An AMX-10RC from 4e régiment de chasseurs at CENTAC in Mailly-le-Camp, France, September 16th, 2020.

Two French legionnaires in Vietnam. First Indochina war, 1950. Photograph taken by Harrison Forman.

Wallpaper #240 by Laurent Quérité Via Flickr: F-MEAF / 1291 - NH Industrie NH90 TTH Meeting Aérien Airshow French Army Gamstat Alat Valence Chabeuil (LFLU) France IMG_5661

🇫🇷 Check out our new video linked in the bio on the French Army Infantry Squad! The video takes a look at the current organization and what new equipment the Army is procuring for it.

⚔ This graphic depicts what the squad will look like pending planned procurement. The squad consists of a Squad Leader, Marksman, Alpha Team (formerly 300m Team), and Bravo Team (formerly 600m Team), and a Vehicle Crew. This applies to squads mounted in the VAB, VHM, VBCI, and VBMR armored infantry carriers. The Alpha Team is the junior fire team and the primary assault element, with riflemen and short-range anti-armor weapons. The Bravo Team is the senior fire team and the primary support by fire element, with a light machine gun and mortar-style grenade launcher.

⚔ Each Infantry Platoon consists of a small Platoon HQ (Command Team), 3 of these Squads, and a Support Squad (weapons squad).

You don't have an army, so we decided to be your army.

One of the oldest and most experienced French lawyers, Gilles Devers, gathered in just 10 days an army of lawyers from all the continents of the Earth to prosecute the Zionist entity for its crimes against the Palestinians.

The list exceeded 300 lawyers of different nationalities and religions and is still open for more to join.

Veteran lawyer Giles Devers threatens the occupation with a dark fate and says to the Palestinians: “You did not have anyone to defend you, but now you have an army to defend you in international and national courts.”

ليس لديكم جيش، لذا قررنا أن نكون جيشكم ..

أحد أكبر المحاميين الفرنسيين عمراً وخبرةً ويدعى Gilles Devers جمع في 10 أيام فقط جيشا من المحامين من قارات الأرض كلها لمحاكمة الكيان الصههيوني على جرائمه بحق الفلسطينيين..

القائمة تجاوزت 300 محامي من مختلف الجنسيات والأديان وما زالت مفتوحة لانضمام المزيد.

المحامي العتيد Giles Devers يتوعد الاحتلال بمصير أسود ويقول للفلسطينيين :" لم يكن لديكم من يدافع عنكم لكن أصبح لديكم الآن جيش يدافع عنكم في المحاكم الدولية والوطنية".

Vous n'avez pas d'armée, alors nous avons décidé d'être votre armée.

L'un des avocats français les plus anciens et les plus expérimentés, Gilles Devers, a rassemblé en seulement 10 jours une armée d'avocats de tous les continents de la Terre pour poursuivre l'entité sioniste pour ses crimes contre les Palestiniens.

La liste compte plus de 300 avocats de différentes nationalités et religions et est toujours ouverte à l’adhésion d’autres.

L’avocat chevronné Giles Devers menace l’occupation d’un sombre sort et dit aux Palestiniens : « Vous n’aviez personne pour vous défendre, mais vous avez maintenant une armée pour vous défendre devant les tribunaux internationaux et nationaux. »

USS Texas (BB-35): Operation Goalpost, part of Operation Torch

"When France surrendered to Germany, in June 1940, an unoccupied area of southern France was allowed to have a collaborationist French government, in Vichy, France. The French authority in Algeria and Morocco at the time of the June surrender chose to follow the Vichy government."

A large portion of the French Navy, the Marine Nationale, and the French Army, the Armée de Terre, had been moved to the French colonies in North Africa. To neutralize the threat of these forces possibly being used against the Allies, the US and Britain sent out their militaries to capture or destroy any French assets and occupy the colonies. There were several ports invaded at the same time. Including the famous battle between the incomplete French Battleship Jean Bart and USS Massachusetts (BB-59) at Casablanca, French Morocco.

USS Texas (BB-35) was the flagship of Task Force 34.8, which consisted of USS Savannah (CL-42), USS Chenango (CVE-28), USS Dallas (DD-199), USS Roe (DD-418), and several other transport ships. Their main objective was to support the US Army 9th Infantry Division, 60th Infantry Regiment's capture of Port Lyautey, as part of Operation Goalpost.

The objectives of Operation Goalpost were:

Capture the village of Mehdia.

Capture Kashah Mahdiyya, a fortress at the mouth of the Sebou River

Secure an airfield.

The TF arrived in Port Lyautey in the early morning of November 8, and Texas quickly maneuvered into position to bombard targets. However, the US Army was running under the pre-war tactics and prioritizing the element of surprise, rather than softening up targets beforehand. This tactic was discarded shortly after. The element of surprise had already been lost since the other landings were already ongoing.

All three of her Vought OS2U Kingfishers were launched to provide spotting and support the troops. Some of Texas' AA crews fired at friendly aircraft but luckily none were hit. The officer who wrote the action report, chalked this up to nervousness.

Action reports of November 8. USS Texas was assigned to the northern most landing.

After the troops landed, the Army radioed for Texas to bombard a munitions dump near Port Lyautey. Only turrets no. 2 and 4 were needed to destroy it, firing only 59 rounds. The pilot reported about 20% landed on target. When the Kingfishers returned that evening, one of the planes capsized due to a wing float ripped off when it landed. The pilot and radio operator were rescued unarmed. The pilot reported he had taken AA fire from French forces, likely causing the accident. This plane was not recovered and was instead deliberately sunk with gun fire.

Action report of November 10.

On November 10, the Army called for fire support to disrupt enemy troop movements. Texas fired from the same two turrets as before, expending 214 rounds from 0843 to 1130, and making a road and the area impassable. The pilot reported the road was littered with wreckage and stalled vehicles. This road was later repaired after hostilities had ended.

During the fire support, one of the Kingfishers noticed a motorcycle with a sidecar leaving at a high speed. Thinking it was a high ranking official, the pilot broke away and strafed the vehicle with it's M1919 Browning machine guns. This caused it to crash in a ditch. The pilot then strafed other vehicles in the area, scattering troops.

At 1435, the Army radioed requesting aerial support as French tanks and other troops were advancing on their position. The two Kingfishers from Texas were quickly dispatched, along with aircraft from USS Savannah. One of Texas's Kingfishers was armed with a depth charge, AN-MK41, with instantaneous fuses. By the time they got there, the enemy forces were under attack by Savannah's planes and USS Dallas.

These pilots joined the affray and dropped a depth charge on a tank, making a direct hit. The pilot reported the explosion flipped two other tanks over and left a giant crater in the ground.

On November 11, the Army again called for fire support and Texas quickly made her way to the position. However, by the time she arrived, the French forces had surrendered. In the two days of battle, she fired 272 14" shells and 6 5" shells.

"When the fighting ceased, a party from TEXAS went ashore to Port Lyautey to clear the harbor of ships the French had sunk to blockade its use. Though French resistance in the area had ceased, German submarines were still active and had sunk several ships. On November 12, submarine activity was reported in the area around Texas and the escort destroyers dropped depth charges. Texas relocated to another area and encountered submarine activity again. She sailed figure eight inside a submarine screen while more depth charges were dropped. On November 15, Texas and the rest of TF 34.8 departed the area and arrived back in Norfolk on the 26th."

Note: there are no surviving photos of Texas during the battle, if there were any. In 1942, the US Navy actively discouraged sailors from taking any kind of photographs.

Photographed by Frank Scherschel of Life Magazine.

