. 1. All of the Belarusian air force's airfields and training grounds will be involved in the drills, and the aviation component of Russia's Military Space Forces have already arrived in Belarus to take part. The two countries earlier agreed to deploy a joint "regional grouping of troops" in Belarus, amid President Alexander Lukashenko's repeated references to a rising threat from the West.
Grain for Africa? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to send grain for free to Turkey via the Black Sea corridor for delivery to poor African countries. Erdogan said he agreed to turn the grain into flour in Turkish factories before shipping it to Africa, noting that 44 percent of the agricultural products exported from Ukrainian ports from the corridor are actually destined for European countries.
Chinese investment. Philippine Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said several Chinese firms have expressed interest in investing in the Philippines' energy sector, after the government passed amendments allowing 100 percent ownership of wind and solar projects. The Philippines aims to supply 35 percent of its energy needs through renewable sources by 2030 and 50 percent by 2040.
Iran and Venezuela. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi met with Venezuela's new ambassador to Tehran. As Washington moves toward a rapprochement with Caracas, Raisi said the U.S.' aim is to gain access to Venezuela's energy resources and wealth. Iran and Venezuela have significantly increased bilateral cooperation over the past year, but Venezuela's willingness to normalize relations with the U.S. may hinder attempts at further consolidation.
Defense cooperation. The Iranian army's chief of staff and the chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee discussed cooperation on defense and security matters, especially in their borders regions, during a call. The Iranian official said both countries agreed to establish a joint military working group.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/james-howard-kunstler/repentance/
Repentance
By James Howard Kunstler
Kunstler.com
January 9, 2023
"You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible." — Anton Chekhov
The doctors of this country — of all Western Civ, really — owe their citizens an apology and an explanation, and even then, they might not be able to save modern medicine. The doctors have dishonored and disgraced their profession. They promulgated a Covid- 19 vaccination program that is now clearly killing a lot of people early in life and unnaturally. To this day, no established professional group of doctors, or formal association, or major journal, has called for an end to the vaxx program.
The hazard signal has been clear for the better part of a year. The mRNA products made by Pfizer and Moderna did not stop transmission of Covid-19 and were causing widespread harm, especially in the working-age population between 25 and 64 who were forced to take the shots to keep their jobs. For the whole population, all-causes deaths and disabilities were still rising at the end of 2022.
The trend appeared to start with the unnatural deaths of professional athletes dropping dead on their playing fields. Then, in early 2022, life insurance companies reported that the death rates of policy-holders employed by companies with insurance plans were up 40 percent. The unprecedented numbers were confirmed in mid-2022 by the Society of Actuaries — the professional org of people who actually parse the statistics that the insurance industry bases its business model on. In fact the number of excess deaths in younger age groups had grown dramatically — Covid vaccination produced a 78-percent increase in excess deaths among the 25-34 age group, a 100-percent increase in excess deaths among the 35-44 age group, and a 80-percent increase in excess deaths among the 45-54 age group.
These alarming signals arrived special-delivery and gift-wrapped to the medical profession and, amazingly, no corresponding warning to the public came back out. The doctors continued to push the vaccines. The public health officials (many of them doctors) in all the agencies under the US Dept. of Health and Human Services withheld information about the harms that were being done and continued to run vaxx-up advertisements at the same time these officials must have noticed the incoming disturbing data. As late as this new year, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky appeared in TV ads promoting mRNA booster shots.
In short, a professional class the public depends on to define reality has done everything possible to conceal and distort reality. The cable news networks and the newspapers amplified the distortions to prevent the public from understanding what was happening to them in an epic world health crisis. Social media, managed backstage by government intel agencies, reinforced the information blackout and their own nefarious lies. The crisis was coming not so much from the Covid-19 virus itself, which had a death rate well under one percent of those infected; the crisis came from the supposed remedy for the virus, the vaccines pushed on the uninformed and misinformed citizens.
Outside a small circle of apostate doctors — Drs. Malone, McCullough, Kory, Cole, Risch, Bhattacharya, and others — the practicing physicians of America went blindly and cravenly along with the government's vaccination program. My own primary care physician told me he was "a hundred percent confident in the vaccines" when he attempted to persuade me to take the shots. (I declined.) In the next year's physical exam he didn't even mention the vaccines. How about your doctors? Do you wonder what they've learned? Or if they've learned anything?
