Tootfinder

“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
Some of the IDF soldiers who talked to the programme reques…

Intercepted call reveals Russian soldiers shot civilians near Pokrovsk, Ukrainian intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/intercepted-call-reveals-russian-soldiers.html

Supporting suspicions:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/israeli-soldiers-breaking-ranks-gaza-civilians-human-shields?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Supporting suspicions:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/israeli-soldiers-breaking-ranks-gaza-civilians-human-shields?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you're going to use "futuristic" in a press release, at least include a mock-up of what things will look like. (I'm a sucker for photos of soldiers wearing wrist-mounted tablets running TAK or BATDOK.)
https://www.gov.uk/governm…

Soldiers to get new AI capable radios, headsets and tablets with futuristic sensor data
British soldiers will be able to make faster, better decisions on the battlefield through thousands of new radios, headsets and tablets.

A 14-year-old Palestinian Bled to Death for 45 Minutes as Israeli Soldiers Stood Nearby
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-02-08/ty-article…

You know what unmarked, uniformly looking, heavily armed men are called in Ukraine? “Little green men” – they're russian soldiers.
In the US meanwhile, they're called ICE. Same type of scum, though.

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-war-i-message-in-a-bottle-found-in-australia-and-delivered-to-familie…

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later
Letters from WWI soldiers that were placed in a bottle and thrown into the ocean were recently found in Australia and delivered to relatives.

"We can breathe easier": Ukrainian soldiers say Russians in panic after Starlink shutdown - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/we-can-breathe-easier-ukrainian-soldiers-explain-what-changed-on-front-after-illegal-starlink-shutdown/

The killing of two unarmed Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Jenin
has provoked international outrage
after video footage of the incident went viral on Friday.
Credited to the local Palestine TV station, the footage shows two young Palestinian men surrendering to Israeli soldiers
and lying on the ground in front of a garage under soldiers’ instructions.
They then appear to be directed by the soldiers to go back inside the garag…

Outrage after footage of Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinians in Jenin goes viral
Human rights organizations call the killing of two unarmed Palestinians in Jenin by Israeli soldiers an “extrajudicial execution.”

Video appears to show Russian soldiers sending African mercenary into battle with a mine strapped to his chest: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/09/video-appears-to-show-russian.html

⏳ Two years and 800,000 soldiers! Zelenskyy CALCULATES the end of Russia’s offensive in DONBAS: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/05/two-years-and-soldiers-zelenskyy.html

Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement (Jason Wilson/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/hegseth-us-soldiers-iraq-rules-engagement
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p41#a251202p41

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/ice-pretends-its-a-military-force-its-tactics-would-get-real-soldiers-killed/

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

Ukraine war latest live: 2 Ukrainian soldiers capture 6 Russian troops in Oleksandrivka sector, video released: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/09/ukraine-war-latest-live-ukrainian.html

Russia occupied more than 4,000 sq km (0.72%) of Ukrainian territory in 2025 – military analysts. Around 400,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded during the year, so that cost Russia 100 soldiers per km² occupied, or 1 per hectare.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/01/01/8014…

"Like many, I never really lost the inner nine-year-old who rejoices at the sight of armed soldiers marching in lockstep"...maaaate, don't admit that on page 25!
Yes, you had the grace to admit you've never experienced war, but how the f*** do you expect readers to react?
Is this what comes of being published by a military history/games publisher (Osprey)? Insufficiently critical editing?
Is this a common sentiment? It's 100% not mine
I'm reading Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine by Mark Galeotti
I realise it was published in 2022 as Russia was invading Ukraine, but that sentence is even more distasteful now, in 2026

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed
-- of what use are literature, philosophy, and history when we have problems to solve right now?
And yet colleagues meeting in wartime Kyiv have a clearer sense of purpose, more esprit de corps, , and a better instinct for the essential.
And soldiers on the front (as they tell me) want to talk about history and culture.
In traumatic conditions, people think about where they stand amidst larger force…

Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction

Fun fact: did you know that of the about 3.55 million active duty NATO soldiers on earth only about 1.3 of them are US soldiers? That means the non-US NATO soldiers outnumber the all the active duty US soldiers on earth almost 2 to 1?
#USpol #EUpol