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Books of 2023

Book 39 of 2023

Title: First In, Last Out: An American Paratrooper in Vietnam With the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne Authors: John Howard ISBN: 9780811766067 Tags: AC-130 Spectre, AUS ADF AA 1st Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), AUS ADF AA Australian Army, AUS ADF Australian Defence Force, AUS Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, C-130 Hercules, CHE Geneva Conference of 1954 (French Indochina War), Cold War (1946-1991), CUB Cuba, CUB Cuban Missile Crisis, FAC, FRA ADT French Ground Army (Armée de terre), FRA ADT Groupement Mobile 100 (French Indochina War), FRA France, GER Berlin, GER Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie, GER Berlin Wall, GER Germany, GER Munich, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Incursion (1970) (Vietnam War), KOR Blue House Raid (1968), KOR Camp Greaves, KOR Freedom Bridge, KOR Imjin River, KOR Korea, KOR Korean War (1950-1953), KOR Munsan, KOR President Park Chung Hee, KOR ROK Capital Tiger Division, KOR ROK KATUSA Korean Augmentation to the US Army, KOR ROK Republic of Korea Army, KOR ROKMC Republic Of Korea Marine Corps, KOR UN UNC United Nations Command, KOR US USFK US Forces Korea, LAO FSB 31 (Lam Son 719) (Vietnam War), LAO Lam Son 719 (1971) (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, M113 APC, O-2 Skymaster, PHL Philippines, PHL US USAF Clark Air Force Base, PRK Kim Il Sung, PRK KPA 124th Army Unit, PRK KPA North Korean People's Army, PRK North Korea, SA-2 Guideline SAM, SA-7 Strela SAM, SAM, THA Bangkok, THA Bangkok - Nick's #1 Hungarian Inn, THA RTAFB Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, U-2, UN United Nations, US Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, US Martin Luther King Jr (Civil Rights Leader), US MOH Medal of Honor, US MSTS Military Sea Transportation Service, US MSTS USNS General Leroy Eltinge (T-AP-154), US OH Kent State University, US OH Kent State University Shootings (1970) (Vietnam War), US OH Ohio, US President John F. 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Binh Xuyen (Cholon Mafia), VNM Chon Thanh District, VNM Chu Lai, VNM Cua Viet River, VNM Cung Son Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Da Nang, VNM Dak To, VNM Di An, VNM DMZ Demilitarized Zone - 17th Parallel (Vietnam War), VNM Dong Ba Thin, VNM Dong Ba Thin Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Dong Tre, VNM Dong Tre Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM DRV Ho Chi Minh, VNM DRV NVA 320B Division, VNM DRV NVA 7th Division, VNM DRV NVA 95th Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 95th Regiment - 5th Bn, VNM DRV NVA Communist B2 Front, VNM DRV NVA General Tran Van Tra, VNM DRV NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV Party Secretary Le Duan, VNM DRV Politburo Central Military Committee, VNM DRV VC 5th Division, VNM DRV VC 9th Division, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM DRV VM Viet Minh, VNM Emperor Minh Manh, VNM FRA 1st Vietnamese Paratroop Bn (French Indochina War), VNM FRA French Expeditionary Corps (French Indochina War), VNM French Indochina War (1946-1954), VNM FSB Mai Loc (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Sarge (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Than Khai (Vietnam War), VNM Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) (Vietnam War), VNM Heiu Xuong District, VNM Highway 1, VNM Highway 13 - Thunder Road, VNM Highway 19, VNM Highway 9, VNM Hill 169, VNM Hill 65, VNM Hill 875, VNM Hue, VNM Hue - Le Huan St, VNM Hue - The Citadel, VNM I Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Ia Drang Valley, VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Kontum, VNM Kontum Province, VNM Lai Khe, VNM Loc Ninh, VNM LZ Albany (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Sally (Vietnam War), VNM LZ X-Ray (Vietnam War), VNM Mekong Delta, VNM Montagnard, VNM My Canh, VNM My Chanh River, VNM My Lai, VNM My Lai Massacre (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM My Phu, VNM Nha Trang, VNM Nhon Co, VNM Ninh Thuan Province, VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Checkerboard (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Dong Tien (1970) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Flaming Dart (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Hump (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Lam Son 72 (1972) (1972 Easter Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Linebacker I (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Linebacker II (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation MacArthur (1967-1969) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Sayonara (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Silver Bayonet I (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Van Buren (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang, VNM Phan Thiet, VNM Phu Bai, VNM Phu Sen, VNM Phu Yen Province, VNM Phung Ha, VNM Pleiku, VNM Quang Tri, VNM Quang Tri - 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Missouri BOQ (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon - Pham Van Hai St, VNM Saigon - US Embassy (Vietnam War), VNM Srok Ton Cui, VNM Tan Khai, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Camp Alpha (Vietnam War), VNM Thach Han River, VNM Thanh Binh, VNM Thanh Hoi, VNM Tuy Hoa, VNM US MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV AAG Army Advisory Group (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV ADAT Advisory Team 162 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV ADAT Airborne Division Assistance Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV BCAT Battalion Combat Assistance Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV DCAT Division Combat Asisstant Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV FRAC First Regional Assistance Command (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV TRAC Third Regional Assistance Command (Vietnam War), VNM US Project 100000 (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 3rd Field Hospital - Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 85th Evacuation Hospital - Phu Bai (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 8th Field Hospital - Nha Trang (Vietnam War), VNM USA TF Hackworth (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tau, VNM War Zone D (Vietnam War), VNM Windy Hill Rating: ★★★★ (4 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN.Airborne Division, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.LRRPs, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Infantry

