MILITARY CPABILITY: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is trying to balance its vehicle fleet between Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and Humvees, according to service leadership in charge of acquisition and force development. The JLTV was meant to replace the Humvee fleet, but not one-for-one, and it’s unclear how many Humvees the Army may keep or buy in addition to the JLTV fleet, which is a more expensive vehicle. Oshkosh beat out Humvee-maker AM General and Lockheed Martin in 2015 to build the replacement for the Humvee for both the Army and the Marine Corps. The low-rate initial production contract was worth $6.7 billion, and the entire program is estimated to be worth $30 billion through 2024. Since a production contract was awarded in 2015, Oshkosh said in July, it has delivered 7,500 total vehicles to the U.S. and partners abroad. “There’s still going to be 50,000 Humvees in the Army after we field that last JLTV out there way to the right,” Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette, the Army G-8, told Defense News in an Oct. 8 The JLTV is a “significant improvement over the Humvee when it comes to transportability, speed and agility as well as protection,” Bruce Jette, the Army acquisition chief, told Defense News in an Oct. 6 interview. “However, I have an objective of 50,000 Humvees still in place or alternative, light, less expensive vehicles to be able to perform mission requirements in the future,” he said. “So how do we maintain the existing fleet effectively as we modernize with the JLTVs, and part of that, as we buy JLTV, we are essentially divesting of an armored Humvee and we will continue to do that.” The Army is procuring 49,099 JLTVs by fiscal 2041, which will leave about 50,000 Humvees that will need to be in the fleet. The service reduced its planned JLTV procurement numbers over the past two budget cycles. In FY20, the Army cut its JLTV request by 863 vehicles. The service procured 3,393 vehicles in FY19 in low-rate initial production, but only planned to buy 2,530 vehicles in FY20. The Army originally planned in its FY19 request to buy 3,035 vehicles in FY20. In FY21, the Army again reduced its buy. While that cut would not affect the Army’s overall top line requirement for the JLTV, it would extend the process to buy the vehicles out by additional years. The Army has requested $140 million in its FY21 budget request, currently being debated on Capitol Hill, for Humvee recapitalization, retrofitting anti-lock brake systems and some newly built vehicles. The military will continue to need the uparmored Humvee fleet, Jette said, “in part because of unit price and in part because of overall funding,” as the vehicle fulfills requirements through a less expensive avenue. The Army conducted an analysis based upon the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtcBgyK8pG0

Lyrics: Barefoot and a bottle of wine You can stay with me tonight You don't have to change when I'm around you So go ahead and see what's on your mind, on your mind When you're with me, no judgement You can get that from anyone else You don't have to prove nothing You can just be yourself When you're with me, no judgement We can get that from everyone else And we don't have to prove nothing When you're with me, no judgement (Mhm, we don't have to prove nothing Mhm, when you're with me, no judgement) I get us breakfast in the morning Or you can slip out in the night You don't have to give me a warning 'Cause we both got nothing to hide, nothing to hide Even though we don't talk for a couple of months, yeah It's like we didn't lose anytime I can be your lover or your shoulder to cry on You can be whoever you like (Oh) When you're with me, no judgement You can get that from anyone else You don't have to prove nothing You can just be yourself When you're with me, no judgement We can get that from everyone else And we don't have to prove nothing When you're with me, no judgement (Mhm, we don't have to prove nothing Mhm, when you're with me, no judgement) I hope we never change Even though we both know that we'll move on again I'll keep your secret safe Till the time we both find ourselves alone again (Oh) When you're with me, no judgement You can get that from everyone else You don't have to prove nothing You can just be yourself When you're with me, no judgement We can get that from everyone else And we don't have to prove nothing When you're with me, no judgement (Mhm, we don't have to prove nothing Mhm, when you're with me, no judgement) (Mhm, we don't have to prove nothing Mhm, when you're with me, no judgement) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWeX-ftGyDE

