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Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression

Posted by on Aug 1, 2017 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression

Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT   JULY 31, 2017 A Russian tank exercise     CreditPool photo by Alexey Druginyn   WASHINGTON — Russia is preparing to send as many as 100,000 troops to the eastern edge of NATO territory at the end of the summer, one of the biggest steps yet in the military buildup undertaken by President Vladimir V. Putin and an exercise in intimidation that recalls the most ominous days of the Cold War. The troops are conducting military maneuvers known as Zapad, Russian for...

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Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise

Posted by on Apr 23, 2016 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise

Navy brat Alex Knox was Jack’s good friend from their Atlantic Ocean crossing on the USS Upshur. And as one of Jack’s best sources of intel on submarines, Alex surely would have picked up on this article about the Russians building up their submarine fleet. Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise New York Times By ERIC SCHMITT    APRIL 20, 2016   Adm. Mark Ferguson, the United States Navy’s top commander in Europe, said last fall that the intensity of Russian submarine patrols had risen by almost 50 percent over the past year, citing public...

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US Military Evacuate Civilians And Dependants From Turkey

Posted by on Apr 11, 2016 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

US Military Evacuate Civilians And Dependants From Turkey

Jack McMasters’s brat radar would have activated. In fact every brat across the globe would have gotten the word all military brats were being evacuated from southern Turkey. Jack and Queenie lived too long with the threat of being evacuated from harms way, not to pick up on this article. US Military Evacuate Civilians And Dependants From Turkey Posted on March 30, 2016 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in News, US   The U.S. government have ordered an immediate evacuation of families of U.S. diplomats and military personnel in Turkey, following intelligence that suggests ISIS might attack...

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Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83

Surely Jack McMasters would have read about General Frank E. Peterson. He would have because Petersen became the first black general in the Marine corp. And because Lt. Col. Jones, the father of Jack’s good friend Jayla Jones, had a very similar career and life experience to General Peterson.   Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83 By SAM ROBERTS AUG. 26, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/us/frank-e-petersen-first-black-general-in-marines-dies-at-83.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Frank E. Petersen of the Marine Corps with an F-4...

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5 Reasons War in Ukraine Should Worry You

Posted by on Jul 26, 2015 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

5 Reasons War in Ukraine Should Worry You

Do you really think Jack wouldn’t have noticed that Russia begin war games the other day on the Ukrainian border, involving three Russian armies, 150,000 troops, 200 combat aircraft and helicopters, and more than 2,000 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other pieces of “military hardware. Doesn’t look like things have changed that much since Jack was in Germany in the late 1050’s. Speaking of games, first person online are now trending. Even though LeoVegas went on somewhat of an acquisition spree at the end of 2017, it was a quick return over investment. 5 Reasons War in...

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Operation Saber Strike

Posted by on Jul 26, 2015 in Current News Jack McMasters would have picked up on

Operation Saber Strike

Just like this content, 4th Armored Division used to prepare for a Russian invasion up on the Iron Curtain at Grafenwöhr, today’s U.S. Army is helping our Latvian allies be ready in the event of a Russian invasion. Surely Jack McMasters would have noticed this article about Operation Saber Strike:   NATO Refocuses on Kremlin, Its Original Foe New York Times JUNE 23, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/world/europe/nato-returns-its-attention-to-an-old-foe-russia.html?emc=eta1   Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times     CAMP ADAZI, Latvia —...

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