Description: Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength stood at 24,000 and would dwindle to a mere 50 the following year. He thus participated in the very early and very late stages of American military involvement in the Vietnam War. His two tours—one as a platoon commander and member of an elite counterguerrilla force, the second as a senior advisor to the South Vietnamese—provide a fascinating lens through which to view not only one soldier’s experience in Vietnam, but also the country’s. **

Review:   Let me first say that I did enjoy this book - to a degree. That's why it gets 4 stars. But it's important to know that this is not a great book, which with the authors experiences, it really could have been. One of the biggest deficiencies is that he spends more time telling than showing. Good books of this genre give you a first hand view of what happened and what someone experienced. This book is very light on that, especially during his 1965 tour. It gets better with his Korean and Advisor experiences later on, but only just. Instead you get a lot of history of Vietnam, a lot of history of what happened, who went where, what they did. It's all very strategic and 1000 foot level when what this book is supposed to be is very in the weeds at the 1 foot personal experience level. This is a man who participated in a lot of intense operations, worked with incredible people like Foley and Hackworth, and was both a part of ABU and Tiger Recon with the 101st. But you never really get a feel for what it was like to be a member of either. You never get to experience a recon mission, though he was a part of many. You just know that x unit moved to y place, and then this is what happened / this was the outcome. 

You get a good overview of the battles, the war, and even a few of the people, but very little else from his time with the 101st. 

His time in Korea is a bit better and gives you a good understanding of what happened and some incidents and the people. Also his time as an Advisor is also more personal as well. So maybe it's just a memory thing and things from 72 are easily recalled vs 65. 

One thing you'll notice is a lot of ring knocking and naming of generals... so many generals. So just... be prepared for that.  

Overall though, a decent book... he needs to work on the tell vs show more than anything. Up next, going to read Foley's Special Men. I always loved Foley's fictional writing, so I have high hopes for his book about his time with Tiger Recon and other units. I have a feeling it's going to be a good compliment to this book. 

Léon Choubrac - Advertisement for the serialization of "Germinal" by Emile Zola in the magazine "Gil Blas" on 25 November 1884.

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, political activist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902.

Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s – has been published and translated in over one hundred countries. It has also inspired five film adaptations and two television productions.

Germinal was written between April 1884 and January 1885. It was first serialized between November 1884 and February 1885 in the periodical Gil Blas, then in March 1885 published as a book.

The title refers to the name of a month of the French Republican Calendar, a spring month. Germen is a Latin word which means "seed"; the novel describes the hope for a better future that seeds amongst the miners. As the final lines of the novel read:

Des hommes poussaient, une armée noire, vengeresse, qui germait lentement dans les sillons, grandissant pour les récoltes du siècle futur, et dont la germination allait faire bientôt éclater la terre. Men were springing forth, a black avenging army, germinating slowly in the furrows, growing towards the harvests of the next century, and their germination would soon overturn the earth. — 1885 translation[

Gil Blas (or Le Gil Blas) was a Parisian literary periodical named for Alain-René Lesage's novel Gil Blas. It was founded by the sculptor Augustin-Alexandre Dumont in November 1879.

Gil Blas serialized novels, such as Émile Zola's Germinal (1884) and L'Œuvre (1885), before they appeared in book form. Numerous Guy de Maupassant short stories debuted in Gil Blas. The journal was also known for its opinionated arts and theatre criticism. Contributors included René Blum, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești, and Abel Hermant. Théophile Steinlen and Albert Guillaume provided illustrations.

