An awesome #Airborne day for these #Arctic paratroopers!

📸: 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment

#USArmy #Readiness #Alaska

@11thAirborneDiv

@USARPAC

@FORSCOM

@USArmy

https://twitter.com/I_Corps/status/1556989781984157696

If Mar-A-Lago has a SCIF…

I'm pretty sure they would have a camera system.

Can't wait to watch the highlight reel.

1945: Maj Charles W. Sweeney, flying the “Bockscar” B-29, drops a second atomic bomb, called “Fat Man,” on Nagasaki.

https://twitter.com/AFHF/status/1556981228787613697

Tomorrow is the start of #Obon!

Obon is a #Japanese annual commemoration to honor one's ancestors. It is believed that each year during Obon, the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives.

For more on Obon in Okinawa, watch the video below!

https://twitter.com/OkinawaMarines/status/1556958581936857089

1965: A fire at a Titan II missile site near Searcy, AR claims 53 lives, making this incident the worst disaster in the history of the US missile program.

https://twitter.com/AFHF/status/1556996323265626112

53 | 35

久々のきれいな星空の写真☆★インド洋を航行する遠征洋上基地ハーシェル・「ウディ」・ウィリアムズから撮影された、美しい星空☆天の川がくっきり☆彡😍

Translated from Japanese by

A beautiful starry sky photo after a long time ☆★ A beautiful starry sky taken from the expeditionary base Herschel "Woody" Williams sailing in the Indian Ocean ☆ The Milky Way is clear ☆彡😍

https://twitter.com/CNFJ/status/1556921428552957952

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@usairforce

B-2 Spirits assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing were used in bomber task force exercises at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia.

The training missions were conducted with allies in support of a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1556973674917412864

REMINDER: The 48th Fighter Wing will be conducting an active shooter EXERCISE during the mid-morning of Wednesday, 10 Aug. Expect delays at the gates.

There will be use of the giant voice system and emergency responders will be responding.

https://twitter.com/48FighterWing/status/1556939636701814785

Heads up

The

@USNavy

's

@MSCSealift

mariners assigned to the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) prepare for a replenishment-at-sea while in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 5, 2022.

#FreeandOpenIndoPacific #US7thFleet #MSCDelivers #FeedingtheFleet

https://twitter.com/US7thFleet/status/1556985206497808384

#OTD in 1985, retired Navy officer Arthur Walker was found guilty of espionage for the Soviets. A member of the Walker family espionage ring, he stole military documents and sold the information to the Russians for $12K. He was sentenced to life in prison.

https://twitter.com/NCSCgov/status/1557003478316290048

“We need the (National) Guard’s help to engage globally with our partners, and the relationships forged by the (State Partnership Program) are an advantageous foundation for

@US_SpaceCom

's security cooperation efforts.” #SPP

https://twitter.com/USNationalGuard/status/1557003766817226754

Happy #BookLoversDay!

Did you know that most commissioned

@USNavy

ships have a library onboard? The volume of each library is dependent on the size of the vessel but can range up to 2,000 titles!

https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1557003854658535425

おやしお型、そうりゅう型、たいげい型の潜水艦が揃って、自衛艦旗を掲揚している様子です。

#潜水艦 #海自70周年 #守るこの海この空を #自衛艦

Translated from Japanese by

Oyashio-class, Soryu-class, and Taigei-class submarines all hoisting the Self-Defense Force ensign.

#潜水艦 #海自70周年 #守るこの海この空を #自衛艦

https://twitter.com/JMSDF_SBF/status/1556822576625745921

Alliance accts locking in nicely.

August is Antiterrorism Awareness month.

Terrorism continues to be a persistent threat which is why we all need to remain vigilant.

If you see something, say something.

https://twitter.com/USArmyDPG/status/1557002336958320640

Government Accountability Office Study on Navy Multiyear Contracts - USNI News

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/09/government-accountability-office-study-on-navy-multiyear-contracts

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1556993878816874506

JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran completes its first foreign trade worth $10 million using #cryptocurrency.

https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1556950469083217920

Pretty vague.

Which cryptocurrency exactly was used?

"The IRS is hiring 87,000 new tax agents under the so called Inflation Reduction Act…

Here visualized by the 87,000 spectators at full capacity at the National Soccer Stadium of Mexico…"

https://www.lawfareblog.com/water-wars-speaker-pelosis-taiwan-visit-ignites-us-china-tensions

https://yourherefordshire.co.uk/all/news/news-the-bank-of-england-will-be-withdrawing-legal-tender-status-of-paper-20-and-50-banknotes-in-just-a-few-weeks-time/

Goodbye FBI

FRENS

https://unusualwhales.com/i_am_the_senate/semiconductors

U.S. Marines with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533 conduct pre-flight inspections on an F/A-18D Hornet aircraft prior to takeoff at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 22, 2022.

https://twitter.com/1stMAW_Marines/status/1557018868664647680

The USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147) sails in the Gulf of Aqaba, Aug. 3, 2022. 🇺🇸

Clarence Sutphin Jr. is one of the newest additions to a slate of Coast Guard ships supporting U.S. 5th Fleet.

#CGatSea #partnerships

https://twitter.com/USCG/status/1557019006430842887

JUST IN - UK plans for potential "organized blackouts" in winter.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1557020018092789764

Hope you have plenty of blankets.

#OTD in 1975, amateur astronomer Dennis Milon took this photo of Comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon). The spiral galaxy at the bottom of the picture is Messier 106.

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1557021004244914181