The Netherlands Chief of Defence about Trump's remarks. About the Dutch soldiers that fought and died for the USA. The outrage about Trump's remarks is fully understandable.
#veterans #netherlands #usa

At least 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russia's war, with many more missing, Zelensky tells French media: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/04/at-least-ukrainian-soldiers-killed.html

Darth #Trump is an idiot—there's no other way to put it. It is rumored that he wants to pardon all war crimes committed by Russians against soldiers and civilians in #Ukraine.
Who does he think he is? Lord of the world? If he were just any ordinary citizen, people would laugh at him or put him in a psy…

Selfie Soldiers: Russia Checks in to Ukraine - YouTube
#russiaUkraineWar #2014

Pete Hegseth, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to
ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.
The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the
constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.
Hegseth is currently under scrutiny for a 2 September attack on a boat purportedly carrying drugs in the Ca…

Were I to be the next President of the US I would ask my Atty General to consider bringing charges against every member of the US military who took part in the invasion of Venezuela who did not stand up and question the legitimacy of their orders.
Under Cheato and hogsbreath the US military has been lulled into the belief that it is OK to simply follow orders without considering whether those orders are legal/Constitutional or not.
Our soldiers and sailors need to be reminded of …

Outrage after footage of Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinians in Jenin goes viral – Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/outrage-after-footage-of-israeli-soldiers-executing-two-palestinians-in-jenin-goes-viral/

If you believe capitalism is something we simply have to live with, then we are not standing on the same ground. I cannot accept the idea of resigning myself to a system built on exploitation and inequality, treated as if it were natural or eternal. What passes for stability in capitalism is only the quiet before another round of dispossession.
I reject the kind of unionism that settles for small reforms while leaving the machinery of domination untouched. Progress does not come from p…

ICE Pretends It's a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed (John Publius/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-pretends-its-a-military-force-its-tactics-would-get-real-soldiers-killed/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p93#a260129p93

Isto vai acontecer muito mais frequentemente depois desta guerra acabar, e seja qual for o seu resultado. A experiência ganha ali, de ambos os lados do combate, vai ser usada para fazer muita, muita merda pelo mundo inteiro.
Obrigadinho, Fidaputin.

Brazilian foreign fighters in Ukraine sound alarm about infiltration by South American gangs
At first glance, a YouTube interview with Philippe Marques Pinto looks like one of dozens of others in Ukraine’s long-running campaign to recruit South American soldiers to bolster its ranks in the fight against Russia. “I worked as a private security guard in Brazil, and when I arrived here, I got training, and it was just a question of adaptation,” Pinto says in an April 25, 2025, video for the Foreign Recruitment Center, a channel run by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. But according to…

A YouTuber hacked a North Korean military computer, revealing footage of North Korean soldiers captured on webcam
https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/01/29/PBEH25CATZCELKJLAZRGVBPXFA/

North Korean Hackers' Daily Life Leaked in Video
North Korean Hackers Daily Life Leaked in Video North Korean hackers use AI, VPNs to secure jobs, funneling funds to regime

❄️ Blackout. Shadow fleet collapse. Soldiers on crutches. Is Putin afraid of Kyiv talks?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/blackout-shadow-fleet-collapse-soldiers.html

Near Venezuela, recently:
The US military has been summarily killing people in boats.
They then started seizing cargo ships.
They have now abducted a political leader from his home in the night.
These are not part of an armed conflict - there is no war between the US and Venezuela, and the targets were not soldiers.
These are murder, piracy, and kidnapping.
The military personnel who carried them out have made themselves criminal henchmen with no legal def…

‼️BREAKING‼️
US MILITARY HAS REPORTEDLY CAPTURED MADURODAM

Selfie Soldiers: Russia Checks in to Ukraine - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zssIFN2mso&rco=1

#FensterFreitag St Peter, Twineham, #WestSussex

'Everyone's in shock' — Ground Forces reorganization leaves International Legion soldiers in limbo: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/07/everyones-in-shock-ground-forces.html

Imagine having the blind confidence of a white male conservative.
...this asshat really thinks he's there to do a tight 5min to US troops on how lousy cherished American traditions are.
▫️JD Vance: "How many of you really like turkey?"
<Many soldiers raise their hands>
▫️Vance: "You're all full of shit."
#jdvance

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/115963303958988100
Our soldiers and many others sacrificed an awful lot for 20 years... and for all intents and purposes the overall mission of creating a human rights respecting government in Afghanistan completely failed.
Lesson: Wars don't make human rights happen.

