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Iran’s leadership is admitting what the world can now see: the pressure is working.

President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged Iran’s economic shortages, saying, “The war must come to an end at some point.”

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker, was even more… pic.twitter.com/IEopNO1cT8

— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) August 25, 2026 IF! IF we have the most powerful military on the face of this planet then why can't we close the deal against technologically inferior nation states? Iraq and Afghanistan were both painful slogs without a satisfactory outcome. Before that you could say the same for Vietnam and maybe even Korea. Now we're faced with Iran and it ain't looking rosey folks.
IF!  IF the issue isn't with the troops or the gear then it swings toward leadership.
IF!  IF its a leadership issue then you have to ask if its civilian or military leadership that is the problem.
Looking at Iraq & Afghanistan I come down solidly on the side of a failure of civilian leadership of BOTH parties.  IMO Bush Jr was a fucking idiot.  Obama didn't cover himself in glory.  Trump didn't shine either.  Biden?  Biden was a fucking disgrace who lost his damn mind midway thru his term and his "camp followers" were even more pathetic.
But we don't know what advice they were given by our military leadership either so maybe they aren't as bad as I'm thinking.
Either way we have a serious problem.
We like to think that as jacked up as the federal govt is, at least the DOW is semi-capable.
I'm not so sure it is.
Now we have an apparent changing of the guard.  Instead of a war being won by the DOW while being supported by the rest of govt, it seems that the Treasury Dept has taken the lead while the Services attempt to reset while engaging....if you can call an extended ceasefire as engaging.

 

 

According to this family member from a deployed sailor on the Abe, her son “didn’t sign up to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean.”

WTF are we teaching these kids? His job is precisely that…boats in the ocean.

It’s not just a job or educational benefits, it’s a frikking… pic.twitter.com/q3u3Wn6Tbl

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 21, 2026 Ya know what I find funny? No other ship in that carrier strike group is having these issues (or reporting them). That makes me think it might be a "command thing". Haven't heard a peep from the MEU's either. A little sauce for the goose?
Notable Long Deployments     USS Midway (1972–1973): 332 days (All-time aircraft carrier record, Vietnam War)     USS Coral Sea (1964–1965): 329 days     USS Gerald R. Ford (2025–2026): 326 days (Longest post-Vietnam and longest nuclear-powered carrier deployment)     USS Nimitz (2020–2021): 321 uninterrupted days at sea during a COVID-19 pandemic sequestration deployment 

FNSS tarafından geliştirilen, İ-ZAHA Çok Maksatlı Modüler İnsansız Amfibi Araç, ZAHA kullanan deniz piyade birlikleriyle koordineli görev yapacak şekilde tasarlanmış; yeni nesil bir insansız öncü harekât unsurudur. İ-ZAHA’nın temel görevi, ZAHA’lardan önce düşman kıyı… pic.twitter.com/neEQZU4Col

— FNSS Savunma (@FNSS_Savunma) August 20, 2026

#NEWS: The @USArmy just awarded us a contract to deliver prototype K9 Mobile Howitzers for the Army’s new Mobile Tactical Cannon program.

We were born ready to be the Army’s long-term artillery modernization partner.

Read more: https://t.co/rTHK6xUs5A pic.twitter.com/Nbv8aJM8Dr

— Hanwha Defense USA (@HanwhaDefenseUS) August 18, 2026 Still don't understand the popularity of wheeled artillery. Only thing I can think of with the US Army is that they'll go to the Stryker Brigades (or whatever they're calling them), but the mystery for me is the Airborne/Air Assault/Light Infantry Divisions. Are they giving up their triple 7's and going with this? If so then they're gonna become heavier than even I imagined. Dispersion is all the rage but if the battlefield has indeed gone "hyper survelliance" and everyone will eventually be spotted then all terrain mobility becomes even more important. I don't see these vehicles as having high cross country mobility.

This robot beat the record of Usain Bolt, although had trouble stopping. pic.twitter.com/33D2ZPF06p

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) August 18, 2026 When they fully militarize these robots its gonna be hell for humans. Can you imagine a squad of robots vs a human squad. I guess we're gonna need to role out emp rifles for inorganic enemies and regular rifles for organics.

JUST IN: The 75th Ranger Regiment is rumored to be moving forward with the activation of a new 4th Ranger Battalion.

Initial personnel are expected to start reporting to the unit in September, and the battalion is projected to reach provisional status by next summer. pic.twitter.com/t2qzEwKJ0q

— Special Ops Magazine (@specialopsmag) August 19, 2026 This is weird to me. I could get a 4th Ranger Battalion during the war on terror, but now? Supposedly we're getting ready for Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). As much as SOCOM hates to admit it, I have seen nothing to indicate that Special Ops is vulnerable to conventional forces. Additionally they reducing (supposedly) the size of the infantry squad from 9 to 7 Soldiers to make this work. I just don't know. The only way this makes sense is if Rangers are planning on making runs at enemy command posts, nuke sites, etc...God bless these guys. Seems like someone in leadership might actually be planning on sending these guys on a raid into hell.

I never imagined that European colonialism was so barbaric, so contemptuous and shameful of all the teachings of Christianity that we are all descendants of Adam. pic.twitter.com/9O5h7Sp6PF

— Valhalla (@ELMObrokenWings) August 19, 2026

Pratt Miller showcase Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) optionally configured as 50mm XM913 at #GVSETS2026 source:https://t.co/BZwurkLEHBhttps://t.co/UQBBwkY6Ubhttps://t.co/RMMlPhIxQx https://t.co/mb0BslNlpN pic.twitter.com/qd4ZKEgh0I

— 笑脸男人 (@lfx160219) August 13, 2026 Tanks are gone. The Marine Corps has a huge firepower gap and I DO NOT BELIEVE that we will have enough loitering munitions to blunt an enemy attack (especially since HQMC is looking out to sea instead of fighting the land battle). With that being said if they can mount this on a EMAV then we should be able to mount it on the ACV. Buy more, consider it a fire support vehicle so it won't carry Marines into battle, if necessary don't worry about making this version of the ACV swim but get the GCE some in house fire support!

Thought this thing was already in service. Apparently I was wrong. Seems like the Chinese are big into evolutionary improvements when it comes to their ground forces while attempting revolutionary leaps when it comes to their aerospace forces. Story here.

Sorry boys (and girls). The entire article is behind a paywall but enough of it is readable that its worth your while. Got no time? They've tested it with JDAM-LR's. Story here.

Here is the part that changed.

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— Aria Westcott (@AriaWestcott) August 14, 2026

USS Tripoli update provided by Former chief White House press corespondent. Wonder how the 31st MEU is fairing
by u/newnoadeptness in USMC Well at least we don't hear US Marines bitching yet...but a bitching Marine is a happy Marine so....