PSYOP NEWS - OCTOBER 2024
29 Oct Hundreds of drone incursions reported a military installations over the past few years: NORTHCOM PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE — The US military has collectively reported hundreds of drone flights over Pentagon installations on American soil in the past few years, and that’s just the ones US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) knows about. “I have no doubt that there’s significantly more incursions that we don’t see, either with a system or with our eyeballs,” Gen. Gregory Guillot, the commander of NORTHCOM and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said during a roundtable today with a small group of reporters at Peterson Space Force Base, the dual headquarters for both commands. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) sightings over US military bases have raised alarm at the Defense Department, as incursions at sensitive installations like Langley Air Force Base — where the Air Force keeps F-22s — have mystified officials, as the Wall Street Journal previously reported. According to data shared by NORAD, drone sightings in 2022 numbered 250, but that figure has dipped somewhat in recent years, numbering 202 in 2023, and 163 so far this year. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/hundreds-of-drone-incursions-reported-at-military-installations-over-past-few-years-northcom/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--n6ZsFRSCIIiioVKA8d2_mhng35TufT0pHtNWPwxaJru61X18G8lVaTvB9wRkNJHYQwWc_3eyVO_2_FkVdhXCnYlYw_Q&_hsmi=331446239&utm_content=331446239&utm_source=hs_email
24 Oct Fighting underground: The US military must learn from Israel’s experience
As Israel conducts limited ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, it already has encountered tunnels similar to the dangerous unseen combat it has fought for a year beneath Gaza. Not for the first time, Israel is engaged in a new kind of fight that the United States will face in its future conflicts. Just as the United States has learned from Israel’s wars in the past, the risks of tunnel warfare and how Israel is overcoming those challenges through coordinated troop maneuvers and technological adaptations should drive a shift in the US approach to subterranean combat. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/fighting-underground-the-us-military-must-learn-from-israels-experience/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kqLbQ6cqiIDCze3a14qtliZB6uJMy5B6WXOMt4POYwnIfviQj366XGnR21B7bG5dgvwAwZL9Byo_PHWt1Xk-KrZbdEQ&_hsmi=330737581&utm_content=330737581&utm_source=hs_email
21 Oct Army’s new Theater Information Advantage Detachments will be tailored to their theater: Officials
The three planned Theater Information Advantage Detachments will each start with 65 soldiers, but the TIADs will be tailored over time to serve the specific demands of Indo-Pacific Command, European Command, and Army Cyber Command.One size doesn’t fit all in cyberspace. So the Army’s three planned Theater Information Advantage Detachments will deliberately undergo divergent evolution to better serve the specific commanders they’re attached to, officials said last week. “One’s going to the Pacific, one’s going to Europe, and one’s going to Army Cyber [Command],” explained ARCYBER’s commander, Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, in a packed briefing at the Association of the US Army’s annual conference dedicated to the information warfare teams. The newly designated units are designed to help commanders counter disinformation and other “malign influence” interfering with Army operations. The TIAD assigned to US Army Pacific in Hawaii will stand up first, Barrett said. The official activation date is October 2025, although the service intends to get as many personnel in place as far ahead of that date as it can. The next TIAD to go live will be collocated with ARCYBER headquarters at Fort Eisenhower, Ga. (formerly Fort Gordon), and Europe will be last. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/armys-new-theater-information-advantage-detachments-will-be-tailored-to-their-theater-officials/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8p222K6v7taCEhNHGDrVoS8ZCg9cBlmhjL2haiMaisTmAjeSZJhdHoWWMKayrcmWHLWIVJCoL5uc1f7pO1J2KeA0PmtA&_hsmi=330158168&utm_content=330158168&utm_source=hs_email
17 Oct Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms By the time new soldiers get to their first unit, they have faced being hunted by a swarm of drones, according to the head of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The Army has revamped the Forge, which has been the capstone event of basic training for over half a decade, based on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, Gen. Gary M. Brito told Task & Purpose in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “It’s exposing them to operational threats that they may see if they were to deploy tomorrow, and also so they haven’t seen it for the first time when they join whatever unit they’re going to join,” Brito said. Dubbed “Forge 2.5,” the 96-hour field training exercise has been updated over the past year so that Army trainees learn how to conceal themselves from drones, Brito said. That includes training on how to limit their electronic signatures and decrease the size of command posts so that they don’t pose tempting targets. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-training-drones-conceal/
16 Oct Here’s what’s in Zelenskyy’s victory plan for beating Putin KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday presented his so-called victory plan to the Ukrainian parliament — aimed at seeking a just peace to the war with Russia thanks to aid and guarantees from its allies. The plan consists of five main points and three secret annexes. “Ukraine's victory plan is a plan to strengthen our state and strengthen our positions. To be strong enough to end the war,” Zelenskyy said, adding: "If we start moving with this concrete plan of victory now, we may manage to end the war no later than next year.” https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-presents-his-victory-plan-to-ukraine-parliament-war-vladimir-putin/?_bhlid=fa9881ea5059c03386cde89cdb0f2e092774fdd2