And what are they going to do now? Pretend that none of this is happening? Continue to demonize, discredit, and punish the few doctors who won't pretend? My PC doc doubles as Chief Health Officer of his group practice. He's fired doctors and others on the staff who refused to take the shots his company mandated. He's dishonored his Hippocratic oath. He's in mid-life with, one would assume ordinarily, many working years ahead of him. The information about vaccine deaths and disabilities is going to get worse, and his own behavior around the crisis is going to look worse, probably even to himself. There are hundreds of thousands of doctors like him. As of now, early 2023, there is no general movement among them to explain or apologize for their actions. What will happen?
I'll tell you what will happen: medicine as we've known it is going to collapse, along with most other activities in our society. Apart from ethical offenses against the public in the single instance of the Covid-19 emergency, doctors and their administrative cohorts have stealthily surrendered to a racketeering business model that had already badly damaged the practice of medicine before Covid-19 came on the scene.
Remember: as a general principle, organisms and systems often assume their greatest size just before they go extinct or fail. That's exactly what you're seeing in the conglomeratization of hospitals in the USA. If the idea was to remove redundancies for the sake of "efficiency," then they did exactly what destroys ecosystems. Anyway, the net effect of all that hospital consolidation was just to make access to health care much more difficult for the average citizen, and the only benefit was to make multi-millionaires of the executives who run the hospitals.
Then Covid-19 came along and they decimated their own workforces with vaccine mandates. Now, many hospitals can barely function, and many have had to shut down specific services. Quite a few hospitals are going bankrupt, which only feeds the predatory consolidation still ongoing. When the looming financial, banking, and insurance disorders start to bite later this year, hospitals will be shutting down. In the meantime, many more people will lose their lives to the disastrous side-effects of the vaccines. It is already the case — to make matters worse — that the vaccine-injured who seek help from the medical system are lied-to, mis-treated, or ignored. Some of these are the doctors themselves and other health professionals who collide with reality the hard way.
Something will emergently replace this monster we call "health care." Maybe it will still think of itself as medicine, but it will operate at a much smaller scale, minus a lot of the expensive and rather miraculous high-tech wizardry developed in our time, but also minus a lot of hazardous high-tech interventions, especially pharmaceuticals, that were used as supernaturally profitable revenue streams despite the adverse blowbacks they induced.
Will the doctors recover the trust of the public? It's going to be a slog for them. They'll have a long way to go just to recover their own honor and self-respect. Some sort of sincere and highly visible public act of apology and repentance will have to happen first.
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This Day in U S Military History
1779 – The French present John Paul Jones with a dilapidated vessel, the Duc de Duras. This Jones refits, mounts with 42 guns and renames Bonhomme Richard in honor of Benjamin Franklin. On 19 June 1779 Bonhomme Richard sailed from L'Orient accompanied by Alliance, Pallas, Vengeance, and Cerf with troop transports and merchant vessels under convoy to Bordeaux and to cruise against the British in the Bay of Biscay. Forced to return to port for repair, the squadron sailed again 14 August 1779. Going northwest around the west coast of the British Isles into the North Sea and then down the east coast the squadron took 16 merchant vessels as prizes.On 23 September 1779 they encountered the Baltic Fleet of 41 sail under convoy of HMS Serapis (44) and Countess of Scarborough (22) near Flamborough Head. After 1800 Bonhomme Richard engaged Serapis and a bitter engagement ensued during the next four hours before Serapis struck her colors. Bonhomme Richard, shattered, on fire, and leaking badly defied all efforts to save her and sank at 1100 on 25 September 1779. John Paul Jones sailed the captured Serapis to Holland for repairs. 1800 – Congress ratifies the Treaty of August 28, 1797 with Tunis. This treaty is supposed to ensure that, in return for a higher tribute from the US, the Barbary pirates will leave US shipping in the Mediterranean unmolested.
1901 – In the town of Beaumont, Texas, a 100-foot drilling derrick named Spindletop produced a roaring gusher of black crude oil. The oil strike took place at 10:30 a.m. on this day in 1901, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet around in sticky oil. The first major oil discovery in the United States, the Spindletop gusher marked the beginning of the American oil industry. Soon the prices of petroleum-based fuels fell, and gasoline became an increasingly practical power source. Without Spindletop, internal combustion might never have replaced steam and battery power as the automobile power plant of choice, and the American automobile industry might not have changed the face of America with such staggering speed.
