All posts tagged "Reserves"

A former Republican congressman with deep ties to the military warned that a Pentagon decision will inflict lasting damage on U.S. forces.

Appearing in a Thursday episode of "The Bulwark Daily" with host Tim Miller, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said one of his sources told him that Air National Guard pilots deployed to the Middle East have now been extended until April, keeping them away from home for 15 months.

Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran who flew for the Air National Guard, said many of those pilots are part-timers who fly for commercial airlines like United and put in five or six days a month in uniform. He said they were called up with almost no warning....

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday he's putting the final 15 million barrels on the market from a record release of US strategic oil reserves, with more releases possible if energy prices spike, a senior US official said. The new tranche of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be "completing the 180 million barrel release authorized in the spring," in response to price hikes linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a senior US official said Tuesday. The order, which Biden will announce in a speech, means the president will be "making clear that the administr......