U.S. Navy

@USNavy

#USNavy and @USMC

conduct training during #Moana 20, in Peleliu, Republic of Palau. Marines and Sailors with #TFKM20, are conducting engagements to strengthen and enhance relationships between the U.S. and partner nations/states in the Indo-Pacific region. #BlueGreenTeam

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12:00 PM · Aug 13, 2020

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Rai, or stone money (Yapese: raay[2]), are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals.[3] Rai stones were quarried on several of the Micronesian islands, mainly Palau,[4] but briefly on Guam as well, and transported for use as money to the island of Yap…..

Economist Milton Friedman has compared the monetary role of the stone money to the reserves of gold held in Fort Knox for foreign governments.[10]

https://infogalactic.com/info/Rai_stones

U.S. Army

@USArmy

Four Howitzers are fired during the @1stTSC

’s change of responsibility ceremony held at @FortKnoxKY

, July 28, 2020.

The casing of the last fired round was presented to Command Sgt. Maj. Bernard P. Smalls Sr., outgoing senior enlisted advisor.

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by Spc. Jimmie Baker

#ArmyTeam

Four Howitzers are fired during the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s change of responsibility ceremony held at Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 28, 2020. The casing of the last fired round was presented to Command Sgt. Maj. Bernard P. Smalls Sr., outgoing senior enlisted advisor, 1st TSC. (U. S. Army Photo by Spc. Jimmie Baker, 1st TSC Public Affairs)

9:03 AM · Aug 13, 2020

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