Wendi (雯迪) Cao (曹)’s Post

This is the story of how a military unit of Puerto Ricans overcame the expectations that others had of them. Today's post is 421 words and a 2-3 minute read.

Important discussion today in the EU Military Committee with Chair PSC on current security challenges and how to jointly tackle them.

In real terms, military spending by states in Central and Western Europe was higher in 2023 than at the end of the Cold War, according to SIPRI. #MilitarySpending #SIPRI #EuropeanSecurity #DefenceBudget

Mythbusters: Breaking Down 10 MYTHS OF MILITARY SERVICE - Much of what the military does is shrouded in myth, little of which is based on fact. https://lnkd.in/gU4_vgfY

This mapping of the areas currently controlled by various revolutionary armed forces in #Myanmar shows us that half of the country is no longer under military junta control. #whatishappeninginmyanmar

This is very interesting News, since 2021, The British Military have brought out 27,000 Military Personnel and have housed them on Military bases around the country before being rehomed. When scenes such as Stockport; become a daily occurrence because the majority voted Brexit, and 8 years later we are still tied to the ECHR, and hundreds of thousands are every year by boat and plane, this is in our lifetimes the beginning of the end for life for which we once newest! by the year 2150, there will be 3 to 5 million ethnic converted Muslims formally Anglo-Saxons as where is there to hind in Great Britain, without being found! https://lnkd.in/gJpSKNhu

While the severity of armed conflicts are increasing again after decades of decline and in which countries around the world are ramping up their military spending, there’s one resource nearly all major militaries seem to be short of: people to actually fight those wars.

A disheartening read but unfortunately one that rings true with personal experience. Where to start? Woeful retention, second rate recruitment or financial mismanagement at treasury level? More likely the three factors have combined to produce the weakened Royal Navy that we see today. Whilst the losses of HMS Argyll and Westminster are somewhat justified given their age, mothballing both LPDs criminally limits the amphibious abilities of the Future Commando Force. What all of these failings bring to light is that MOD and key stakeholders are failing to understand the importance of sea power as part of national strategy. A rapid re-assessment of defence strategy is required going forward - one that consults history - in order to ensure that Britain’s Royal Navy is well resourced, maintained and ultimately, understood.