[Blaze] The DEA agent had finished a shift and was in his government-issued Jeep at a red light at 14th Street and Ninth Avenue just after midnight Dec. 9 when Zachary Bell approached, authorities told the New York Post.
"Get the f*** out of the car," Bell, 32, screamed at the agent, the paper said, citing a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan Federal Court.
Prosecutors said Bell then reached toward his waistband as if he had a gun, the Post reported.
But the agent — who's been with the DEA for seven years and is assigned to the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, the paper said — flipped the script in hurry.
The agent activated the vehicle’s police lights, pulled out his gun, hit Bell in the face, tackled him to the ground, handcuffed him, and called police, the Post said, citing court papers.
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agent activated the vehicle’s police lights, pulled out his gun, hit Bell in the face, tackled him to the ground, handcuffed him, and called police,
[C4ISRNET] A one-star Army general overseeing the capabilities and resource integration directorate at U.S. Cyber Command was removed in September, Army Times and C4ISRNET have learned.
Brig. Gen. Christopher Reid was serving as head of the J8 staff element at the Maryland-based unified combatant command, where he oversaw planning for resource allocation, force structure and capability development.
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CYBERCOM, which is co-located with the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland, safeguards Department of Defense information networks and coordinates military cyberspace activities, including hunt-forward operations, which were used to bolster Ukrainian systems ahead of Russia’s invasion.
Reid was relieved because CYBERCOM’s leader, Gen. Paul Nakasone, “lost confidence” in his “ability to continue to perform his duties,” a command spokesperson said. It was ultimately recommended Reid be reassigned.
[JustTheNews] Whistleblower says "all ranks" of New Mexico-based squadron visibly wear "Bad Dragon" paraphernalia, address each other as "Bad Dragons," and senior leaders ignored complaints that it worsens sexual harassment climate.
The Air Force Special Operations Command is investigating allegations brought to its attention by Just the News that "all ranks" of a drone-flying squadron at New Mexico's Cannon Air Force Base visibly wear merchandise bearing the logo from a sex toy company while in uniform, Lt. Col. Becky Heyse said in a written statement Thursday afternoon.
"Fantasy-themed" Bad Dragon sex toys are reportedly popular with the "furry" kink community, and the company's non-sexually explicit merchandise is also popular across the 3rd Special Operations Squadron (SOS), historically known as the "Dragons," a whistleblower claims.
Attorney R. Davis Younts, who has represented several service members in COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenges, shared the whistleblower's written statements and corroborating communications and photos with Just the News Wednesday night.
The whistleblower described months of pleas to senior leadership to crack down on members wearing the merch and addressing each other as "Bad Dragons," saying it promotes a culture of sexual harassment as reflected by the squadron's poor results on a recent climate survey.
Two commanders have allegedly tolerated the double entendre since it started two years ago. Lt. Col. Allison Hardwick, the former, was "seen and heard participating" in a "squadron toast" where one member shouts "to the 3rd!" and the others respond "Bad Dragon!"
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....My Beloved Service is VERY touchy these days about any esprit du corps activities or traditions that are anything less than politically approved and G rated.
On the other hand, I remember in the early 90s when the legendary 17th Fighter Squadron 'Snow Owls' stood down. They were never called that except in official documents - their nickname was 'Hooters', and a unit/aircraft retirement ceremony is called an 'Out', i.e.; 'Phantom Out', 'Thud Out', etc.
Since this is a family 'Burg, I will let our Dear Readers deduce what the ceremony was called.
[NYPOST] Andrew Cox, who heads the Space Warfighting Analysis Center, got a letter of reprimand and lost bonus pay, as well as a shot at a federal award, after an internal probe into numerous complaints — including one worker’s claim that when Cox isn’t focused on work, “[he] is … acting like a 13-year-old boy,” the Air Force Times reported.
The Air Force inspector general’s office launched an investigation in late 2020 that lasted six months and backed up multiple allegations of unprofessional and off-putting antics, according to the outlet.
The Air Force Times said it got a redacted copy of the IG report Wednesday.
According to the report, during a 2018 office holiday party, Cox wore a green mankini — a skimpy bathing suit popularized by the 2006 movie "Borat" — over his clothes in front of colleagues and their families."
In 2017, when Cox got a gag gift of an aluminum case — with handcuffs, Vaseline, oils, sex toys and lockable "hot pants" inside — it stayed in his office, the Air Force Times reported. More interesting to me is who (and how they were assigned the task), assembled the party pak.
Gotta' admit...the NY Post knows how to write a (slightly misleading but funny) headline! The Feather Merchant was appointed under the BHO admin. Bio here - I think I know who wrote it.
[FoxNews] The San Francisco Police Department is warning the city could see a loss of 300 officers by the end of December, resulting in the department being short over 800 officers heading into 2023.
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In the Bay Area, police officers have a selection of various leftist dumpster fires to custodian. I would probably choose Richmond over San Fransisco, Berkeley or Oakland. Less poop, milder communism, and a shorter commute back to Antioch or Vallejo. If the money is comparable, no need to participate in protest patrol or hammer time at the Pelosi house.