Speed Painting Sikh Soldiers (whew!) for Bolt Action 8th Army [How I Paint Things] - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR30FH81pGg

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage | Cognoscenti https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/20/minneapolis-ice-insurrection-act-trump-amerian-soldiers-andrew-carleen?linkId=900232191 …

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage
"It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"

NATO 18.12.2025
"NSPA implements landmark transportation of soldiers for the French Ministry of Defence"
https://www.nspa.nato.int/news/2025/nspa-implements-landmark-transportation-of-soldiers-for-the-…

🪖 Over 400,000 soldiers KILLED in a YEAR! 2025 for Putin's army #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/01/over-soldiers-killed-in-a.html

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Light🕯 is important to the holiday season, so how about a story on bioluminescence? Japanese soldiers during WW2 harvested the ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii "umi-hotaru sea firefly" and dried them. Water was added to a jar for use as glowsticks to discretely read maps. Hakai magazine has a wonderful bioluminescence article, including details on Osamu Sh…

Donald Trump being a loser isn’t exactly new but he’s really set himself up for loss, regardless what happens with Greenland. Either he loses any conflict because he can’t stand to see the dead soldiers coming home or he loses because the USA will be absolutely shunned by their former partners.
He loses either way.
#uspolitics

Five Ukrainian soldiers surrendered. Russian troops shot them lying face-down anyway. - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/23/russia-executes-five-captured-ukrainian-soldiers-near-pokrovsk/

This was actually very interesting, even if like me, you're not into war stuff:
Bomb disposal veteran says nothing could have prepared his men for sights of Iraq war https://www.forcesnews.com/operations/afghanistan/trut…

The truth about British blood spilled in US wars, by decorated veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq
Major (Ret'd) Chris Hunter describes UK soldiers' actions alongside their US counterparts in Afghanistan as the epitome of honour and duty

Over 168,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/over-russian-soldiers-killed-in.html

The US *loves* soldiers and veterans! Virtuous! Service! 🇺🇲🦅
The US *hates* homeless people. Lazy! Dirty! Want a handout!
But... ~1 in every 20 US homeless folk is a Black or hispanic veteran. 🤷🏿‍♂️
-- @…

mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 2 images Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! Still not talking about Black History. Still talking about white US History. The US *loves* soldiers and veterans! Virtuous! Service! 🇺🇲🦅 The US *hates* homeless people. Lazy! Dirty! Want a handout! But... ~1 in every 20 US homeless folk is a Black or hispanic veteran. 🤷🏿‍♂️ In the USA, the phrase "support our troops!" is a euphemism that does mean military jingoism, but doesn't mean supporting all of our troops. 1/N #B…

If you wish to remain men, do not be soldiers; if you cannot stand humiliations do not don the uniform. If, however, you have already committed the imprudence of clothing yourselves therewith, and some day you find yourselves in the situation of being unable to control your indignation, then neither insult nor strike your superiors; LET DAYLIGHT THROUGH THEM! You will pay no more for it.
---- - Jean Grave - ----

❗️ 150,000 Russian SOLDIERS will not be able to occupy POKROVSK! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/russian-soldiers-will-not-be.html

Two information panels about Black soldiers have been installed just outside the American military cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands. The action was undertaken by a Dutch TV channel.
Similar panels had previously been permanently removed from the cemetery by the Trump administration.
News article in Dutch:
https://nos.nl/l/2591602

Tv-programma zet nieuwe panelen naast begraafplaats Margraten
De twee panelen met informatie over zwarte Amerikaanse militairen werden onthuld in het bijzijn van nazaten. De VS had eerder dergelijke panelen verwijderd.

Google's pivot to AI Overviews cut Stereogum's ad revenue by 70%, founder Scott Lapatine says, so the site is shifting toward a subscription-focused model (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/821

Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and music streaming algorithms.