1912 – The World's first flying-boat airplane, designed by Glenn Curtiss, made its maiden flight at Hammondsport. Curtis was the 1st licensed pilot and Orville Wright was the 2nd. The first airplane purchased by the U.S. Navy was a Curtiss Model E hydroaeroplane and was given the Navy designation A-1 in early 1911. The Navy purchased a second Model E in July 1911, with a more powerful 80-horsepower Curtiss OX engine, and designated it the A-2. It was also known as the OWL, standing for Over Water and Land. Modifications of the A-2 by the Navy led to re-designations of E-1 and later AX-1. These modifications, done at the Curtiss plant at Hammondsport, New York, included moving the seats from the lower wing to the float and enclosing the crew area with a fabric-covered framework, giving the aircraft the appearance of a short-hull flying boat. The OWL, with its modified float, was developed into a true flying boat (the entire fuselage being a hull as opposed to mounting the aircraft on a separate float) by Curtiss in 1912, first with the Model D Flying Boat, and then a refined version, the Model E. The Model E Flying Boat was the first truly practical flying boat. It was powered by either a 60- or a 75-horsepower Curtiss V8 engine. Both the U.S. Army and Navy purchased Curtiss Model E Flying Boats, the Navy designating it the C-1.
1943 – On Guadalcanal, an new American offensive begins with heavy air and artillery bombardment. The Japanese-held Gifu strongpoint is attacked by the US 35th Infantry Regiment. The Americans have over 50,000 troops on the island; the Japanese have less than 15,000 ill-supplied troops defending. During the night eight Japanese destroyers attempt to deliver supplies. One of the destroyers is damaged by American PT boats.
1944 – The GI Bill of Rights, first proposed by the American Legion, was passed by Congress. The Bill, more formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was intended to smooth demobilization for America's almost 16 million servicemen and women. Postwar college and vocational school attendance soared as more than 50 percent of honorably discharged veterans took advantage of education benefits of up to $500 a year for tuition, plus a living allowance. When they returned home to marry and start families in record numbers, veterans faced a severe housing shortage. The home loan provisions of the GI Bill provided more than 2 million home loans and created a new American landscape in the suburbs. In 1990, President George Bush summed up the impact of the GI Bill: "The GI Bill changed the lives of millions by replacing old roadblocks with paths of opportunity."
2015 – SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of boosting its Dragon spacecraft into space for a Monday arrival at the ISS in the SpaceX CRS-5 resupply mission. However, an experimental recovery attempt of the first stage fails when it crash-lands on a floating platform possibly due to insufficient hydraulic fluid, resulting in damage to the platform.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
HELMS, JOHN HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 16 March 1874, Chicago, Ill. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 3 5, 23 March 1901. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Chicago, for heroism in rescuing Ishi Tomizi, ship's cook, from drowning at Montevideo, Uruguay, 10 January 1901.
BERTOLDO, VITO R.
