300 US troops headed to Middle East amid Israel-Hamas war
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300 US troops headed to Middle East amid Israel-Hamas war
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/10/31/300-us-troops-headed-to-middle-east-amid-israel-hamas-war
These 90 Army posts have contaminated drinking water
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/09/11/these-90-army-posts-have-contaminated-drinking-water
Exposure to the chemicals ― found in firefighting foam used not only in vehicle or aircraft incidents on military bases, but in numerous training drills over decades ― has been linked to #cancer and other health issues.
Though the Army is following #EPA regulations, according to the EWG, their 70 ppt guideline is “70 times higher than the 1 ppt safe level found by some independent studies and endorsed by EWG,” according to the organization’s release. “Some states have set limits ranging from 11 ppt to 20 ppt.”
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“ The Pentagon has cited EPA’s failure to designate PFAS as ‘hazardous substances’ under the federal Superfund law as one reason for its refusal to clean up #PFAS contamination,” according to the release.
#Substances_alkylées_per_et_polyfluorées #forever_chemicals #eau #Agences_de_dérégulation #pentagone #toxiques #santé #carcinogènes #états-unis
#leadership
The US military’s logistical train is slowly snaking toward China
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/05/08/the-us-militarys-logistical-train-is-slowly-snaking-toward-china
Il faut imaginer la marine chinoise se baladant dans le Golfe de l’Alaska...
"The Marine Corps’ natural environment is the Asia-Pacific region , and I think we’re uniquely capable of operating effectively [there],” she added.
The Corps is posturing to act as the inside force of the region, as it practices littoral operations in contested environments and expeditionary base operations from deep in the Pacific.
“We’re today engaged in aggressive war gaming, training and exercises to test out and refine these concepts,” Von Eckartsberg said. “We’re going to hug the enemy and we’re going to be there first, operate at this level below armed conflict.”
Sauf que le moindre recoin de la planète est l’"#environnement_naturel" des #Etats-Unis.
DoD: At least 126 bases report water contaminants linked to #cancer, birth defects
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/26/dod-126-bases-report-water-contaminants-harmful-to-infant-development
The foam used to put out aircraft fires has been tied to cancers and childhood development issues, and the military is working on developing a replacement.
#eau #APFO #PFOA #etats-unis
Mattis on aviation accidents: ‘We cannot repair our way out’
▻https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/12/mattis-on-aviation-accidents-we-cannot-repair-our-way-out
In congressional testimony partly driven by Military Times’ recent investigation into a 40 percent rise in aviation accidents, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Congress that the deep cuts to pilot hours and lack of ready aircraft that are partly to blame will not find a quick fix.
“ We cannot repair our way out of the situation we are in, ” Mattis told members of the House Armed Services Committee Thursday.
“ We’re actually going to have to buy, in some cases, the capabilities we have simply worn out and had to set aside and can’t even be repaired, whether it be aircraft where squadrons do not have enough, or it be ships that cannot go back to sea on time, because when we open them up, long overdue for their maintenance period, we find things wrong inside that lengthen their time in the shipyard. ”