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Wednesday updates

| September 4, 2024 | 5 Comments

Came on to read all the morning good stuff and find my scheduled column didn’t drop….damn. Better late than never!   Remember the Navy ship commander who was famously photographed on his fantail firing an M-4 with the scope rear mounted forward? The image brought the Navy considerable ridicule on social media. The San Diego […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| September 4, 2024 | 11 Comments

CMMG Banshee Mk 47 34-year-old man shoots 2 suspects who attempted to rob him, SAPD says Police say the two suspects were also armed SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said it is investigating what led to a man defending himself against two armed suspects. Officers received a call about a man who was shot […]

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Losing the George Washington for 6 years

Losing the George Washington for 6 years

| September 3, 2024 | 45 Comments

Nimitz class carriers are strange and complex ships. They are expected to have a service life of 50 years, I read – there is a caveat to that. The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers undergo a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the mid-point of their 50-year lifespan, a process that takes years to complete. […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| September 3, 2024 | 27 Comments

CZ Scorpion Evo 3 S1 Homeowner shoots suspected intruder during burglary in Pettis County Nick Sloan A homeowner in Pettis County shot and killed an intruder during a burglary early Friday morning, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies responded to a single-vehicle accident near Anderson School Road and Shire Lane around 1 a.m. and were alerted […]

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USS Wasp Personnel Attacked in Izmir

USS Wasp Personnel Attacked in Izmir

| September 2, 2024 | 49 Comments

USS Wasp (LHD-1) U.S. Service Members Assaulted by Turkish Nationalist Youth Group John Hayward Two American service members were attacked by a mob of young Turkish nationalists in the western city of Izmir on Monday as a crowd of onlookers chanted anti-American slogans. The American personnel are reportedly safe, and Turkish police have arrested 15 […]

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Maduro’s Jet Repo’ed

Maduro’s Jet Repo’ed

| September 2, 2024 | 40 Comments

US seizes Venezuelan leader Maduro’s plane in the Dominican Republic US seizes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s private plane known as Venezuela’s ‘Air Force One’ By Danielle Wallace, Bill Melugin The United States seized a plane owned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the Dominican Republic, Fox News has confirmed. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) flew Maduro’s […]

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Holiday Open Thread

Holiday Open Thread

| September 2, 2024 | 117 Comments

Happy Labor Day! Approximately  8 years ago, right before Labor Day, a phony SEAL was featured on this site. The featured phony deployed sock puppets to try to make himself look good. In one of his sock puppet interactions, one suck puppet said to the other, “See you at the barbecue!” Good times.

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John Thompson, SAS vet of Iran Embassy takedown, dead

John Thompson, SAS vet of Iran Embassy takedown, dead

| September 2, 2024 | 11 Comments

  John Thompson was 82 when he passed Saturday. Mr Thompson, originally from Liverpool, began his decorated military career in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers. He later served with the 16 Parachute Brigade and was also a member of the SAS squadron that stormed the Iranian embassy in Operation Nimrod in 1980. The SAS-led operation […]

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