Rank and organization: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 242d Infantry, 42d Infantry Division. Place and date: Hatten, France, 9-10 January 1945. Entered service at: Decatur, 111. Born: 1 December 1916, Decatur, 111. G.O. No.: 5, 10 January 1946. Citation: He fought with extreme gallantry while guarding 2 command posts against the assault of powerful infantry and armored forces which had overrun the battalion's main line of resistance. On the close approach of enemy soldiers, he left the protection of the building he defended and set up his gun in the street, there to remain for almost 12 hours driving back attacks while in full view of his adversaries and completely exposed to 88-mm., machinegun and small-arms fire. He moved back inside the command post, strapped his machinegun to a table and covered the main approach to the building by firing through a window, remaining steadfast even in the face of 88-mm. fire from tanks only 75 yards away. One shell blasted him across the room, but he returned to his weapon. When 2 enemy personnel carriers led by a tank moved toward his position, he calmly waited for the troops to dismount and then, with the tank firing directly at him, leaned out of the window and mowed down the entire group of more than 20 Germans. Some time later, removal of the command post to another building was ordered. M/Sgt. Bertoldo voluntarily remained behind, covering the withdrawal of his comrades and maintaining his stand all night. In the morning he carried his machinegun to an adjacent building used as the command post of another battalion and began a day-long defense of that position. He broke up a heavy attack, launched by a self-propelled 88-mm. gun covered by a tank and about 15 infantrymen. Soon afterward another 88-mm. weapon moved up to within a few feet of his position, and, placing the muzzle of its gun almost inside the building, fired into the room, knocking him down and seriously wounding others. An American bazooka team set the German weapon afire, and M/Sgt. Bertoldo went back to his machinegun dazed as he was and killed several of the hostile troops as they attempted to withdraw. It was decided to evacuate the command post under the cover of darkness, but before the plan could be put into operation the enemy began an intensive assault supported by fire from their tanks and heavy guns. Disregarding the devastating barrage, he remained at his post and hurled white phosphorous grenades into the advancing enemy troops until they broke and retreated. A tank less than 50 yards away fired at his stronghold, destroyed the machinegun and blew him across the room again but he once more returned to the bitter fight and, with a rifle, single-handedly covered the withdrawal of his fellow soldiers when the post was finally abandoned. With inspiring bravery and intrepidity M/Sgt. Bertoldo withstood the attack of vastly superior forces for more than 48 hours without rest or relief, time after time escaping death only by the slightest margin while killing at least 40 hostile soldiers and wounding many more during his grim battle against the enemy hordes.
*FOURNIER, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company M, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 January 1943. Entered service at: Winterport, Maine. Birth: Norwich, Conn. G.O. No.: 28, 5 June 1943. Citation: For gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. As leader of a machinegun section charged with the protection of other battalion units, his group was attacked by a superior number of Japanese, his gunner killed, his assistant gunner wounded, and an adjoining guncrew put out of action. Ordered to withdraw from this hazardous position, Sgt. Fournier refused to retire but rushed forward to the idle gun and, with the aid of another soldier who joined him, held up the machinegun by the tripod to increase its field action. They opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy. While so engaged both these gallant soldiers were killed, but their sturdy defensive was a decisive factor in the following success of the attacking battalion .
*HALL, LEWIS
Rank and organization: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army, Company M, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 January 1943. Entered service at: Obetz, Rural Station 7, Columbus, Ohio. Born: 1895, Bloom, Ohio. G.O. No.: 28, 5 June 1943. Citation: For gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. As leader of a machinegun squad charged with the protection of other battalion units, his group was attacked by a superior number of Japanese, his gunner killed, his assistant gunner wounded, and an adjoining guncrew put out of action. Ordered to withdraw from his hazardous position, he refused to retire but rushed forward to the idle gun and with the aid of another soldier who joined him and held up the machinegun by the tripod to increase its field of action he opened fire and inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy. While so engaged both these gallant soldiers were killed, but their sturdy defense was a decisive factor in the following success of the attacking battalion.
SASSER, CLARENCE EUGENE
Rank and organization: Specialist Fifth Class (then Pfc.), U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Place and date: Ding Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam, 10 January 1968. Entered service at: Houston, Tex. Born: 12 September 1947, Chenango, Tex. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp5c. Sasser distinguished himself while assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion. He was serving as a medical aidman with Company A, 3d Battalion, on a reconnaissance in force operation. His company was making an air assault when suddenly it was taken under heavy small arms, recoilless rifle, machinegun and rocket fire from well fortified enemy positions on 3 sides of the landing zone. During the first few minutes, over 30 casualties were sustained. Without hesitation, Sp5c. Sasser ran across an open rice paddy through a hail of fire to assist the wounded. After helping 1 man to safety, was painfully wounded in the left shoulder by fragments of an exploding rocket. Refusing medical attention, he ran through a barrage of rocket and automatic weapons fire to aid casualties of the initial attack and, after giving them urgently needed treatment, continued to search for other wounded. Despite 2 additional wounds immobilizing his legs, he dragged himself through the mud toward another soldier 100 meters away. Although in agonizing pain and faint from loss of blood, Sp5c. Sasser reached the man, treated him, and proceeded on to encourage another group of soldiers to crawl 200 meters to relative safety. There he attended their wounds for 5 hours until they were evacuated. Sp5c. Sasser's extraordinary heroism is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for January 10 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