Gil Blas was published regularly until 1914, when there was a short hiatus due to the outbreak of World War I. Afterwards, it was published intermittently until 1938.

In addition to Germinal, Gil Blas serialized the Zola novels L'Argent, Au Bonheur des Dames, and La Joie de vivre.

Gil Blas critic Louis Vauxcelles's phrase "Donatello chez les fauves" ("Donatello among the wild beasts") brought notoriety and attention to the works of Henri Matisse and Les Fauves exhibited at the Salon d'Automne of 1905. Vauxcelles' comment was printed on 17 October 1905[4] and passed into popular usage.

Syrie : Maaloula, le village où l'on parle encore l'araméen, la langue de Yahshua / Jésus - vu du ciel - 2019 (Syria : Maaloula, the village where Aramaic, the language of Yahshua / Jesus, is still spoken - seen from heaven - 2019)

Maaloula est situé à 55 km au nord de Damas / Maaloula is located 55 km north of Damascus

Légende de la vidéo “ Maaloula, Syrie, septembre 2019. L’histoire de ce petit village, on a dû vous la raconter plusieurs fois. En 2013, une armée de jihadistes a envahi entièrement le village, tuant des hommes, des femmes et des enfants. Aujourd’hui, l’avenir se tourne vers la reconstruction. J’ai souhaité me rendre une seconde fois dans ce village afin de filmer la fête de la croix.

Maaloula est à l’image de tout ce pays, un coin du monde que certains ont voulu détruire mais qui, aujourd’hui, est plus vivant que jamais… “

Video caption “ Maaloula, Syria, September 2019. The story of this small village must have been told to you several times. In 2013, an army of jihadists invaded the entire village, killing several men, women and children. Today, the future turns to reconstruction. I wanted to go a second time to this village to film the feast of the cross.

Maaloula is the image of this whole country, a part of the world that some people wanted to destroy but which, today, is more alive than ever…  “

The Aramaic Lord’s Prayer / La Prière “Notre Père” en araméen par Ashana 

Pureté de la voix / Purity of voice 

♥ ♥ ♥   

Translittération 

Aboon Dbishmeya (Notre Père qui es aux cieux)

Nethcadash shmarh (Que soit sanctifié votre nom) Teethe malkioothokh (Vienne votre règne) x2 Nehwe sebyonokh (Soit faite votre volonté) Eikén en dbishmaya aff’hara (Aux cieux comme sur terre)

Aboon Dbishmeya (Notre Père qui es aux cieux)

Hab lan larhman sourane en yawmano (Donnez-nous notre pain quotidien  aujourd’hui) Wesh boorlan houbènnou (Pardonnez-nous nos offenses) x2 Eikén doff nann shouaria lohra yo houbèn (Comme nous, nous pardonnons nos offenseurs)

Aboon Dbishmeya (Notre Père qui es aux cieux)

Ouella tal’ann in tçiona (Ne nous soumettez pas à la tentation) Ella-pass’ inn min bicha (Délivrez nous du mal) x2 Motorrl-dilair té malkiootho (Car vous appartient le règne) Ourhayloo tooshpoorhta lalaïla Amin (La puissance et la gloire, Amen)

Aboon Dbishmeya (Notre Père qui es aux cieux)

Pour une défense européenne

En cas d’attaque d’un pays européen par la Russie, les Etats-Unis n’aideront pas l’Europe ou pas assez soit parce qu’ils ne voudront pas assumer leur rôle d’allié dans l’OTAN soit parce qu’il faut 60% du Sénat américain pour aider. Le candidat Donald Trump se vante qu’il n’aidera pas les pays européens. Pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, les Etats-Unis ne sont venus à l’aide de l’Europe que quand ils se sont fait attaquer par les Japonais. Ils ne sont jamais venu en aide aux pays européens au seul motif que ceux-ci étaient en difficulté.

Le danger est réel que la Russie attaque les pays-Baltes, la Pologne et la Finlande. Cela permettrait de contrôler l’accès de la mer de Saint-Pétersbourg entre Helsinki et Tallin qui est le port le plus important de la Russie. Cela permettrait la réunification de la Russie avec l’enclave de Kaliningrad. Un nationaliste comme Poutine veut réunir la Russie. Ce ne serait pas la première fois.

