U.S. Military Bases in Europe Placed on Heightened Security Alert
Several U.S. military bases in European countries such as Germany and Italy were placed on an increased security alert over the weekend.
Several U.S. military bases in European countries such as Germany and Italy were placed on an increased security alert over the weekend.
U.S. Fleet Forces Command Commander Admiral Daryl Caudle stated that attempted penetrations of military bases by foreign nationals “is happening more and more. This is something we see probably two or three times a week, where we’re stopping these folks at the gate.”
U.S. and Philippine pilots launched a joint training exercise called Cope Thunder on Monday, flying together for the first time in over 30 years as a Cold War-era bilateral fighter training program was renewed in the face of Chinese aggression.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee, will not say if he is against allowing “drag queen story hour” for children on military bases after reports one was hosted at an air force base in his state.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will be reducing the number of French troops stationed in Africa while turning military bases into “academies”.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) stated that there is a threat from China “using various front organizations,” buying up land around military bases and having the ability “to gather information that
Philippine Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez announced on Thursday that American forces will be granted more extensive access to Philippine military bases, adding four sites to the five already available to the U.S. for training, equipment storage, and infrastructure upgrades.
China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday mocked a CNN report that said the FBI is concerned about equipment from Chinese telecom giant Huawei installed on cell towers near American military bases. “How scary is this!” the Chinese paper sarcastically exclaimed.
The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that military families are also seeing shortages of baby formula in groceries stores on military bases.
The office of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stated on Friday that the archipelago’s new security treaty with China will not allow the Chinese to build a military base.
Newly arrived Afghans, brought to the United States by President Joe Biden, are now delivering children at U.S. military bases where they are being temporarily housed, CNN reports.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been silent as a measles case reportedly broke out at Fort McCoy where thousands of Afghans are living as part of President Joe Biden’s massive resettlement operation.
President Joe Biden’s administration is readying a plan to house about 50,000 Afghans across five states by effectively turning United States military bases into temporary refugee camps.
The government of Japan completed an investigation Thursday that found a disturbing number of Chinese-funded land purchases near Japanese defense facilities, including the Japanese Self-Defense Force (SDF), coast guard, and space research laboratories, as well as bases used by the American military.
The Pacific nation of Palau urged the U.S. this week to build military bases on its island territory amid growing Chinese influence in the western Pacific region.
Trump tweeted Friday morning that Inhofe (R-OK) “will not” be changing the names of military bases named after Confederate generals.
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said in an interview on Friday the provision that would rename military bases named after Confederate generals will not “survive.”
Friday at a round table discussion with Black community leaders at Creative Visions in Des Moines, IA, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said she supported renaming military bases that honor Confederate generals even though Republican voter’s in her home state are giving her “crap.”
An active shooter alert was issued Tuesday morning at the 29 Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) believes Congress, not woke mobs, should address the controversy over Confederate symbols in the United States.
The House Armed Services Committee passed a defense bill that requires the Pentagon strip Confederate names from military bases.
The Pentagon has identified 11 military bases as potential quarantine centers for Americans suffering from the coronavirus, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Tuesday.
The Defense Department announced on Wednesday it has banned the sale of smartphones made by the Chinese corporations Huawei and ZTE on U.S. military bases, describing them as an “unacceptable risk to the Department’s personnel, information, and mission.”
RAF personnel at a base in Norfolk have been warned not to wear their uniform in public or travel on foot unaccompanied after one of their number narrowly avoided being kidnapped at knife-point, raising fears of a Lee Rigby style terrorist attack.
Republican lawmakers want to block the Obama administration from housing illegal immigrant minors on military bases across the U.S.
As concerns mount about a renewed surge of illegal immigration, the Obama administration is considering housing unaccompanied minors detained illegally entering the U.S.-Mexico border at military bases throughout the U.S.
U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn of the Seventh Congressional District of Tennessee, joined Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon Saturday for an exclusive radio interview at the South Carolina Freedom Summit. The two honed in on the war on radical Islamic terrorists and critical national security issues facing the U.S. following the Texas terror attack and the military’s heightened threat level.
CNN is reporting that U.S. military bases raised their threat alert levels on Thursday night in response to increased activity on the part of the Islamic State, and on a message released Wednesday by the jihadist group claiming that they have 71 “trained” jihadists prepared to attack within the United States.