Tonight was a clear victory ... for memes.
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Crewmembers from USS Batfish (SS-310) receive combat awards on deck at the end of a successful war patrol, May 1945, at Pearl Harbor. The submarine at right is not identified. The sub is known primarily for the remarkable feat of sinking three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines in a 76-hour period, in the South China Sea, February 1945. There were no survivors.
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Sights from Ewa Beach...
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USS Wasp Transits Through the Strait of Gibraltar
Sending a message... it is rare for a boomer to surface while on operations.
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USS Normandy (CG-60) and ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) overflown by Boeing P-8A Poseidon and Boeing E-6B Mercury (Doomsday plane) for PHOTEX in the Norwegian Sea on June 23, 2024. ICBM sub + Doomsday plane, not exactly subtle.
US policymakers that offshored defense industrial base to China to bolster corporate profits and crush organized labor are upset about inability to go to war without Chinese components, insufficient skilled labor to reshore defense industrial base, and Chinese influence in Corporate America. WAAHHH!
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Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells
Aside from tonight's circus...
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I've got good news...
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Crewmembers from USS Batfish (SS-310) receive combat awards on deck at the end of a successful war patrol, May 1945, at Pearl Harbor. The submarine at right is not identified. The sub is known primarily for the remarkable feat of sinking three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines in a 76-hour period, in the South China Sea, February 1945. There were no survivors.
Quote:The United States Navy and 28 partner nations will begin the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise on Thursday around the Hawaiian Islands with 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel taking part in the drills that will end on Aug.1 according to a navy release.
Partner nations for RIMPAC 2024 are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom.
Full list: Carrier USS Carl Vinson, International Warships Arrive in Hawaii for RIMPAC 2024
Sights from Ewa Beach...
USS Wasp Transits Through the Strait of Gibraltar
Sending a message... it is rare for a boomer to surface while on operations.
USS Normandy (CG-60) and ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) overflown by Boeing P-8A Poseidon and Boeing E-6B Mercury (Doomsday plane) for PHOTEX in the Norwegian Sea on June 23, 2024. ICBM sub + Doomsday plane, not exactly subtle.
US policymakers that offshored defense industrial base to China to bolster corporate profits and crush organized labor are upset about inability to go to war without Chinese components, insufficient skilled labor to reshore defense industrial base, and Chinese influence in Corporate America. WAAHHH!
Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells
Aside from tonight's circus...
I've got good news...
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell