Bryan Powers

@DefenceHQ @16AirAssltBCT Well done @16AirAssltBCT. Clean execution on a vital mission.

Strap in: Follow one of our paratroopers from @16AirAssltBCT jumping in to Tristan da Cunha – one of the world’s most remote communities – to deliver vital medical support 🪂

Safe bet. I was thinking something like platoon to company at best. But when they try battalion or larger too much C2 for them to control in this UAS/EW environment. Have to wonder what type of MBTs they are using? Older equipment first then new modernized if they think they have a tactical advantage

@Jonpy99 Definitely do not wanna predict. But in some cases — absolutely. Maybe during May we will see a little bit more.

This is what wrote at our Battlefield update: Russian army will attack with the help of IFVs and tanks towards Konstantynivka. Two days in a row they are already attacking.

Godspeed to the Artemis II crew on their way to the moon.

I was in Ghazni in 2014 and had the opportunity to help where I could with our trauma team. They left a profound impression on me for their humanity skill and professionalism. Medics and medical staff were always the angels on our shoulders. Thank you for everything you and your team did

It’s February 2007, I’d been in Afghanistan for about 6 weeks. This was the most stressful moment of my life. I was there as an orthopedic trauma surgeon and deployed to Bagram. I had just turned 40 years old and was relatively new in my surgical career. The operations tempo was high and we were pretty inundated with trauma every day. Little kids getting legs blown off by landmines, IED explosions and rocket blasts were pretty common. We were in a tiny hospital made out of plywood with a tin roof. We had 2 operating rooms that were basically Connex boxes and I had to constantly hunch over so my head didn’t wack into the OR lights. My surgical partner Dr Tom Large (pictured along with me and Dr Claude Hawkins our commander ) and I operated every single day often 14-16 hours a day due to non stop trauma either locally or shipped in as we were the main referral hub for the war theater. We often had various politicians stoping by the facility for photo ops and in February we had the vice president coming by. Apparently the Taliban had gotten intel on his visit and wanted to try and make a statement of possibly kill him. As the base was on high alert they had no chance of success but that did not deter them. Routinely we would have dozens of locals with their young kids hanging outside our main gates because we often would give them food, clothing and other resources. A suicide bomber decided that this is where the statement would take place. We were in the OR doing our usual trauma stuff when we were alerted that a mass casualty even had occur at our gate. The bomber approach the crowd of locals and detonated his suicide vest. Immediately 20 or so were killed with another 25 to 30 severely injured. The suicide vests often contained things like screws, ball bearing, nails etc.. often covered in feces to increase the lethality via infection for those that survived the blast. The ER was full of frenetic activity as the medics scrambled to resuscitate, triage and treat as many people as possible. The triage for a mass casualty event looks is designed to sort the wounded into three categories. 1. Unsalvageable, not going to live, massive wounds, exposed brain or something similar 2. Injured but not critical, can wait a bit for the OR- broken bones, limb injuries etc 3. Critically injured but potentially can be saved. Often belly bleeding- if we can get them to the OR, open them up and find the bleeding and stop it we can resuscitate them It was the 3rd group that we were focused on as surgeons. My specialty was orthopedics and I had plenty to do to keep me busy for the next 40 or so hours with all the broken bones and extremity trauma that was coming in, but the initial task was to try and help save the wounded with the belly trauma and so we were scrubbed and assisting our general surgeons in finding the bleeding and shutting it down. We had been at in for about an hour or so and the patient on the table was a local afghan civilian who was going to die if we didn’t stop the bleeding. There were about 5 of us packed into the tiny little Connex box/OR and were frantically digging through this guys intestine looking for bleeders. This is, as you might imagine a bit stressful, but then a nurse comes into the room and lets us know, that they think there is another suicide bomber in the hospital and they are recommending we evacuate. A common ploy used by the Taliban was to set off a bomb, wait for the first responder and then detonate a second bomb to kill them as well. The tension in the room was palpable, I think everyone’s butt cheeks clenched up, I know mine did. The general surgeon looked at all of us, the other surgeons, the scrub tech, or nurse and anesthesiologist and said what do you guys want to do? Evacuate or keep going and try and save this guy. Without hesitation every single one of said “fuck it, keep going, let’s save this guy” For the next twenty minutes we operated as quickly …..

Radio communication between an American and Israeli pilot during ongoing strike operations in the skies over Iran. “Please be safe out there… strike hard.”

@tipofthespear42 May he rest in peace. You and the entire team are doing Gods work over there. Legends all.