10 January
1910: LOS ANGELES FLYING MEET. The Aero Club of California hosted the first American flying meet at Los Angeles, Calif. (24)
1934: Through 11 January, Lt Cmdr K. McGinnis (U. S. Navy) led six Consolidated P2Y-1s on a nonstop flight from San Francisco, Calif., to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 24 hours 35 minutes. They beat earlier records for crossing time and distance for mass flights, and set a Federational Aeronautique Internationale record for straight-line distance of 2,399 miles for Class C seaplanes. (24)
1942: The Army Air Forces Materiel Center started investigating ways to use aerial refueling in the war against Japan. Planners wanted to launch B-17 bombers from Midway Island to attack Tokyo, refueling them with modified B-24 bombers. They also considered using B-24s launched from Hawaii, with refueling by US Navy seaplanes. A third option involved fuel-filled gliders, towed by B-17s, which would serve as tankers for the bombers. No proposals were implemented. (18)
1946: C. A. Moeller and D. D. Viner used an Army R-5 Helicopter to set an unofficial record in a climb to 21,000 feet at Stratford, Conn. (24)
1951: KOREAN WAR. Continued severe winter weather forced Fifth Air Force to cancel close air support missions. FEAF flew the lowest daily total of sorties since July 1950. (28)
1956: The first US-built complete liquid-rocket engine with more than 400,000 pounds thrust fired for the first time at Santa Susana, Calif. (16) (24)
1957: The DoD assigned the highest national priority to intercontinental ballistic missile and intermediate-range ballistic missile projects. (6)
1958: The Tactical Air Command delivered its last F-84F Thunderstreak to the Mobile Air Material Area. (11)
1975: First E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft rolled out. (12)
1977: The USAF budgeted $245 million for the M-X missile's full-scale engineering development. (6)
1980: CYCLONE CLAUDETTE. Just before New Year's Day, the cyclone hit Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean. For two days, the 80th Military Airlift Squadron delivered 17 tons of emergency supplies by C-141 to help thousands of homeless and destitute people. (16) (26)
1988: A ski-equipped LC-130 took off from an isolated Antarctic site after being buried under snow since 1971. A Navy/Lockheed team found the structurally sound aircraft, with air in the tires and usable hydraulic fluid in the lines after 16 years. The team removed the four engines and sent them away for an overhaul. The National Science Foundation spent $9.5 million to recover the plane. (8)
1994: MACKAY TROPHY. An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron at Keflavik, Iceland, rescued six sailors from a damaged tugboat off the Icelandic coast. For this effort, the crew earned the 1994 trophy. (16) (26)
1998: Operation RECUPERATION. Through 14 January, C-17 aircrews from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB flew four missions to deliver snow relief supplies to eastern Canada. In four missions, the Globemaster IIIs transported emergency workers and 181 tons of cargo (vehicles, generators, water purification equipment, field kitchens, and other supplies) from Edmonton, Alberta, to Montreal, Quebec. (22)
2002: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. A C-17 departed Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, with 20 Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners on a trip to the detention facility at the U. S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The C-17 stopped briefly at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, where the prisoners were transferred to a 445th Airlift Wing (AF Reserve Command) C-141 from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, for the nonstop, air refueled flight to Guantanamo. The C-141 arrived in Cuba on 11 January. (22)
2007: The first of eight C-21 executive transports arrived at Hector Airport, N. Dak, to serve as a bridge mission for the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Fighter Wing. Under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan, the wing lost its F-16s and would transition to the proposed new Joint Cargo Aircraft and Predator unmanned aerial vehicle by 2010. (AFNEWS, "First C21 Arrives in North Dakota," 11 Jan 2007, (32)
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Army Soldiers Investigated For Drug Use
Source: Task and Purpose
January 10 2023
USA
Fifteen U.S. Army Special Operations Command soldiers have been investigated for alleged drug use, reports Task & Purpose.
The Army Criminal Investigation Division has questioned more than a dozen special forces soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The investigation was launched following several news reports about drug use and related incidents at the base.
Several deaths from drug overdose have occurred at the installation, as well as ones with unknown causes.
In January 2022, a military police officer at Fort Bragg was charged with using and distributing oxycodone while on duty.
Two of the soldiers under investigation have been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Former DIA Spy Released From Prison
Source: CBS News
January 10 2023
USA
The U.S. has released a former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst who was imprisoned for more than 20 years on espionage charges, reports CBS News.
