The Naval Review

Here's how democracy and the rule of law can be restored quickly and peacefully to the United States: Article III Section 3 of the United States Constitution defines TREASON as adhering to the enemy or giving them aid and comfort. The current administration has ordered to stop the U.S. cyber offensive against Russia. It has halted both military aid and satellite imagery intelligence for Ukraine, putting in danger not just the Ukrainian people, but also ALL of our allies in Europe. It is threatening to revoke the asylum status of Ukrainian refugees in the United States, lining them up for deportation. At the Oval Office, millions witnessed on the news how the present administration disrespectfully berated Ukraine's war-hero president. And at the United Nations, the present administration clearly aligned itself with communist Russia. All of that is more than adequate evidence as grounds for Treason. Article III Section 3 of the United States Constitution specifies that ONLY TWO witnesses are required. The best of whom would be all four living former U.S. presidents - Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton. Generals Mark Milley himself and Charles Q. Brown Jr., who are both former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, as well as the Judge Advocate General officers who were unjustly removed from office, could also serve as alternate witnesses. These respected leaders, as witnesses, will have very broad support from the American people. The incumbent may try to order the U.S. military to quell protests, but inevitably, our servicemen and women will abide by their Oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution. Whoever leads the United States next can turn the tables on Russia. He or she can have Xi Jinping sign an agreement to leave Taiwan alone, respect borders of its PEACEFUL neighbors, and completely withdraw from the West Philippine Sea. In so doing China's trade and standing with the United States and the EU will be restored. But even after all that is achieved, America must immediately take steps to update its laws (e.g. forbid unidentified election contributions, remove influence of the executive from selecting supreme court justices, enforce balanced media exposure during elections, revamp or abolish the electoral college, conduct intensive background checks, etc.) to permanently prevent anyone who is unfit for the role (or is potentially a foreign agent), from serving. The United States should also force the revision of U.N. laws, to immediately expel and forbid trade with any member if it invades another country. Then one can expect Putin to be removed by Russians themselves. This is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. We don't abide by kings, tyrants, or wanna-be dictators. #treason #traitor #autocracy #oligarchy #usconstitution #usmilitary ('Fair Use' of images is for Educational Purposes.)

I've thought long and hard about this one, and this is my take on the fallout from the Coroner's inquiry into Gunner Jaysley Beck's tragic death. As an erstwhile Gender Advocate for the Royal Navy and UK Ministry of Defence, and an ally of the Naval Servicewomen's Network, I felt it right to articulate my thoughts. They won't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard me speak about such issues in recent years. Hopefully they are helpful. Alfie Usher Sarah Atherton Jude Terry Phil H. Francesca Crowsley - Allen Kim Wyche https://lnkd.in/euYd-WUz

I recommend this book as a useful primer for those engaged in making future predictions about global politics or geopolitical modelling. I sensed it charted the conceptual clash between cyclical history believers & those who see civilisation on more a linear progression, giving practical vignettes and stories, for the reader to decide where they sit on this philosophical question. Globalisation has bought some material benefits, but at the expense of cherished identities, unfair competition, & a lean towards authoritarianism over democracy & centralisation of power, contrary to the expectations of early globalists. Relevant to today, it charts how China's welcomed rise as world factory has soured, through systemic IP theft & strategic acquisitions, leading to the suspicion & fear driving today’s US foreign Policy & the misunderstanding of this between the US & Europeans, who in reality occupy different geopolitical orbits, though they sometimes struggle to discern this. Add to this mix - climate change, the disruption from automation & AI removing more jobs, & companies liabilities spanning multiple countries so allegiances are opaque, then protectionism through tariffs undermining fairness - & you have monumental challenges ahead. For the US, their response to this is the brutal preparatory policy reset now, for the war they see near inevitable [if they don’t act now], while Europeans go for a cautious incremental approach. This book effectively tackles these complex global issues by weaving personal stories of influential & ordinary individuals impacted by globalisation, via various key case studies, most notably Gazprom's Nord Stream story & the global Huawei 5G battle. Could say so much more but LinkedIn doesn’t enable me to do so! My last reflections, are the US triggering what they most fear? Are Europeans reacting too slowly, akin to the boiling frog analogy, & are both blocs running head long into a trap, or taking sensible actions to avoid one [or is it just a mirage of their own making]? Welcome your thoughts? ?? #Globalization #EconomicShifts #Friendshoring #Storytelling #CrisisPlanning #Military #MOD #Wargaming #NATO #CulturalChange #ForwardThinking #PolicyProfessional #SecurityChallenges#Economics #GeopoliticalRisk #GlobalFinance #GlobalEconomy #Geopolitics #EU #InternationalRelations #JEF?#Military #statecraft #globalsecurity #Navy #USForeignPolicy #TradeRoutes #ClimateChange

OBJET TROUVE looking through old boxes of papers over the weekend i found an item of absolutely powerful emotive impact. Tucked away was the RN cap badge worn by my father while serving at sea throughout WWII. All officers wore their caps most of the time when active, the RN crown & Anchor came on a fabric ribbon so one could be used for sea service, the other for more formal occasions ashore or inspections in harbour. This cap badge, worn on an open superstructure at sea, would have seen the mining of HMS Belfast, the Norwegian campaign, the disablement of the French Fleet at M-E-K, the Med campaign against the Italian Fleet, the first massed wolfpack convoy attack in the Atlantic, twelve Russian convoys, the nightly battles in the western approaches in 1944 ahead of D-day. Now it will go to a Museum, an extraordinary scrap of history rediscovered, six years at sea, in time for the 80th anniversary of the War that changed life forever.