Sunday, January 18, 2026

Mission Complete

 At  some point (after sun-down) on Friday.....the 15-man Bundeswehr (German Army) unit arrived in Greenland.

They spent Saturday accomplishing the mission.

Today (Sunday)....AM, the unit boarded a plane...leaving for Iceland.  

What they did for Saturday?  If you watch N-TV news....the term 'recon' came up several times.

Trump's threat causing the early 'end'?  Well....no....as the Berlin announcement occurred....the recon was successful, and a full report would be issued shortly.

If I were viewing this from a Air Force prospective.....they have enough text from Saturday to write up a Achievement-Medal citation....giving each man/woman....a medal.  If they had a good officer planning this....he probably wrote up a new operation 'name'('Orange-Thunder', 'Polar Bang', or 'Cold Ice').

Also from a Air Force prospective....it's possible that the guys got into trouble (boozing-up from Friday night).  I'd give this a remote possibility...say one in fifty odds.

It's also possible upon arriving there....the boys discovered that their Arctic gear wasn't top-notch....or that they hadn't budgeted enough funds to cover bullets or hotel cost. 

Material for German comedians?  Yeah, there's fresh new material....for a good  8-minute dialog.  

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