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    RNZAF officer as RAAF Deputy Air Commander Australia

    https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2025-01-14/closer-ties-across-tasman?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2s6fgbW6nlajg5badjjEa0r9MqGSWae6Dlfw4oC_I1AVGx0hz8mCMjV6Y_aem_UABT3UD_mZhUWkGvwge_Xg Deputy Air Commander Australia (equiv to the deputy to Comd 1 CAD) is now a standing RNZAF position in...
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    LPC leadership race - 2025

    Splitting this off pre-emptively since Mark Carney’s interview with Jon Stewart seems to me to be a soft launch bid for his candidacy: But did he laugh weird? :ROFLMAO:
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    Special Service Medal - DISTANTIA Bar

    A bit more context from the Canada Gazette about the DISTANTIA Bar to the SSM: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2024/12/new-recognition-remote-warfare-announced.html
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    Beards in the Air Force and Space Force will be debated in Congress

    https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/beards-air-force-congress/? Can’t wait for the social media comments.
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    French government collapses after non-confidence vote

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxz934p56qo
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    For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce

    Damn. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/food-hard-find-fort-carson-base-struggles-feeding-soldiers.html
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    2 arrested during Greenpeace protest outside Stornoway residence in Ottawa

    https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/2-arrested-during-greenpeace-protest-outside-stornoway-residence-in-ottawa-1.7118372 Missed this one from a few days ago.
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    Navy to replace official Heart of Oak march with ‘more inclusive’ music

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-navy-to-replace-official-heart-of-oak-march-with-more-inclusive-music/ For context, the RCN is not the first British Commonwealth navy to replace Heart of Oak as their naval march. The Royal Australian Navy replaced it years ago with “The Royal...
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    Conservatives claim Liberals want Canadians to 'eat bugs' as cricket plant reduces workforce

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-accuse-liberals-wanting-canadians-eat-bugs-london-factory-1.73850 I don’t even know where to post this because it is just so out there.
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    Former B.C. premier John Horgan dies following battle with cancer

    https://globalnews.ca/news/10865455/former-bc-premier-john-horgan-dies-cancer/
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    Trump administration 2024-2028

    Since the election is over, this is probably a better thread to discuss topics related to the 2nd Trump presidency. First, Peter Zeihan “happened” to release this now but I think it was recorded prior to the election. This is his take on the effects of the US undocumented migrants on the...
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    Germany’s governing coalition collapses

    https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-governing-coalition-collapses/live-70692143 Expecting elections in March.
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    Star Citizen - Squadron 42

    I know very little about this game other than it’s been in dev for over a dozen years and that it has a lot of celebrity voice actors and faces, but the “recruiting video” for a game is far better than most allied military ones I’ve seen in real life. Definitely don’t need to watch the entire...
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    MARSOC Ditching MultiCam and Going Back to MARPAT and OD 782 Gear

    https://soldiersystems.net/2024/10/12/marsoc-ditching-multicam-and-going-back-to-marpat-and-od-782-gear/ Once again, branding and culture take precedence above economies of scale.
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    Trump says he’ll set up an anti-woke task force in US military to monitor generals

    Since this is more about the US military than Trump (although he does obviously feature prominently): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-woke-dei-military-taskforce-b2624235.html Also, an interesting comment below about the immigrant experience in the US military.
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    Ta-Nehisi Coates - “The Message” and Understanding the Humiliation of Oppression

    Jon Stewart interviews Ta-Nehisi Coates on his latest book.
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    Poverty in Argentina soars to over 50% as Milei’s austerity measures hit hard

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/poverty-rate-argentina-milei Well that’s not good.
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    The Space Force issued thousands of smartwatches to replace PT tests. Here’s how it’s going.

    https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/09/space-force-issued-thousands-smartwatches-replace-pt-tests/399762/?oref=d1-homepage-river Halfway through a 2-year trial on having smartwatches instead of PT tests for the Space Force.
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    James Earl Jones: 17 Jan 1931 - 09 Sep 2024

    https://deadline.com/2024/09/james-earl-jones-dead-1236082801/ RIP to one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood.
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    AB Premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals from AHS

    https://www.airdriecityview.com/local-news/alberta-premier-reveals-plans-to-transfer-hospitals-away-from-ahs-9387543 I’m sure this privatization thing will go swimmingly.
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