Ana Montes formerly served as the DIA's senior Cuban analyst. She was released from federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 6. On release, she was sentenced to five years of supervision.
Montes pleaded guilty to espionage when she was arrested in 2001, after being caught receiving encoded messages from the Cuban government and revealing the identities of several covert U.S. intelligence officers.
The spy was recruited by Cuban intelligence in 1984 by a student at Johns Hopkins University after she expressed anger over U.S. actions in Nicaragua and other U.S. Latin American policies.
L3Harris To Supply Rocket Systems To Ukraine
Source: L3Harris
January 10 2023
Ukraine
USA
L3Harris has received a contract from the U.S. Dept. of Defense to deliver vehicle-based rocket systems to Ukraine, reports the company.
The US$40 million contract covers the delivery of 14 Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) multipurpose weapon systems. L3Harris will install the kits on U.S. government-provided vehicles.
The VAMPIRE system integrates an advanced WESCAM MX-10 RSTA targeting system into the weapon station, which launches the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) rocket equipped with an L3Harris proximity fuze.
The guided rocket provides increased lethality against small or soft targets, said the company.
The portable kit will give Ukrainian ground forces an additional capability for targeting and shooting down hostile drones and defending against ground threats.
The first four kits are expected to be delivered by mid-2023, with the balance of the order to be handed over by the end of 2023.
The DoD selected the VAMPIRE system in August 2022 as part of the US$3 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Navy Demonstrates AI, Uncrewed Systems Integration
Source: U.S. Navy
January 10 2023
USA
Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel, an operational task force of the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) in the Middle East, recently completed an exercise demonstrating the integration of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence to increase maritime domain awareness, reports the U.S. Navy.
The three-day exercise began on Jan. 9 in the Arabian Gulf.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black and two Saildrone Explorer uncrewed surface vessels from the U.S. 5th Fleet showed off the integration of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence (AI) during the drills.
The AI system worked with the Delbert D. Black and CTF Sentinel command center in Bahrain to locate and identify objects in nearby waters and relay visual depictions to watchstanders, the service said.
The Navy completed a similar exercise on Aug. 23, 2022, with the Bahraini patrol ship Ahmed Al-Fateh and Coast Guard cutter Baranof.
Russian Assault Pushes Into Soledar
Source: Reuters
January 10 2023
Ukraine
Russia
Russian forces have pushed into the small salt mining town of Soledar, north of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, reports Reuters.
On Tuesday, the British Defense Ministry said that it assessed that Russian forces were in control of most of the town following four days of heavy fighting.
Analysts say Russia has been throwing large numbers of men into battle and taking heavy casualties. Moscow has reportedly fielded its best Wagner Group fighters at Soledar.
Russian forces have established fire control over the major Ukrainian supply lines into Soledar, reported the New Voice of Ukraine.
If Russia can hold Soledar, it would provide a useful victory after months of battlefield setbacks and a strategic location from which to push the attack on Bakhmut, said experts.
Russian Strike In Ochakiv Injures 15
Source: Ukrinform
January 10 2023
Ukraine
Russia
At least 15 people have been injured in Russian shelling of the port of Ochakiv in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region, reports Ukrinform.
No fatalities were reported in the artillery attack on Monday.
A two-year old child was among the injured, officials said.
T-72 Tank Deliveries From Czechia Set To Begin
Source: Odessa Journal
January 10 2023
Ukraine
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is set to begin delivering tanks to Ukraine, reports the Odessa Journal.
On Monday, the Czech government announced that it would soon deliver upgraded T-72 tanks to Ukraine.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala posted a picture on Twitter of him signing the gun barrel of a T-72 headed to Ukraine.
The delivery will also include the new Czech TREVA 30 evacuation vehicle.
Deal Finalized For F-35 Fighters
Source: Global News
January 10 2023
Canada
Canada has finalized a long anticipated purchase of advanced fighter jets from the U.S., reports Global News (Canada).
On Monday, Ottawa announced a Can$19 billion (US$14 billion) purchase of 88 F-35A Lightning II strike jets. Total lifecycle costs are anticipated at about Can$70 billion (US$52 billion).
The F-35s will replace Canada's aging fleet of CF-18 jets.
The first four fighters are slated for delivery in 2026, followed by six each in 2027 and 2028, reported Defense News. Full operational capability is anticipated between 2032 and 2034.