Russia Can’t Pay Its Soldiers: Yakutia Freezes Military Bonuses Over Budget Crisis — UNITED24 Media
https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-cant-pay-its-soldiers-yakutia-freezes-military-bonuses-over-budget-crisis-13691

U.S. Soldiers and Translator Killed in Syria Are Identified (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/syria-killed-soldiers-iowa-national-guard.html?unlocked_article_code=1.808.kp_5.yLp3QconQMzq&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p101#a251215p101

Russian soldier’s mother pleads with Putin to rescue troops near Kupyansk as Kremlin denies encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/russian-soldiers-mother-pleads-with.html

⚡"RUSSIAN SOLDIER'S TEETH" – FAKE: Latvian warrior Alvis Luksha on BUCHA, wounds, and BALTIC THREAT!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/quotrussian-soldiers-teethquot-fake-latvian.html

Good to spread the word about the disinformation Trump is spreading about NATO-members not supporting the US.
#USA #NATO #Trump

New goatse just dropped

Army shares identities of two soldiers killed in ISIS ambush in Syria (Mike Brest/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3917875/army-shares-identities-two-soldiers-killed-isis-ambush-syria/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p67#a251215p67

The only border crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt
⭐️has opened for the first time in almost a year.
✅The step throws a lifeline to Palestinians who want to leave for medical care or return to homes and families after two years of war.
The passage, near the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza,
was seized by Israeli soldiers in May 2024
and had been mostly closed since then,
other than for a brief time during a temporary cease-fire last winter.
A long…

What to Know About the Rafah Border Crossing in Gaza
The only crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt has reopened after nearly a year of closures. The move will allow residents to leave for medical care or return to homes and families in the territory.

50,000 soldiers LOST per month – the optimal level for the Russian Federation, – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/soldiers-lost-per-month-the.html

North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine ask to be sent to South Korea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/north-korean-soldiers-captured-in.html

Ukrainian soldiers: "What if we use fishing rod?" Two Russian drones later: It worked - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/12/ukrainian-soldiers-what-if-we-use-fishing-rod-two-russian-drones-later-it-worked/

Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
#willyfjamesjr

Watching first-person video from Ukrainian drones chasing isolated Russian soldiers through the woods. It all feels like it's in the style of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies.

RE: #Greenland on merely their third day there. They have “f…

US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash (Molly Quell/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-american-cemetery-black-liberators-trump-06d7a64d11a29736e999664054d29419
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p28#a251230p28

The Deathonomics of Putin’s War
“Black widows” marrying soldiers to collect death benefits are symptomatic of society-wide rot
…

The Deathonomics of Putin’s War
“Black widows” marrying soldiers to collect death benefits are symptomatic of society-wide rot.

Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE | Stars and Stripes https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-01-12/fort-greely-food-shortages-20385029.html

Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE
The home to the 49th Missile Defense Battalion faces “a critical disruption in food service” resulting from “a loss of essential civilian positions.”

US Sonic Weapon Left Venezuelan Soldiers Bleeding, Vomiting Blood During Maduro Capture Operation | IBTimes UK
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-sonic-weapon-left-venezuelan-soldiers-bleeding-vomiting-blood-during-maduro-capture-operation-1769871

Russian attempt to storm Kupiansk using gas pipeline 'thwarted,' 40 soldiers 'eliminated,' Ukraine's 7th Corps says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/russian-attempt-to-storm-kupiansk.html

Two West Virginia national guard members shot near the White House are in critical condition.
“What we know is that this is a targeted shooting,” Mayor Bowser said. “One individual appeared to have targeted these guardsmen.”
Law enforcement officials have identified a suspect, who is currently in custody,
as Rahmanullah Lakanwal,
an Afghan national who entered the United States in September 2021 and has been living in Washington state.

Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash (Tobi Raji/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/28/us-embassy-danish-flags-afghanistan-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p120#a260128p120

Over 163,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/over-russian-soldiers-killed-in.html

Denmark on Monday is boosting its military presence on the Arctic island, according to local press reports.
A "substantial contribution" of Danish combat soldiers is expected to arrive in Kangerlussuaq,
the location of Greenland’s main international airport, on Monday evening, according to Danish broadcaster TV2.
Denmark’s top military commander in the Arctic,
Maj. Gen. SŸren Andersen, said that about 100 Danish soldiers have already arrived in Nuuk, Greenla…

Denmark sends more troops to Greenland
Denmark says its troops could stay in Greenland for one to two years.

