The #Starlink #satellite internet service… has been a digital lifeline in #Ukraine …for #civilians & #soldiers in areas where digital #infrastructure has been wiped out.
…an excerpt from Isaacson’s upcoming biography “Elon Musk,” …said the billionaire ordered the #deactivation of #Starlink #satellite near #Crimea’s coast last Sept to thwart the Ukrainian attack. …that #Musk had conversations w/a *Russian* ofcl that led him to worry that an attack on #Crimea could spiral into a #nuclear conflict.

Train six weeks long each day
Soldiers battle tanks in play
Ukraine's strength will grow

#ukraine #tanks #soldiers #training #haiku #poetry

https://www.insider.com/ukrainian-soldiers-russia-leopard-tanks-training-war-germany-2023-8

Why ex-French colonies in Africa seem beset by coups

https://www.dw.com/en/why-ex-french-colonies-in-africa-seem-beset-by-coups/a-66530922?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Africa #France #Coups #Soldiers #Military #Democracy #Elections

In the FRG #soldiers ride for free since about a year or more. These are military boots of a on a platform. The got to bee seen, they need to be accepted, they prepare a war... what else?

In Ukraine, the charity ReSex are helping injured soldiers regain their sex lives.

#GoodNews #Ukraine #Soldiers #Injuries #Disability #Sex #Life #Education #Care

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66443573

Harrowing sh#t. This is what a real MASH unit looks like. The heartwarming part is how much these #medics constantly watch over these wounded #soldiers. Can I ask wtf is this #war about? For one man’s ego? #Putin is a brain dead leader of an #oil and #gas mafia state. Instead of doing anything positive for #Russia, he’s trying to change borders or turn #Ukraine into rubble with civilians or soldiers buried in it. Barbaric. #SlavaUkraini https://youtube.com/watch?v=zuUQ8PUen4g

Poland plans to deploy some 10,000 soldiers on its eastern border with Belarus, the Polish Minister of Defense announced on Thursday.

Beefed up security would be a "deterrent" amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Minsk, a staunch ally of Moscow.

NATO member Poland has recently warned of the threat posed by Russian Wagner mercenaries based in Belarus.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/10/poland-plans-to-deploy-10000-troops-on-belarus-border-as-deterrent

#Poland #Belarus #Russia #Wagner #Defense #Military #Soldiers #Border

To strengthen border protection, #Poland is moving around 2,000 #soldiers to its border with neighboring #Belarus. This was announced by a state secretary of the Polish Ministry of the Interior, according to the official news agency PAP. The border guard had asked for 1,000 more men and women on Monday. Defense Minister Mariusz #Blaszczak approved a request from the border guard yesterday, the ministry told the PAP news agency.

#NotNews24 #UnbreaklingCrockeryNotNews... #WellInExcessOf24... #IT's all a #BitTooMuch...

#Anyone for a #CupOfTea / #Coffee and a #BoiledEgg, and #Soldiers...? | #OrangeMarmiteSoldiers

🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🥚🦹☕🦄☕🦹🥚

‘Fighting two enemies’: Ukraine’s female soldiers decry harassment

Women in armed forces express anger at stigma and treatment by male colleagues and say complaints are being ignored

More than 100 female Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion. Ukraine does not conscript women. Each of them volunteered for battle.

#women #war #soldiers #WomensRights

Russia is resorting to desperate measures to recruit soldiers as trickery and coercion are the Kremlin’s methods.

The first wave of mobilisation produced at least 300,000 reinforcements. Poorly trained and badly equipped, many of them have since been killed or injured.

Those who survive desperately need to be rotated. The departure of the Wagner Group from the battlefield in June has made the shortfall more acute.

https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/08/01/russia-is-resorting-to-desperate-measures-to-recruit-soldiers

#Russia #WarInUkraine #Recruits #Soldiers #Wagner

Senator Elizabeth Warren Probes Google’s Quest for Soldiers’ #Medical Data
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Responding to a ProPublica report, the Massachusetts Democrat has begun investigating Google’s “aggressive” pursuit of a #biotechnology archive that could be used to build #AI tools.

She also faulted the #Pentagon for favoring the #tech giant.

#Google #Privacy #Soldiers #Military #Data #Health #HealthCare #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/warren-probes-google-quest-soldiers-medical-data?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

When we received information about the deficiencies. We decided in the blink of an eye to act and do what we can.

Many thanks to the #Finnish supporters who helped us get the necessary help together.

Thank you #ZeroLineFinland for the transport help!

Thank you to the Finnish #volunteer #soldiers.
🫡🇫🇮🇺🇦

#SupportUkraine #Ukraine

"Cabasset" ca. 1575
Dept: Arms and Armor
Classification: Helmets
Credit: Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
Medium: Steel, gold, silver, copper alloy
#museumbot #metmuseum #soldiers #men #horses
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24687

#Republicans lob a bomb of cynicism at our #soldiers | The Washington Post [gift link] https://wapo.st/3OiJydt

Marijuana and military recruitment #EconTwitter #law #marijuana #politics #repugnance #soldiers
http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2023/07/marijuana-and-military-recruitment.html

Russia: From convict to hero via Ukraine?

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-from-convict-to-hero-via-ukraine/a-66220143?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Russia #Ukraine #WagnerGroup #soldiers #Russia'swarinUkraine

Did you know that the Battle of #Waterloo produced its own line...

...of #teeth?

"Waterloo Teeth" was a term that established itself after the 1815 #battle.
It expanded to all teeth extracted from battlefields.

A single row of teeth cost ~20 guineas (today: £2150) & was taken from both dead & wounded #soldiers. The teeth thieves scavenged at night, pulling front teeth. The origin wasn't off-putting, as it meant the teeth came from young, fit men.

One thief made 50k.

#history #medicine

#Propaganda pamphlet from the #Korean #war trying to convince #American #soldiers to defect, early 1950s

They were right

I've been told that my #DarkFantasy setting reminds people of #WarHammer, especially the #Orcs, and I can see that: there are definitely strong parallels with city worlds and #SpaceMarines.

The difference is that the War is over, and the Hammer is the Orcs, in desperate need of an endless supply of nails.

I find the question of "What do we do with the #soldiers when the war is over?" to be far more interesting, and relevant, then the #war itself.