Or https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-europe-tour/33153303.html And\https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2024/10/ukraine-241016-ukraine-president03.htm
15 Oct Russian sabotage is escalating risk of greater conflict in Europe, Army’s Williams says
The U.S. Army’s top general in Europe warned this week that Russian operatives making mischief in NATO territory have ratcheted up the risk of military escalation with Moscow. “The miscalculation piece is as high as it’s ever been,” U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s Gen. Darryl Williams said Tuesday. Williams, speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference in Washington, said he couldn’t go into much detail about the situation. However, he described the operatives as nontraditional and not “classically trained.” Since Russia’s 2022 attack on Ukraine, U.S. military officials have raised concerns about the lack of systems in place during the Cold War that helped Washington and Moscow read each other’s signals and avoid nuclear conflict. Williams’ assertion suggests Russian operatives lack the grasp of allied red lines that their Soviet predecessors had.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-10-15/russian-sabotage-us-army-nato-15515862.html Source - Stars and Stripes
14 Oct Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple cities, yell racial slurs
Robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers. The affected robots were all Chinese-made Ecovacs Deebot X2s — the exact model that the ABC was able to hack into as proof of a critical security flaw. Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson was watching TV when his robot started to malfunction. "It sounded like a broken-up radio signal or something," he told the ABC. "You could hear snippets of maybe a voice." Through the Ecovacs app, he saw that a stranger was accessing its live camera feed and remote control feature.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-11/robot-vacuum-yells-racial-slurs-at-family-after-being-hacked/104445408 And https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/robot-vacuum-cleaners-hacked-to-spy-on-insult-owners?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20241021_octoberweeklynewsletter_v3_172924832474&utm_content=Robot_Army
11 Oct US Army Pacific to absorb new units under ‘transformation’ mantra The U.S. Army command for the Indo-Pacific finds itself at the front of the service’s transformation initiative, incorporating new unit types created to facilitate rapid adaptation to adversary tactics, according to U.S. Army Pacific Command chief Gen. Charles Flynn. Several units in the Pacific, from Hawaii to Alaska, were chosen as part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s initiative, dubbed “Transforming in Contact,” Flynn said in an interview ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/10/11/us-army-pacific-to-absorb-new-units-under-transformation-mantra/
8 Oct How the Army is using AI during Hurricane Helene Relief The Army’s 18th Airborne Corps is for the first time using a battlefield capability to map road closures, cellular outages, supply needs and other data in real time to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Northern Command help people whose homes and communities were battered by Hurricane Helene late last month. The Army is using its Maven Smart System to provide responders with the information needed to make quick, on-the-ground decisions, such as where to send medical supplies or how many truckloads of water to take into certain storm-ravaged areas, defense officials told reporters Monday. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/10/08/how-the-army-is-using-ai-during-hurricane-helene-relief/
8 Oct Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails
The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected the damage to his western North Carolina home. The night before, he listened to the wind whip down trees and snap power lines along the two-mile access road connecting his family to their few neighbors in Buncombe County. Like the tens of thousands of other North Carolina residents, the power to Witherspoon’s neighborhood was completely out. It was impossible to communicate with the house down the road, let alone anyone several miles away. Unable to send text messages or make phone calls, radio became the one form of communication left in rural North Carolina. After fixing what he could on his own property, Witherspoon, a lifelong amateur radio enthusiast, began distributing handheld radios to his neighbors. https://www.wired.com/story/hurricane-helene-milton-north-carolina-florida-amateur-radio/?utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_010824&bxid=5cec2c933f92a45b30f92bbd&cndid=38761377&hasha=64e48ec32f9986559df627a23da456d4&hashb=7c3abddf39fb9693135d14c247de6e3c458b15fd&hashc=afd17412515322735b729a8a3846c2686df11e4319d8e440aa3b40aec3bca793&esrc=OIDC_SELECT_ACCOUNT_
7 Oct In a year of war since Oct 7, Israel introduced new battlefield tech, honed its organization
JERUSALEM — In July, nine months after the devastating Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Israel Defense Forces released one of its first publicly available investigations into the failures of that day, a study of the battle of Kibbutz Be’eri, where 101 civilians were killed during the Hamas attack. But it is clear the Israeli military could not wait nine months to begin reacting to the Oct. 7 attacks, as it mounted an aggressive, deadly retaliatory campaign in Gaza. The IDF has been evolving in real time in the year of war since — using new technology, reorganizing its fighting forces and even adjusting the way it trains its soldiers. With ground operations now expanding into southern Lebanon, where Israel hopes to push back Iran-backed Hezbollah, here’s a look at how Israel has responded to the demands of modern combat in the past year.