Lyrics: I feel like the greatest, only been at this for two years Thank God this shit happened so quick Fashion me the latest, money comin’ in but so do hatred Shit ain’t how I pictured, but I faced it Emotions, I erased it, fuck havin’ feelings, I replaced it Should’ve peeped that fu shit from the bases This when the mistakes hit, tired of gettin’ caught up in this fake shit I just can’t sit comfy with no snake shit (No snake shit) I been holdin’ demons inside, I can’t lie So if you ain’t ready to die, then don’t try I gotta make it home so my momma don’t cry I’d rather do the sentence, least time will go by Yeah, the pain so numb, I don’t feel none Shooters still runnin’ ’round with no chill button Still be totin’ in the town, finna drill some Let a nigga run up on me, thinkin’ I won’t kill some And I keep the gang with me, try, but we itchin’ Everybody get it, if it’s static, won’t spare shit Really on my bully, 2020, we ain’t playin’ Now it’s lit for everything, don’t care ’bout what you sayin’ Momma, she was prayin’, I was on that block, with Really put in twenty years of work but then I got with Suddenly, I ain’t never go to church because that block pay Big .40 cal’ in my shirt, no karate Fuck what the opps say, fuck what the cops say Big Smelly drive, we for E, that’s the block way If you feel a way, grrt-bow, what the Glock say All my nights tryna get the bag, fuck the pop way I just want my name to be around when I ain’t here (Oh, oh, oh) Livin’ in the moment, but I want this shit for years They like, “Tjay, bro, you made it”, I still feel like I ain’t there A lot of niggas hated, I said, “Fuck it, I don’t care ’cause I’m takin’ off” Imma soon be the greatest, takin’ off Imma soon be the greatest, takin’ off Imma soon be the greatest, huh Imma soon be the greatest What did they did not say, dick suckin’ crazy Everybody tryna beef for clout like it’s wavy Guess I’m just too real, I stood solid, how they made me I can never be a goofy nigga if they paid me Songs too heat now, everything is wavy Lot of niggas think it’s competition, they amaze me I was goin’ downhill, jail kinda saved me Gotta keep the hard work, ain’t no gettin’ lazy Smokin’ opposition kinda sorta got me dazy Think you’d last a day up in my shoes, a nigga trade me Bitch, I need a billion in blues like I’m JAY-Z Huh, R.I.P. to Mavy Bitch, I’m cookin’ up, got the sauce like it’s gravy If you want a feature, get your money right and pay me Still, when the time come, it might be a maybe It depend on the type of record that you gon’ play me I can’t do a wack verse, industry betrayed me Every time you hear my name, you know I’m goin’ crazy Really, I’m ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZDVdbwiqc

Russian peacekeeping forces are en route to Nagorno-Karabakh for deployment there under a deal reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia, local media reported Tuesday. “In order to control the cease-fire and the cessation of military actions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, a Russian peacekeeping contingent is being deployed consisting of 1,960 servicemen, 90 armored vehicles, 380 units of vehicles and special equipment,” the Russian news agency TASS reported, citing the Defense Ministry. “The peacekeepers are being sent by Il-76 planes from the airfield in Ulyanovsk,” the agency added. “The contingent will be mainly formed of units of the 15th separate motor rifle brigade of the Central Military District,” the agency reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced early Tuesday that Azerbaijan and Armenia have signed a deal to end the conflict in the Upper Karabakh region, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh. Relations between the two former Soviet republics over Upper Karabakh have remained tense since 1991, but fresh clashes broke out on Sept. 27. Since then, Armenia has repeatedly attacked Azerbaijani civilians and forces, even violating three humanitarian cease-fire agreements. In total, about 20% of Azerbaijan's territory has been under illegal Armenian occupation for nearly three decades. #militarycapability #militarypower #militarycomparisson #themovementoftheconvoyofpeacekeepingcontingent ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWkO_pphGc4