#u.s troops

[lonestarbattleship]

"Three ships who have contributed much to the history of the sea are seen together at adjoining berths in the Hudson River at New York City, U.S.A., on Nov. 9, 1945. They are left to right: RMS Queen Mary, holder of the Blue Riband of the Atlantic; the USS MISSOURI (BB-63), on whose quarterdeck the Japanese surrender was signed and USS EUROPA (AP-177), former German luxury liner and onetime holder of the Atlantic record now being used as an American troopship."

Date: November 9, 1945

Shared by David Ho.

AP PHOTO: link

[tabney2023]

President Biden Announces Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal. Three-Phase Proposal for a Durable Peace in the Middle East. "This is the exact framework of the deal I proposed back in May," Biden said. "Secondly, it's America's support for Israel that helped them badly weaken Hamas and its backers and create the conditions for this deal. And thirdly, I knew this deal would have to be implemented by the next team. So I told my team to coordinate closely with the incoming team to make sure we're all speaking with the same voice, because that's what American presidents do." President Biden.

Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris: “Thanks to the leadership of President Joe Biden, a ceasefire and hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas. I thank the mediators—Emir al-Thani of Qatar and President el-Sisi of Egypt—and I am grateful for the work of U.S. officials whose diligent diplomacy allowed us to arrive at this significant moment.”

[gwydionmisha]

US military to send additional 1,500 troops to border

It is illegal for them to detain anyone or help in detention. Some of this is optics, but there is a real slippery slope feel to it. Since SCOTUS abolished rule of law and laws no longer constrain the president, I don't like or trust this.

After all Hegseth has promised to purge any generals with ethics and they confirmed him with Vance breaking the tie. Generals with ethics were what constrained Trump from turning the military loose on peaceful protesters last time he tried to do it.

I was always against raids and the general shittiness of our immigration/CBP militarized system even before I heard the story I'm going to tell here. This has haunted my since the early '90's when a prof told it to me.

So she and her husband are Native Americans, with four tribes between them. The tribes were all Northern plains ones. I can't remember which of them was Lakota, but they were enrolled members of different tribes. As indigenous to the United States as it's possible to be.

So they get jobs teaching down in L.A. and one day, the husband is taking a bus home and the bus gets raided and he has no proof of citizenship on him just normal ID, so they are going to deport him to Mexico even though he speaks no Spanish and his Ancestors have been here since they walked over the land bridge.

She had to rush home and dig through the moving boxes, trying to find all his documentation and she manages to rescue him and bring him home. It was terrifying. They didn't know that they could be deported for looking native to the country in which they and their ancestors had always lived. They started looking for jobs in the North right away.

I've been thinking about it multiple times a day all year. I assumed it would start happening in large amounts as soon as the "mass deportation" sweeps started, that they'd try to deport Native Americans and natural born citizens. Likely even on purpose as they were saying that was what they were going to do since at least the election.

Quakers sue to keep US immigration agents out of houses of worship

[paulinedorchester]

Hanukkah, 1945: In London, not all of the wartime visitors have gone home

From the West London Chronicle, December 7th, 1945:

Captain William B. Schwartz was born in Russia in 1896 and came to the U.S. ten years later. Like many another Reform rabbi of his generation, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati before receiving his ordination (in 1921) from Hebrew Union College. (The New West End Synagogue was, and remains, Orthodox, making this an example of how the war made everyone become more flexible in their religious practices.) Prior to his induction in 1943 he served Temple Israel, in Lawrence, N.Y. I've been unable to trace his activities after 1945, but I do know that a rabbi by the same name, born in 1896, died in 1959 and is buried in Helena, Arkansas.

(Images ©The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.)

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War Department General Order 143 ordering the creation of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, May 22, 1863. 

Approximately 178,000 Black men would serve in the Union Army. 

Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office

Series: Orders and Circulars

Transcription: 

GENERAL ORDERS, 

No. 143 

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WAR DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 

Washington, May 22, 1863. 

I.. A Bureau is established in the Adjutant General’s Office for the record of all matters relating to the organization of Colored Troops. An officer will be assigned to the charge of the Bureau, with such number of clerks as may be designated by the Adjutant General. 

II.. Three of more field officers will be detailed as Inspectors to supervise the organization of colored troops at such points as may be indicated by the War Department in the Northern and Western States. 

III.. Boards will be convened at such posts as may be decided upon by the War Department to examine applicants for commissions to command colored troops, who, on application to the Adjutant General, may receive authority to present themselves to the board for examination. 

IV.. No persons shall be allowed to recruit for colored troops except specially authorized by the War Department; and no such authority will be given to persons who have not been examined and passed by a board; nor will such authority be given any one person to raise more than one regiment. 

V.. The reports of Boards will specify the grade of commission for which each candidate is fit, and authority to recruit will be given in accordance. Commissions will be issued from the Adjutant General’s Office when the prescribed number of men is ready for muster into service. 

VI.. Colored troops may be accepted by companies, to be afterwards consolidated in battalions and regiments by the Adjutant General. The regiments will be numbered [italic] seriatim [end italic], in the order in which they are raised, the numbers to be determined by the Adjutant General. They will be designated: “__ Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops.” 

VII. Recruiting stations and depôts will be established by the Adjutant General as circumstances shall require, and officers will be detailed to muster and inspect the troops. 

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VIII.. The non-commissioned officers of colored troops may be selected and appointed from the best men of their number in the usual mode of appointing non-commissioned officers. Meritorious commissioned officers will be entitled to promotion to higher rank if they prove themselves equal to it. 

IX.. All personal applications for appointments in colored regiments, or for information concerning them, must be made to Chief of the Bureau; all written communications should be addressed to the Chief of the Bureau, to the care of the Adjutant General. 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 

E.D. TOWNSEND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

[secondworldwarremembrancedays]

Remember the D-Day invasion: June 1944.

The largest amphibious operation in history involved more than 5,000 ships landing Allied troops on a heavily-defended 50-mile stretch of Normandy coastline, while thousands more took part in an airborne assault.

A major deception operation fooled the Germans into thinking that the landings were a feint, and resistance was light at four out of five landing sites. On the fifth, Omaha Beach, U.S. forces came under heavy fire and 2,000 died as they fought to break out of the beachhead. The Germans failed to organize rapidly to meet the threat. Within a week, the Allies had landed more than 300,000 troops in Normandy.

[firstoccupier]

Grounded Diplomacy: Mexico Grounds U.S. Deportation Dreamliner

In an unexpected diplomatic hiccup, Mexico temporarily blocked a U.S. military plane from landing, complicating the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to deport immigrants to the country, as reported by NBC News. While two Air Force C-17s managed to transport 160 deportees towards Guatemala, the planned flight to Mexico was grounded. The reason behind Mexico’s decision remains unclear,…

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The Biden administration is pushing Ukraine to lower its conscription age to 18, urging the country to dramatically expand its military ranks to combat the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. With the war nearing its third year, Ukraine faces a serious manpower shortage despite significant U.S. military aid. In this video, we explore the latest developments as the U.S. and European allies press Ukraine to increase its troop numbers. Will lowering the draft age be enough to turn the tide against Russia? Join us as we break down the implications of this significant shift in Ukraine’s military strategy. Stay informed on the latest updates and subscribe for more insights on the Russia-Ukraine war.

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100 U.S. TROOPS TO GO TO ISRAEL TO OPERATE THAAD SYSTEM

In response to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, the U.S. is deploying about 100 troops to Israel to operate a sophisticated anti-missile defense system. The system is designed to protect Israel from missile threats, particularly from Iran and Iran-backed groups like Hezbollah, which have ramped up activities in the region. This move highlights the deep security partnership between the…

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American Journal Pentagon Sends MORE U.S. Troops To Middle East As Israel Declares ‘State Of Emergency’ & Strikes Lebanon

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Stealing a Heavyweight Champions Girlfriend & a Party with "Ol' Blue Eyes!"

[lonestarbattleship]

USS LEVIATHAN (ID-1326) arrives with 8,000 U.S. troops, as she pulled into her dock at New York City. She was the largest transport in American service at the time.

Photographed by Kadel & Herbert on February 8, 1919

NARA: 26433439

[paulinedorchester]

Hanukkah 1945: News from Belgium

Above, from the Indiana Jewish Post, December 7th, 1945. A week later, The American Jewish World (Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota), offered one soldier's personal view:

[ourladyoftheflytrap]

Propaganda runs so deep people will see each other stripped naked and forced into unsanitary prison spaces and be like "they deserve this because they believe in something I dont"😶

[sayruq]

Biden will direct the U.S. military to undertake the mission alongside allies and humanitarian partners, a senior administration official said. The project will take “a number of weeks to plan and execute” and will involve forces already in the region or that will be there soon. Senior administration officials said the project will not require any U.S. boots on the ground in Gaza. Instead, the plan involves U.S. personnel on military vessels offshore who will not be required to go ashore to install the port. Initial shipments of supplies would come via Cyprus, enabled by the U.S. military and partners. Officials said the U.S. would work with the United Nations and other humanitarian partners to distribute aid across Gaza once it reaches the port.

There are thousands of aid trucks sitting at the Egyptian border that could be allowed in instead of this ridiculous convoluted plan which means

This is an excuse to officially send in US troops into Gaza where they will help the IDF continue their genocide in the name of aiding Palestinians

"The project will take “a number of weeks to plan and execute”" meaning there is no intention of ending the genocide any time soon

The last part is most important and the one that should scare us the most given the already horrific conditions of Northern Gaza