Deliveries Of New Eitan APC Hulls To Begin In 18 Months
Source: Oshkosh Defense
January 10 2023
Israel
USA
Oshkosh Defense is set to build hundreds of armored personnel carrier hulls for the Israeli military, reports the defense firm.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense has selected Oshkosh Defense as the primary contractor for the production of hundreds of Eitan APC hulls in a deal worth more than US$100 million.
The Eitan is replacing aging M113 tracked vehicles in Israeli service.
Production is scheduled to begin this year, with deliveries starting within 18 months. The hulls will subsequently be equipped with uncrewed turrets and other systems.
New Armored Command Vehicle To Enter Service Soon
Source: Yonhap News Agency
January 10 2023
South Korea
South Korean army officials have announced plans to field an advanced command post armored vehicle later this year, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
The mobile command post, based on the K808 wheeled armored vehicle, will be protected against nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) threats and armed with a K-6 heavy machine gun.
The TIGER (Transformative Innovation of Ground Forces Enhanced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technology).brigade demonstration unit will be the first unit equipped with the vehicle by the end of 2023.
The vehicle is intended to enable commanders to lead units while on the move compared to static tent-based command posts that take time to set up and are more vulnerable to attack, officials said.
17 Die in Anti-Government Protests
Source: Guardian
January 10 2023
Peru
At least 17 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Peru, reports the Guardian (U.K.).
Violence flared in the town of Juliaca on Monday, as protesters fought police with primitive firearms and homemade weapons.
Government forces have been cracking down on protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the release of former President Pedro Castillo, who was imprisoned last month after attempting to dissolve congress and rule by decree.
At least 40 people have been killed across Peru in the violence.
31 Abducted In Train Station Attack In Edo State
Source: Premium Times
January 10 2023
Nigeria
At least 31 people have been kidnapped during a terrorist attack at a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, reports the Premium Times (Abuja).
On Jan. 7, terrorists attacked the train station in Igueben, abducting 31 passengers and Nigerian Railway Corp. personnel, reported This Day (Lagos).
Herdsmen armed with AK-47 assault rifles attacked the train station as passengers waited for a train from Igueben to Warri, reported the News Agency of Nigeria.
Some passengers were injured in the attack, said an Edo state spokesman. One abducted passenger reportedly escaped and one suspect was arrested, the spokesman said.
Army Picks Israeli Truck-Mounted Howitzer
Source: Defense News
January 10 2023
Colombia
The Colombian army has selected Israeli firm Elbit Systems to supply new self-propelled howitzers, reports Defense News.
Bogota has ordered 18 155-mm ATMOS truck-mounted guns in a deal worth about US$101.7 million, unnamed sources told the newspaper.
The decision came as a surprise to some observers, who expected the Colombian army's preferred choice, the French Caesar self-propelled howitzer, to win the deal.
However, Nexter's offer was at a higher price of US$114 million, Colombian military sources said.
Civil Conscription To Be Reintroduced
Source: Anadolu Agency
January 10 2023
Sweden
Sweden is moving to reintroduce civil conscription for emergency services, reports the Anadolu Agency (Ankara).
On Monday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced the decision to reimplement conscription for key civil services to be used in emergency situations to boost national defense.
According to the Civil Contingencies Agency, the program is expected to include around 3,000 people.
Preparations will start as early as this week, with a deadline of March 1 to fully prepare for activation.
Joint SAR Exercises With U.S. Begin
Source: Online Khabar
January 10 2023
Nepal
USA
Nepal is hosting U.S. forces for a search-and-rescue exercise this week, reports Online Khabar (Nepal).
The joint exercise, focused on SAR tactics, began on Tuesday and is scheduled to conclude on Feb. 3.
The training in Chhauni and Nagarkot is designed to deepen cooperation and shared protocols for search-and-rescue operations during disasters.
Scores Injured During Anti-Military Protests
Source: Radio Dabanga
January 10 2023
Sudan
The Socialist Doctors Association in Sudan says scores of people were injured during an anti-military protest last week, reports Radio Dabanga (Sudan).
During demonstrations on Jan. 11, 111 protesters were injured from causes such as tear gas, rubber bullets and glass projectiles.
There were at least two separate cases where military vehicles ran over demonstrators.
Thirty demonstrators were detained during the protests.
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