🤯 Russia loses 20-25 thousand soldiers EVERY MONTH, says NATO Secretary General #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/russia-loses-thousand-soldiers-every.html

“It bears repeating that President Zelenskyy agreed to a Christmas truce,
but Putin declined,
yet he directs soldiers to continue to commit brutal crimes of aggression on one of Christianity’s holiest days.
“Even for countries at war, there is a long history of Christmas ceasefires, including notably during World War I.
Today’s decision by Putin to launch attacks rather than hold fire is a sobering reminder for us all:
Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no inte…

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senators Tillis, Rosen, Barrasso, Coons, King, Moran, Merkley, Van Hollen Statement on Russia’s Christmas Bombing of Ukraine | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jacky Rosen...

🇺🇦Zelenskyy met with soldiers and congratulated them on Land Forces Day #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/12/zelenskyy-met-with-soldiers-and.html

One front-line position, two soldiers, 165 days: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/one-frontline-position-two-soldiers.html

Soldiers at US-Mexico border lived with ‘leaking raw sewage’
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier-housing-southern-border-mission/

How 2 soldiers survived 165 days trapped on Ukraine’s front line: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/how-soldiers-survived-days-trapped.html

The Pentagon has Reportedly Called In 1,500 Active Duty Soldiers to Suppress Residents Protesting ICE Brutality in Minneapolis (The UnPopulist)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-pentagon-has-reportedly-called
http://www.memeorandum.com/260118/p63#a260118p63

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used and staffed.
In late January, Lt. Gen. Joe Berger, who had taken the top posting in July 2024, was asked for his advice about the legality of using Texas National Guard soldiers for immigration enforcement.
Berger told Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George that he was skeptical and wa…

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used and staffed.

"After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump."
The Danes Who Died for America - The Atlantic
https://archive.ph/NXVnH

Russia’s new “anti-drone” solution – dressing soldiers like giant penguins #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/29/russias-new-antidrone-solution-dressing.html

PUTIN'S COMBAT PENGUINS: Why do their "innovations" make even their own soldiers laugh?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/29/putins-combat-penguins-why-do.html

Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division,
based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson,
one of the Army's premier infantry formations and a frontline force in the U.S. military presence in the Pacific, positioned to help deter China.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare.
One…

Ukraine repatriates bodies of 1,000 fallen soldiers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/29/ukraine-repatriates-bodies-of-fallen.html

Russia aims to recruit over 400,000 soldiers in 2026, Ukraine's military intelligence chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/27/russia-aims-to-recruit-over.html

The US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a “green zone” under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start,
and a “red zone” to be left in ruins.
Foreign forces will initially deploy alongside Israeli soldiers in the east of Gaza,
leaving the devastated strip divided by the current Israeli-controlled “yellow line”, according to US military planning documents seen by the Guardian and sources briefed on American plans.
“…

Moscow falls 56% short in recruiting contract soldiers as officials say ‘all kinds of riffraff’ are applying: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/moscow-falls-short-in-recruiting.html

Ukraine says 1,003 bodies of fallen soldiers return home: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/ukraine-says-bodies-of-fallen.html

Ukraine repels Russian border breach attempt in Kharkiv region, killing 21 soldiers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-repels-russian-border-breach.html

Ukraine war latest live: 70 Russian soldiers 'destroyed' during assault near Kharkiv, Khartiia claims in new video: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/15/ukraine-war-latest-live-russian.html

Ukraine war latest live: Minibus carrying soldiers shot at near Lviv: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/ukraine-war-latest-live-minibus.html

2 million Ukrainians evading mobilization, another 200,000 soldiers AWOL, new defense minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/million-ukrainians-evading-mobilization-another.html

Russian advance near Hulyaipole could open a path to Zaporizhzhia, analysts and soldiers warn: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/12/russian-advance-near-hulyaipole-could.html

Trump praised the bravery of Ukrainian soldiers, but called Russia a "greater power." #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/trump-praised-the-bravery-of.html

⚡️ PUTIN broke HITLER'S record! The loss of 1.2 million soldiers and absurd REASONS for the war: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/putin-broke-hitlers-record-the.html