Im heartbroken upon receiving the news that my friend and partner of Tip of the Spear passed away. Max has done so much for the veteran community in Kharkiv with his organization Restart UA and his loss leaves a massive void that will be hard to fill. Max dedicated his life to helping others and will be missed greatly. Prayers for his family and team during this heartbreaking time. Until we meet again brother, restore easy, we'll take it from here.

An excellent tracker for this who endeavor to determine combat losses in the current Iran conflict.

For your reading pleasures is an article I was given the opportunity to co-author. "Red Skies Ahead Russia Planning for Its Drone Driven Army of Tomorrow" armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Milit…

May she rest in peace and be reunited with her son, a hero to all, in the afterlife

A great story of resilience and love for their hero. Welcome home

@LindseyGrahamSC Lindsey Graham supports state sanctioned terror after literally war mongering for decades to over throw other governments for the same thing? Wild times, We can’t hear your properly over you sucking off President TACO.

An armed man trying to impede a lawful arrest is a recipe for disaster. I expect law enforcement officers to use good judgement. But not to foolishly risk their lives or the lives of others. As to the recent tragic shooting in Minnesota where Border Patrol agents used deadly force against an armed protestor trying to impede a lawful arrest, it is a direct result of the heated rhetoric and over the top reaction toward ICE —who are simply trying to enforce the law in sanctuary cities. You have every right to protest and you have every right to disagree with President Trump. No one has the right to impede law enforcement officers carrying out their duties. If you go to such events with a loaded gun, bad things can happen. The facts will be fully investigated, but for me having been a defense attorney and prosecutor who’s been around law enforcement officers, you have to understand the extreme pressure that Border Patrol and ICE agents are under in sanctuary cities. These cities have willfully ignored federal law, creating massive fraud of benefits, a constant magnet for illegal immigration and a breakdown of law and order. I will be introducing legislation to end sanctuary state and city polices once and for all because they rip off the taxpayer and cause extreme danger for those trying to clean up the mess in these liberal cities.

@tipofthespear42 All great points Ryan. Served with Brits, Aussies, and French across Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Great me and women all

As most know I stay far away from politics on social media. Most of the time its hate fueled propaganda spewed from people who have no idea what they are talking about or what they actually stand for. With that said, social media can be an amazing platform to share fact based information or experiences to respectfully and professionally address or correct misinformation so the public can be properly informed. Below is a video from 2010 in Afghanistan where my Special Forces team was partnered with a NATO Australian team fighting the Taliban on the front lines. I dont have the most experience but I have some with 8 deployments to Afghanistan as a Special Forces Green Beret serving with some amazing NATO partners fighting side by side against a mutual enemy. When I was wounded after stepping on an IED, in the hospital at KAF, there was a Canadian in the bed next to me who had been shot, and in the same room a British soldier who stepped on a landmine. Although these are only my experiences, I have seen first hand our NATO brothers and sisters in arms fighting side by side with us on the front lines. For those who wish to comment, be professional. Many soldiers from around the world gave their lives for freedom and they deserve respect. Be worthy of their sacrifice and be someone who was worth dying for. youtu.be/eODfGEYSyh0?si…

And killing innocent people doesn’t make you righteous. It makes you the same murdering scum bags you claim to be arresting. Nazi fucks

"You're here to terrorize this city" - Vietnam Veteran confronts Federal ICE agents outside Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota

This is not the America I fought for.

Today is a good day to remind ourselves on the US declaration on Greenland: “DECLARATION. In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland. Robert Lansing. New York, August 4, 1916”

Remember MAGAs you have less than 10 minutes until POTUS speaks so you can switch from being Tariff and Russian Experts to Venezuela experts and pretend to care about brown people. You know some of the same people you have been attacking and deporting for a year now and telling the entire world that they are all criminals.

See my latest published article - Historical Armor Losses: Shifting Tactics and Strategic Paralysis army.mil/article/289399…

@nexta_tv They literally launched from there this morning for MS-28.

⚡️BREAKING: Russia has suddenly lost access to space An accident at Baikonur has effectively deprived Russia of the ability to launch humans into space for the first time in 60 years. During the launch of the Soyuz MS-28, the service tower collapsed at launch pad 31. This is the only site from which crewed missions to the ISS can be launched. Footage from the broadcast shows the structure simply caving in. According to The Insider, the tower was torn off by the exhaust plume of the rocket’s first-stage engine. The cosmonauts were unharmed, but part of the launch complex was destroyed and will require long-term repairs. Analysts say launches of Soyuz and Progress spacecraft are now delayed indefinitely. Space expert Vitaly Yegorov said that as of today, Russia “has lost the ability to send humans into space.” Restoring the launch pad could take up to two years.