Lloyd Austin Hospitalization: Symptoms, Prostate Cancer, and Controversy Surrounding Pentagon Secretary’s Health

Lloyd Austin Hospitalization: Symptoms, Prostate Cancer, and Controversy Surrounding Pentagon Secretary’s Health

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was again taken to a hospital in Washington on Sunday after “symptoms consistent with a bladder problem”. The Pentagon reports this. Austin had returned to work at the ministry since January 29. Previously, he had worked from home for several weeks after a hospital admission. There was a lot of … Read more

Residents Concerned as Dutch Air Force Plans to Expand and Increase Fighter Plane Activity

Residents Concerned as Dutch Air Force Plans to Expand and Increase Fighter Plane Activity

AFPE A fighter plane at Leeuwarden air base NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 21:45 Residents of De Peel Air Base are concerned. Now the air base near Venray, which has been closed for years, looks peaceful, but in the future 2,300 fighter planes may take off and land here every year. And that may also include Apache and … Read more

Dutch Military Budget Discussion and the Need for Additional Defense Spending

Dutch Military Budget Discussion and the Need for Additional Defense Spending

ANPHhelicopters during the Falcon Autumn military exercise. Army and air force soldiers and thirty-five helicopters conduct large-scale airborne operations. NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 02:58 The Dutch armed forces will have billions more to spend in the coming years. During the discussion of the defense budget in the House of Representatives this week, many parties will say that … Read more

UMC Utrecht and Ministry of Defense Collaborate to Advance Trauma Care

UMC Utrecht and Ministry of Defense Collaborate to Advance Trauma Care

Medicalfacts Editorial / Janine Budding January 28, 2024 – 9:51 PM The Civil-Military Center of Expertise for Trauma Care brings together military and civilian trauma care The UMC Utrecht and the Ministry of Defense will collaborate even more intensively in trauma care and research into it. Because soldiers on mission suffer very different injuries than … Read more

Defense to Replace 67km Underground Fuel Pipeline in Major Operation

Defense to Replace 67km Underground Fuel Pipeline in Major Operation

Defense Work on an underground Defense pipeline In association with Omroep Gelderland NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 13:36 Defense will replace a 67 kilometer long fuel pipeline straight through the Netherlands. The pipe is used to transport kerosene for military aircraft, but is too small and very outdated. This concerns the pipeline from Klaphek (near Lopik) to Best, … Read more

Dutch Navy Escorts Russian Warships in North Sea: A Display of Vigilance

Dutch Navy Escorts Russian Warships in North Sea: A Display of Vigilance

Ministry of Defense Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (in the foreground) escorts a Russian frigate NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 20:38 The Dutch Navy has escorted three Russian naval vessels in the North Sea. There was no illegal passage. Nevertheless, “to emphasize vigilance”, the passage was supervised, the Ministry of Defense said. According to the navy, it involved a Russian … Read more

Rising Israeli Death Toll and Ongoing Conflict in Gaza

Rising Israeli Death Toll and Ongoing Conflict in Gaza

The new Israeli death toll continues to rise and has reached 900. There are 2,500 injured, many of them seriously. There would then be 750 missing and at least 100 hostages in the hands of Hamas. Among them Americans and Germans. 260 people died at the rave of young pacifists in the desert. Deaths in … Read more

Israeli Airstrikes Kill Over 50 at Jabalia Market, Gaza; US Expects Ground Operation in 24-48 Hours

Israeli Airstrikes Kill Over 50 at Jabalia Market, Gaza; US Expects Ground Operation in 24-48 Hours

Israeli planes bombed the Jabalia fruit and vegetable market, in the north of the Strip, very crowded at that time. This was reported by witnesses according to whom there are dozens of corpses on the spot. The Gaza hospital later reported that the deaths are over 50. The local inhabitants – according to the same … Read more

Dutch Ministry of Defense Sends Additional Soldiers and Chinook Transport Helicopters to Support NATO Mission in Iraq

Dutch Ministry of Defense Sends Additional Soldiers and Chinook Transport Helicopters to Support NATO Mission in Iraq

Ministry of Defense Chinook transport helicopter (source: Defense) NOS News•today, 5:50 PM•Adjusted today, 6:13 PM The Netherlands is sending another 135 soldiers as a contribution to the NATO mission in Iraq (NMI). The outgoing government supplies three Chinooks, transport helicopters, with a crew of 120 soldiers. A Dutchman will also become commander of the NATO … Read more