L’utilisation de la stratégie de la peau de léopard a été initiée par le Tzar Alexandre II, il y a 250 ans et elle a toujours marché. Il s’agit de déplacer les populations dans le pays voisin quand elle envahit une terre créant ainsi une minorité. Ces minorités sont mieux traitées que les gens du pays ce qui fait qu’elles sont mal vues par le reste de la population. Cela permet à l’armée Russe de dire que cette minorité est persécutée et qu’elle vient les défendre. 

Depuis 2014, les Pays-Baltes dé-russifient: les statues sont démontées, les chaînes de télé et les écoles russophones ne reçoivent plus de subventions. Les russophones qui vivaient en Finlande n’ont plus le droit d’y rester. Sur les douze derniers mois, Poutine s’inquiète d’une montée des persécutions envers ces minorités russes. Ce qui l’empêche de les envahir, c’est qu’ils sont membres de l’OTAN. Il leur manque une opportunité.

Russia’s Fifth Column – Time: https://time.com/3616934/russias-fifth-column/

Le contexte américain est en train de créer cette opportunité avec les difficultés du vote du budget pour l’aide à l’Ukraine et avec le fait que Trump pourrait devenir président des Etats-Unis. Pour les pays européens, une partie de leur prospérité est venue du fait qu’ils ont sous-investit dans leurs armées en pensant que les Américains viendraient les aider.

Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little:- The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/11/donald-trump-says-he-would-encourage-russia-to-attack-nato-countries-who-dont-pay-bills

Le traité de l’OTAN stipule que les alliés doivent s’entraider, ce que les Américains ne veulent plus faire, et depuis 1949 les Alliés se sont engagés à dépenser au minimum 2% des revenus nationaux dans la défense. Les Européens ont rarement dépassé 0,5% ce qui fait qu’ils dépendent des Américains.

Il est urgent d’instaurer la communauté européenne de défense.

Jean Monet, le fondateur de l’Union Européenne, a toujours dit qu’il fallait la prospérité et la sécurité. C’est lui qui a organisé la création la communauté européenne de défense le 27 mai 1952. Mais il n’a pas été ratifié car tous les pays, dont la France, n’ont pas signé.

L’organisation de la défense européenne d’après-guerre (1948-1954): L’idée de la CED: https://www.cvce.eu/education/unit-content/-/unit/803b2430-7d1c-4e7b-9101-47415702fc8e/29a4e81c-c7b6-4622-915e-3b09649747b8

Il est grand temps d’investir et créer une vraie défense européenne capable d’assurer seule la sécurité de ses membres.

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Guerre et Paix à l’ONU: https://www.aurianneor.org/guerre-et-paix-a-lonu-en-1961-lavion-du/

Quand la force est légitime: https://www.aurianneor.org/quand-la-force-est-legitime/

The army’s duty is to stop this fascist: https://www.aurianneor.org/the-armys-duty-is-to-stop-this-fascist/

Le compas moral: https://www.aurianneor.org/le-compas-moral/

Police, Armée: https://www.aurianneor.org/police-armee-manif-des-policiers-je-suis-gilet/

La preuve qu’on sait ne pas se battre. – Quand la force n’est pas légitime…: https://www.aurianneor.org/la-preuve-quon-sait-ne-pas-se-battre-quand-la/

A French ERC 90 Sagaie during exercises in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 1996.

The ERC 90 is one of the French Army's wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, equipped with a GIAT Industries 90mm CN 90 F4 cannon. This is a smoothbore gun able to fire a variety of ammunition, and has been notable for being installed on light platforms. The vehicle's nickname, Sagaie, is a French word for the African Assegai, a type of spear. In keeping with the weapon nickname tradition, an anti-aircraft variant of the vehicle, the ERC 20 Kriss, is named after the French word for a type of Indonesian dagger.

