Showing posts with label military training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military training. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Ukrainian advisors to teach German army how to win a modern war by 2029

Good news! Just what the German army needs!

"Ukrainian military instructors will deploy to German army schools to help the Bundeswehr meet a readiness target against a hypothetical Russian attack on NATO by 2029, the head of the German army said Wednesday.

The announcement, reported by Reuters, marks a striking role reversal from years of Western forces training Ukrainian troops and underscores the value of lessons learned on the increasingly drone-dominated battlefield of the Russian invasion. ...

Their expertise will span artillery, engineering, armored operations, drone employment, and command and control − precisely the capability types where the Ukraine war has produced the most rapidly evolving battlefield lessons. The move reflects growing recognition across NATO that European armies have more to learn from Kyiv than they can offer in return.​ ..."

Ukrainian advisors to teach German army how to win a modern war by 2029

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

For the first time in two decades, US Marines and soldiers are back in Panama to train

Maybe they are writing postcards to Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro! Pardon my bad joke! 😊

"American Marines and soldiers are once again rucking through the Panamanian jungle, for the first time in more than two decades.

The U.S. military, along with Panamanian security forces, revived jungle warfare courses for conventional forces this fall. Soldiers and Marines are learning survival techniques including foraging, navigating dense tropical forest terrain and combat in the jungle as part of the new Combined Jungle Operations Training Course. U.S. Southern Command recently put the first group through the full new course. ..."

US troops are training in Panama again after decades away "Welcome back to the jungle."


A Marine crosses over a river during jungle warfare training in Panama in October 2025.


Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Chinese army expanded one of its “mock Taipei” training grounds in Inner Mongolia.

These communists are serious! Pardon my facetiousness!

What if the government buildings on Taiwan are Taiwanese mocks? Or what is a mock of a mock? A mockery? 😊

"... The PRC has reportedly expanded one of its “mock Taipei” training grounds in Inner Mongolia. PLA training using a model of Taipei signals its increasing commitment to realism in its military exercises. The Japanese Institute for National Fundamentals published evidence of a new “mock Judicial Yuan” and an underground tunnel linking it to an existing “mock Presidential Office” in Inner Mongolia, PRC, on October 1.[11] Japanese media reported that these new training facilities may serve to prepare PLA forces for a decapitation operation against Taiwanese leadership.[12] The facilities, located at the Zhurihe military base, featured in live military exercises in 2015 and 2022. The training ground has reportedly expanded nearly threefold since 2020.[13] US military reporting confirmed the expansion of the site between 2020 and 2021, with satellite imagery revealing additional buildings over time.[14] An unnamed Taiwanese defense official said that Taiwan’s military has fortified the neighborhood around the Presidential Office, the Bo’ai Special District, with missile, artillery, and anti-drone systems following the emergence of the Japanese report.[15]

Taiwanese and Western media have previously tracked PLA efforts to create at least two “mock Taipei” training grounds in recent years.[16] CDOT-ISW satellite imagery shows two separate sites in Inner Mongolia: one smaller replica and one to-scale, which accurately reflects the street system of the neighborhood surrounding Taipei’s government buildings.[17] ..."

China-Taiwan Weekly Update, October 10, 2025 | American Enterprise Institute - AEI




Thursday, July 17, 2025

China to Hold First-Ever Joint Military Exercises in China with Serbia (an EU candidate country)

Cause for concern! China's military is coming for Europe?

"The militaries of China and Serbia will hold their first-ever joint training exercises during the second half of July in northern China, according to officials in Beijing. 

The defense collaboration will mark the first time that China has invited a European Union candidate country to march within its borders. ..."

China to Hold First-Ever Joint Military Exercises in Country with Serbia "China and Serbia will launch joint military drills this month in Hebei – marking the first time Beijing has hosted exercises with an EU candidate country within its borders."

Sunday, October 27, 2024

A million people play this video wargame. So does the Pentagon and other militaries around the world

If only war was only a game!

"Warfare is changing at a pace unseen in almost a century, as fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East shows. For military commanders, tackling that upheaval demands fast and constant adaptation. Increasingly, that entails playing games. Militaries worldwide run battle scenarios using one family-run British company’s software, a program called Command: Professional Edition. It didn’t originate with a defense contractor or institute, as most wargames do. It is a simulation program built and marketed by gamers with almost no military background—and rooted in Tom Clancy novels. Users of all stripes have made it a surprise hit. ..."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Command Professional Edition (company website) "Command: Professional Edition is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible."



Monday, July 22, 2024

Belarus-China Forces Practise Seizing an Airport in Belarus

I have already blogged here a few days ago about Chinese soldiers conducting a military exercise in Belarus. I can not stress enough how unusual this is!

"Chinese and Belarusian troops conducted the joint military training exercise, “Attacking Falcon,” in Belarus between Monday and Friday last week, July 15 - 19. The high point of the combined maneuvers, which included a nighttime parachute drop, was an assault on Wednesday to “recapture” an airport that had been taken over by terrorists. ..."

Belarus-China Forces Practise Seizing an Airport in Belarus Belarus hosted a weeklong joint military exercise, “Attacking Falcon,” which culminated in a simulated counter-terrorist operation to capture the airport near the city of Brest.

Belarusian and Chinese paratroopers deploy by helicopter on a training assault on an airfield on July 17. Photo: Belarus defense ministry


Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Why China is Conducting Military Exercises in Belarus With Palki Sharma

This seems to be highly unusual! Chinese soldiers in Eastern Europe on the border of NATO while NATO is holding a meeting! What!




Monday, January 16, 2023

Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

Good news! As of this Sunday (1/15/2023)!

Let the international war crimes tribunal against Putin the Terrible and his accomplices begin immediately, preferably in Nuremberg, Germany! (in absentia or not)


"The U.S. military’s new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, with a goal of getting a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians in the next five to eight weeks, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany