Time travel is fun?
It's #NationalPotatoDay. There is a disputed story about USS O'Bannon coming upon a surfaced Japanese sub that was too close for the ship's guns, so the crew pelted the Japanese with potatoes. Thinking the spuds were grenades, the sub submerged and was then sunk by depth charges.
https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1560759439795359745
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Iron sharpens iron. ๐ช
Thatโs why two carrier strike groups competed against each other during Fleet Battle Problem, demonstrating integrated air and missile defense while providing vigorous maritime homeland defense. โ๏ธ
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Food for thoughtโฆ ๐ฏ โ๏ธ
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How much food will the Green New Deal provide?
Today is Sunday, August 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/FixedCal/status/1560778658838708234
#OTD in 1960, a USAF C-119J recovered the Discoverer 14 film capsule, which contained top-secret spy photos of the Soviet Union. It was the first midair recovery of a capsule returning from orbit. #NationalAviationDay
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