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name: Daniel Louis Raphaél Duvernay-Dumond

age: 20

occupation: Prince of South France

sexuality: straight

status: single

current location: Toulouse, France

shipping status: open

Daniel is the youngest of the Legume - Duvernay-Dumond family. He's one minute younger than his twin sister Aurelíe. Daniel grew up to be a very shy but kind boy, he never did anything without his sister. His family considered him a mummy's boy and he never enjoyed the rough education his father wanted to teach them. Hunting, slaughter, wilderness. He hated it all of it. Daniel is a very intelligent young man, the smartest one of the family and he's very charming. Comapred to his brothers, Daniel is the softest one of them. And he never really had a problem with that. While his father had went through a change too while being with his mother, he still had a lot of Gaston inside him. and having a weak son had never been one of his likings. 

Without further notice, Gaston decided to send his son off to the Armée de terre where he went through the rough training of a soldat. To his own and his father’s surprise, he became really good, very skilled and one of the best combats they ever had. That not only brought honour to the army but also the royal family. Daniel is very proud of his achievements, though he would’ve chosen a more quiet life for himself. 

After serving for years, he returns home to finally study at a university, something that really interests him. French literature.

F-MCGK / 4180 - Sud Aviation SA 342 M1 Gazelle Viviane by Laurent Quérité Via Flickr: Montélico French Army Gamstat Alat Montélimar Ancône LFLQ Ancone France IMG_2742

Pet Sematary

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Video game made by Patrick Doyon & Jesse Eisenbart for SuFEST 2022 hosted by the Hand Eye Society.

Jeu vidéo réalisé en collaboration avec Jesse Eisenbart dans le cadre du Super FESTival 2022 organisé par le Hand Eye Society.

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Pet Semetary

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You play as the loyal dog Spot who you must fight the evil forces inadvertently awakened by your master. Use bones (as a melee weapon or as projectiles) to battle an army of skeletal-looking cats, bunnies, and fish. Dig your way to Lily but don't forget to pick up precious treasures hiding under the ground (it could be useful)!

Vous incarnez le fidèle compagnon canin Spot et vous devez combattre les forces maléfiques malencontreusement réveillées par votre maître. À l’aide d’os (que vous pouvez utiliser comme épée ou comme projectiles), vous bataillerez une armée de chats, lapins et poissons aux allures squelettiques. Creusez votre chemin jusqu’à Lily et n’oubliez pas de ramasser les précieux trésors qui se cachent sous la terre (cela pourrait être utile)!

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Conception  : Patrick Doyon Design & Animation : Patrick Doyon Programmation : Jesse Eisenbart Musique et effets sonores : Jesse Eisenbart

🇫🇷 An example of a French SGTIA Cavalerie (Cavalry Company Team) that was deployed to Estonia as part of the NATO Battle Group. SGTIAs are combined arms, task organized company-sized units in the French Army formed from different types of units. This example is a textbook example, including a Command & Logistics Platoon, 2 Tank Platoons, 1 Infantry Platoon, 1 Reconnaissance Platoon, 1 Engineer Platoon and an artillery observation element.

Normally, these elements are pulled from different single-arm regiments from within a brigade. But in this case, the company team was formed from one of France's only combined arms regiments, 5e Régiment de Dragons or 5th Dragoon Regiment.

SGTIAs, or Sous-groupement tactique interarmes, are France's basic deployable unit. They can be grouped with other SGTIAs to form battalion-sized GTIAs, but not always. SGTIAs can form ad hoc combined arms platoons called Détachements interarmes on a temporary basis.

Exercise PEGASE MOUILLE by Combat Camera / Caméra de combat Via Flickr: Military members, primarily from the 3e Batalion, Royal 22e Régiment, perform a parachute jump from CH-146 Griffon helicopters from 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron as part of Exercise PEGASE MOUILLE at Lake St. Joseph in Fossambault‑sur‑le‑Lac, Quebec, Canada, on June 14, 2021. Photo: Corporal Genevieve Beaulieu, Canadian Armed Forces ~ Des militaires provenant principalement du 3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment, sautent en parachute depuis des hélicoptères CH-146 Griffon du 430e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères dans le cadre de l’exercice PEGASE MOUILLE, au Lac‑Saint-Joseph, à Fossambault‑sur‑le‑Lac, à Québec (Canada), le 14 juin 2021. Photo : Caporal Genevieve Beaulieu, Forces armées canadiennes