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10/in-a-year-of-war-since-oct-7-israel-introduced-new-battlefield-tech-honed-its-organization/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8IgaVKBYei2U-wnx5wAFFRquYrUSVZJOvYFc6WOUFJbEQ5w1CPyWbsR6r8gHQyHJcQ3ZqqWCJUPsNmQCNQYFRjJNoQSQ&_hsmi=328057680&utm_content=328057680&utm_source=hs_email
3 Oct Russian hacking group targeted US military contractors
A hacking group tied to Russian intelligence tried to worm its way into the systems of dozens of Western think tanks, journalists and former military and intelligence officials, Microsoft and U.S. authorities said Thursday. The group, known as Star Blizzard to cyberespionage experts, targeted its victims with emails that appeared to come from a trusted source — a tactic known as spear phishing. In fact, the emails sought access to the victims’ internal systems, as a way to steal information and disrupt their activities. Star Blizzard's actions were persistent and sophisticated, according to Microsoft, and the group often did detailed research on its targets before launching an attack. Star Blizzard also went after civil society groups, U.S. companies, American military contractors and the Department of Energy, which oversees many nuclear programs, the company said. https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2024/10/03/russian-hacking-group-targeted-us-military-contractors/
3 Oct MOS 37F PSYOP IET Pathway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kNjQc8Gx1M
29 SEP Irregular warfare is everywhere in this new Army Video Irregular warfare is not what you think it is. In fact, to understand it, think bigger. That’s the message in a new video on the topic from the U.S. Army’s special warfare school. It’s a slick, ominous clip, but one that was quietly released onto social media on Thursday, Sept. 26 by the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The video, simply titled “irregular warfare clip,” starts simple, with a musician playing on a violin and pastoral shots of a family playing near fields. As a clock ticks in the background, those cut to militant scenes. Aerial reconnaissance of cityscapes, combat footage in urban areas, including night vision shots, plus tanks firing. As the music builds, those idyllic scenes appear only briefly. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-irregular-warfare-clip/
Sep 27 “The king doesn’t lie down to save the pawn””: Why Iran may let Hezbollah face Israel Along BEIRUT and WASHINGTON — As Israel has pummeled Hezbollah, killing several senior leaders, blowing up purported hidden weapons caches and striking out at hundreds of members through booby-trapped pagers, the group’s most powerful backer, Iran, has stayed almost completely on the sidelines, offering token public support. That’s because, more than a half-dozen analysts told Breaking Defense, Tehran is prioritizing its own strategic interests — in this case staying out of a conflict for as long as possible, even if it means allowing its longtime regional beneficiary to be decimated by the enemy Iran has long prepared them to face. Hezbollah’s patronage from Iran is no secret. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah previously highlighted the proximity with Iran, to an extent that in a June 2016 speech he said that the group’s “funds, weapons, salaries and all other expenses come from Iran.” But for any Hezbollah members looking for robust reassurances from their backer, especially with signs indicating Israel may attempt a ground invasion, they’d be hard pressed to find them in public statements by Iranian leadership in recent days.
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/09/the-king-doesnt-lie-down-to-save-the-pawn-why-iran-may-let-hezbollah-face-israel-alone/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-__pLie-dOUz-nIcBE50DGjOFESChbv8Ltal_eO-Pl3v1bFgWFSOgQJRFPW9tiaLwAJ3j5XbiLVeLwfrOOUiZxYOW-Evw&_hsmi=326887709&utm_content=326887709&utm_source=hs_email | 
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