My contributions:
1] XVIII
Airborne Corps Commander General Townsend takes command of CJTF-OIR ops against
Daesh head-choppers. http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/the-isis-war-has-a-new-commander-and-isis-may-be-the-least-of-his-worries?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report
I am not a fan of command rotation. MacFarland seemed to be doing well. Why change?
Here is a recent bio of Townsend: http://www.bragg.army.mil/leaders/Pages/CommandingGeneral.aspx
2] August 24th
is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Dabiq Meadow, which led to
the Ottoman annexation of Syria. The
battle was a masterpiece of deception by Selim the first. It was infamous for the treachery of the
Mamluk’s allies. And the apparent stroke
of the Mamluk Sultan in the middle of the battle is a acclamation for General
George C Marshall’s insistence that combat commanders have youth and stamina.
3] The Kurds
and Assad’s forces have been fighting in Hasaka City. Lots of conflicting accounts of what is going
on there. The Americans ’reportedly’ sent in F-22s to keep Assad’s
Air Force from repeating their bombing of Kurdish areas. The Russians ‘reportedly’ negotiated a cease fire between the YPG and Assad’s
troops. But the Kurds are ‘reportedly’ still taking over Syrian
government positions.
