Seven C17 aircraft have also been tracked landing on the remote atoll, suggesting transportation of equipment, personnel and supplies, and refuelling aircraft have been repositioned to strategic locations.
DB2
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You think this just about Yemen, or something else?
I would not think we would need B-2 Stealth to deal with rebels. 
On a side note, it would rather suck to be assigned to Diego Garcia. I’ve been stationed to some remote places but Diego Garcia takes the cake. Tropical, yes, but the thing is barely an atoll of a few miles long and wide with nothing else on it.
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I thought Diego García got deported.
That’s a lot of fire power! What’s going on here? Saber rattling or war mongering?
Based on the Signal info, sounds like the Houthi operation was just the start of something bigger. Talking about renumeration from Egypt and the EU for one bombing campaign also seems silly.
Next big conflict, he we come!
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I can think of two possibilities
- Not letting go of Diego Garcia, the unsinkable aircraft carrier
- Neutering Iran’s Nuclear Initiatives [NINI]
Or both.
The Captain
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I’m focused on Iran. A week or so ago, Trump warned Iran that he considered the Houthis and Iran to be one and the same.
Last October Israel took care of Iran’s missile defenses, so there is that.
DB2
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Sure, there are those possibilities. I wonder if our administration is managing impacts from our buildup in the IOR.
- What will China do?
- What will Russia do?
- What will India do?
Failure to coordinate with others in the region can easily lead to escalation. Let’s hope we still have some chess players in the DoD. Being mediocre at checkers isn’t going to cut it.
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We have always been at war with Eurasia.
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Too many pieces–and choices–to comprehend.
I’m betting on Iran as well. In between terms, the current TIC showed classified US attack plans on Iran to visitors at Mar a Lago. The issue was that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley had convinced TIC that an invasion of Iran was impossible, and the battle plans were proof (in his mind) that TIC had been mislead. After the inauguration, Milley’s portrait was removed the a wall of the Pentagon where other Joint Chief’s portraits are displayed, his security clearance was revoked, and he was fired from a civilian government position.
So, there seem to be personal reasons why TIC wants to go to war with Iran.
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This sounds familiar… tragically familiar.
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We’ll show them
20 times over
IOR?
AI Overview
“IOR” can refer to several things, including Importer of Record, Index of Refraction, or other related terms like Interoperable Object Reference, or the Institute of Oncology Research, depending on the context.
Here’s a breakdown of the potential meanings:
- Importer of Record (IOR):
This refers to the person or company legally responsible for ensuring imported goods comply with all regulations and requirements of the destination country, including paying duties and taxes.
- Index of Refraction (IOR):
In physics, this is a measure of how much light bends when it passes from one medium to another, like from air to glass.
- Interoperable Object Reference (IOR):
In computer science, this is a reference that uniquely identifies an object on a remote server, used in CORBA and RMI-IIOP.
Other potential meanings:
- India Office Records
- International Offshore Rule
- Istituto per le Opere di Religione (Vatican Bank)
- Inishmore Aerodrome (IATA airport code)
- Institute of Refrigeration
- Institute of Operational Risk
- IOR Global Services (Global Mobility Services & Talent Management)
- IOR Partners (Ophthalmic Office-Based Surgery)
- IOR (Australian family-owned and operated business, dedicated to service and committed to local, hands-on relationships with our customers and suppliers)
- Institute of Oncology Research (IOR)
- IOR (Indian Ocean Region)
Istituto per le Opere di Religione - Home Page - IOR
Indeed the mission of the Institute is to serve the Catholic Church in all its forms (Holy See - Related Entities - Religious Orde…
IOR
- IOR | Australian-owned and Operated
IOR is an Australian family-owned and operated business, dedicated to service and committed to local, hands-on relationships with …
ior.com.au
- Institute of Refrigeration: for experts in refrigeration, air …
Institute of Refrigeration: for experts in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps. Menu.
Institute of Refrigeration
The Captain
clueless in Acronym Land
Reminds me of the days I was an Apple Reseller, the need to talk to customers in a language they understood, not in the technobabble we understood.
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Why invade? Just destroy their capabilities. Soldiers on the ground is so last century.
and absurd.
The Captain
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If it is Trump’s idea it won’t work.
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Looks like you found it! It’s also included in the article I linked.
Beats me. Seems dumb. I’m glad Milley was able to convince him not to do it.
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I wasted time to document the abuse of acronyms, I didn’t waste the time to find our what the heck IOR might mean.
If you want to communicate think about your audience.
The Captain
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One acronym…OMG, IDKTS. IYRTAYKWIORM!
HF!
There are other people abusing acronyms. The proper use of acronyms is to ‘document’ it’s first use:
One acronym…Oh My God [OMG].
OMG this…
OMG that…
OMG the other…
The Captain
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Abuse and misspelling of acronyms is epidemic from social media to the pages of the NYT and the WSJ, who over use, under define, and often print acronyms in lower case. 
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