Bearstronaut

Pretty enlightening thread. I share the Ranger trainers shock that these Ukrainian soldiers don't use maps and roll around using cellphones and Chinese-made tablets. If they are able to do so then perhaps Russian EW isn't as good as expected. Still, they should be able to navigate using a map so they can get around when their high tech GNSS gear is jammed. Looks like that training was useful at least. Also, I got a pretty big laugh at this guy complaining about showing up at 0600 for a 0900 range time. Classic US Army right there.

He never should have had any credibility post-2004 after he strongly and repeatedly argued that the US could invade and secure Iraq with a force of 50,000.

How does this help Ukraine win the war? That is their only concern right now.

They are mining their own country. Obviously they will try to demine the countryside after the war ends.

Yes we do. It's quite obvious from where the major attacks are that the Ukrainian goal is to reach the Sea of Azov and cut Russian GLOCs to Crimea.

It's wild because pretty much everybody is saying "maybe this isn't such a good idea" and AI developers are like "Ima do it anyways."

I honestly don’t think this detente can last for very long. Prigozhin has to know he’s a dead man sooner or later.

I lean heavily towards it being a real break. There is no reason for Russia to project this sort of instability while they are fighting off Ukraine's biggest offensive of the war. As for not seeing the violence, stuff happening right now mostly won't be posted online for another 12 hours.

It's entirely possible that the strikes on Wagner camps are false but that a coup attempt by Prigozhin is nevertheless underway.

He's not the only one who would be going. I'm a NCO in a EUCOM-aligned Reserve unit. Additionally, my little sister is a Reserve officer currently deployed in Poland.

The Ukrainians seem pretty darn sure that Russia is planning to do some nefarious s*** at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Tulsi Gabbard EDIT: I mean Lt. Col Tulsi Gabbard, USAR

Ukrainian strategy seems more reminiscent of the "bite and hold" strategy used by the Entente in the latter half of WW1 than it does of the sweeping armored maneuvers of WW2.

I mean I agree with you. I’m just pointing out to that he did in fact serve as a SEAL officer. I’m an intelligence professional myself so it irks me when people say “oh I was an infantry officer in the Cold War so let me tell you about your job.”

He was a SEAL officer back the 80s who got out as an O3 and then became a screenwriter. A somewhat successful screenwriter it seems.

So many MRAPs that my alma mater's police department has one.

I'm sure he'd have no problem convincing the Poles at the very least.

Clare Daly is an Irish member of the European parliament who is pretty much a tankie.

Fair enough. Makes sense to me.

Wouldn't this be the second largest combat operation in Europe since WW2? The first being the Russian invasion of February 2022.

That Russian officer the Wagnerites detained and tortured is claiming that Wagner leaked the location of a prominent Chechen to Ukraine who was subsequently hit with arty.

You are reacting to fragmentary reports of relatively minor losses. Did you seriously expect the ZSU to break through a prepared defense belt in all locations without losses in a day or so? If ZSU units are still struggling in the first line of fortifications this time next week I would start to get worried but for now just chill and realize you aren't seeing the full picture.

Mike Flynn

Well, good on you man. I appreciate the hard work and eagerly await the full release of your battle pack.

Have you talked to Steve about getting this sold at the BF store? That's a lot of work on your part and I'd happily pay ten or fifteen bucks for this battlepack.