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Fewer police are needed after a city has been hollowed out.
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After our ships had collisions near their waters repeatedly, their confidence in our ability to rule the seas on the behalf probably sunk to an all time low.
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[Reuters via Free Beacon] NEW YORK (Reuters)—Goldman Sachs Group Inc is planning to cut a couple of thousand employees to navigate a difficult economic environment, a source familiar with the move said.
The Wall Street bank had 49,100 employees at the end of the third quarter this year, after adding significant numbers of staff during the pandemic. Headcount will remain above pre-pandemic levels, which stood at 38,300 at the end of 2019, the source said.
News platform Semafor earlier reported on Friday that Goldman Sachs Group will lay off up to 4,000 people as the Wall Street bank struggles to meet profitability targets, citing people familiar with the matter. Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
(Reporting by Saeed Azhar and Lananh Nguyen; additional reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
[Breitbart] Four major U.S. defense contractors sponsored a Washington, D.C., party for the 31st anniversary of the Ukrainian armed forces as they stand to gain billions from the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a report.
Vox reported Saturday that the celebration, hosted by the Ukrainian Embassy last week, took place in downtown D.C. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, located less than a mile from the White House, and that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was in attendance.
The invitation said the event was "supported by" Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney, and Lockheed Martin — their logos emblazoned on the invite, reportedly prompting some observers to "laugh out loud."
"It’s really bizarre to me that they would put that on an invitation," a think-tank expert told Vox’s Jonathan Guyer. An academic also told Guyer, "The fact that they don’t feel sheepish about it, that’s interesting."
"The explicit sponsorship indicates how intimate major military contractors have become with Ukraine, and how much they stand to gain from the war," Guyer wrote, adding:
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Not surprising. They have been doing this for decades. Business they drum up at these usually aren't taxpayer funded as they are targeting foreign buyers.
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Ukrainian Tail Hook sponsored by the US tax payer and anyone who owned any dollar bills that used to be more valuable with a special appearance from Shaggy in leg irons who wants you to vote Democrat.
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[C4ISRnet] The Air Force shows off its Red Dragon missile delivery system, meant to turn cargo planes into bombers, and three new military documentaries hit the airwaves.
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...This is, to use a badly over-used term, a game changer. Leading Corporal Wu, looking at his radar screen in the South China Sea, is going to have to assume every single blip is an inbound strike of some kind.
[TheDrive] Anduril Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of defense technology company Anduril Industries, is showing off the testbed it will use to develop the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) future extra-large drone submarine. The upcoming unmanned underwater vehicle, or UUV, which will succeed this testbed, was officially named Ghost Shark during a ceremony on Monday as a nod to the Royal Australian Air Force’s Ghost Bat drone designed by Boeing Australia, and the likelihood of arming Ghost Shark sometime down the line is already being discussed.
Ghost Shark will be developed under a partnership between Anduril Australia, the RAN, and the Defense Science and Technology Group (DSTG). Commercial negotiations for the co-funded design began in May of this year, and the group effort will support Australia’s overarching Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV) program, which seeks to rapidly produce an affordable, autonomous, long-endurance drone that can be tailored for a variety of military and non-military missions.
The finalized deal is now valued at about $100 million, and three total XL-AUVs are currently under contract with the RAN to be delivered over the next three years. The customizable testbed displayed on Monday is dubbed ‘Dive-LD’, or Dive-Large Displacement, and was gained by Anduril when it acquired UUV manufacturer Dive Technologies this February. Anduril will leverage Dive-LD as a jumping-off point as it continues fleshing out the future Ghost Shark.
During the Monday ceremony, RAN Rear Adm. Peter Quinn explained that Dive-LD will be used for the experimentation, testing, and validation of potential capabilities to better define what will be Ghost Shark’s concepts of operations and mission set. Each of the three planned prototypes will be iterative, meaning that the systems will vary in respective capabilities and will evolve progressively.
Submarines in general are a major aspect of military activity in the Indo-Pacific region as tensions with China continue to rise, and will only become more so in the coming years. In terms of Australia specifically, the nation is slated to receive a brand new fleet of at least eight nuclear-capable attack submarines to bolster its maritime presence in the region.
[10News] Cool pic
A Thai navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and ships and helicopters were working Monday to rescue sailors from the water.
As of midmorning, 75 sailors had been rescued and 31 were still in the water, the navy said.
Strong winds blew seawater onto the HTMS Sukhothai corvette and knocked out its electrical system Sunday evening. The Royal Thai Navy dispatched three frigates and two helicopters with mobile pumping machines to try to assist the disabled ship by removing the seawater but it couldn't do so because of the strong winds.
The loss of power allowed more seawater to flow into the vessel, causing it to list and sink.
It occurred while the warship was on patrol at sea 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the pier at Bangsaphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
While northern and central Thailand are seeing their coldest temperatures of the year, far southern Thailand has been experiencing storms and flooding in recent days. Ships were warned to stay ashore.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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[Breitbart] Four major U.S. defense contractors sponsored a Washington, D.C., party for the 31st anniversary of the Ukrainian armed forces as they stand to gain billions from the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a report.
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