This week in 1981, convicted spy Christopher Boyce was recaptured by FBI and US Marshals in WA state after escaping from prison in CA and carrying out 17 bank robberies. He had been serving a 40-year sentence for passing classified satellite technology information to the Soviets.
https://twitter.com/NCSCgov/status/1561694614649806848
Welcome Aboard! 🚢🇪🇪
Distinguished visitors from the
@USEmbTallinn
and city council tour the
@USSGunstonHall
in Tallin, #Estonia. The Gunston Hall is part of the
@USSKearsarge
ARG and is on a scheduled deployment in the
@USNavyEurope
area of operations.
@taskforce61_2
@22nd_MEU
https://twitter.com/iimefmarines/status/1561684708609720321
Through the haze.
@USMC
Marines participate in a mass casualty exercise in Syndalen, Finland.
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1561684619807936514
News picked this one up.
Enjoy your monkeypox faggot.
#OTD in 1956, Chinese fighters shot down a U.S. Navy reconnaissance P4M-1Q Mercator patrol plane in an unprovoked attack over the Shengsi Islands, 32 miles off the coast of China and 180 miles north of Taiwan. All 16 crew members were killed. Learn more: https://nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/coldwar/dangerous_business.pdf
https://twitter.com/NatCryptoMuseum/status/1561697197661487106
Missing the weekend already?
Here's some beautiful views and relaxing vibes from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent down in Florida to help kick-start your Monday morning. 🌄
https://twitter.com/USCG/status/1561699945723432968
#NavyOutreach is hitting a home run! ⚾ ⚓
ST. LOUIS (Aug. 18, 2022) #NavyTalentAcquisitionGroup Mid America personnel and Future Sailors with the #64thAnnualRecruitCardinalCompany march to #BuschStadium for an enlisted swear-in ceremony.
📸 : by MC1 Chris Williamson
https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/1561699971665170435
"There is no 'alpha' at the top of the pyramid without continuous function at its base"
Know the set of functional continuity > >
https://twitter.com/IAFsite/status/1561683936505364480
22 AUG, the #OverseaTrainingCruise unit 2022 have returned to Yokosuka, Japan.
They circled the world, calling at 7 countries, and at each port of call they also conducted international exchanges.
The trainee officers seem more resilient than before.
#JMSDF70th
https://twitter.com/jmsdf_pao_eng/status/1561615701169025024
#MondayMotivation
#SkySoldiers 🪂 are launching💥 into the week.
#agile #airborne #paratrooper
#StrongerTogether
https://twitter.com/173rdAbnBde/status/1561641429348270080
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” – William Blake
Go forth and do great things this week, Ivy team. #MondayMotivation
📸: Spc. Joshua Zayas
https://twitter.com/4thInfDiv/status/1561699746665955328
Stay ready.
📸:
@lancer_brigade
#Soldiers conduct subterranean training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
#MondayMotivation
@JBLM_PAO
@7thID
@FORSCOM
@USArmy
https://twitter.com/I_Corps/status/1561699741846491136
If you are interested in doing #BusinessWithCERN, register for the B2C and B2B meetings at #BSBF2022, where CERN and ten other prominent European #BigScience research facilities will present their future #procurement needs.
4-7 October 2022
Sign up here: http://bsbf2020.org
https://twitter.com/CERN/status/1561699875401654273
Doing business with CERN? What do they sell, produce, manufacture?
🌊🚢🌍
#USSHershelWoodyWilliams (ESB 4) transits the #MozambiqueChannel, Aug. 18, 2022
The Mozambique Channel is a critical pathway to global commerce and to the security, safety and freedom to the waters surrounding Africa.
https://twitter.com/USNavyEurope/status/1561702788131917824
#EffectiveSpace
https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD/status/1561707511916396545
Many of our aircraft require more than a pilot to safely complete each mission - our highly trained Special Missions Aviators have integral roles on our aircrews.
📸: Staff Sgt. Candin Muniz
@CannonAFB_
https://twitter.com/AFSpecOpsCmd/status/1561700312787951617
1990: President George Bush calls-up 200,000 ANG and AFRES personnel for Operation DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM.
https://twitter.com/AFHF/status/1561707347180937219
Marvel Zombies is getting its own Show
About a Zombie infection that spreads via blood
Includes Portals & Interdimensional Travel
On August 22, 2007, a helicopter crash in Multaka, Iraq took the lives of fourteen
@USArmy
soldiers. They are laid to rest together in a group burial and remembered together on a single marker in Section 60. We honor their service.
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonNatl/status/1561708013676687361
#MedicalMonday
Dentists from the
@NationalGuardNY
partnered with their peers from the
@SANDF_ZA
to provide dental care during a medical training exercise, which was part of
@SETAF_Africa
's exercise #SharedAccord
#StrongerTogether #PeopleFirst
@USAfricaCommand
@USNationalGuard
https://twitter.com/USArmyEURAF/status/1561644680802189314
#ICYMI, this weekend on Hungary National Day, we congratulate our
@NATO
Ally and welcome its commitment to Allied unity. #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #PartnerStrong
https://twitter.com/US_EUCOM/status/1561668237561061378
The Inflation and Recession Act means $100 billion in additional taxes, and a super-charged IRS. How in the world will increasing taxes by $100B actually lower inflation?
It won’t.
https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1561712753038983168
Did you know that the man to first gave names to hurricanes was an Australian weather forecaster named Clement Wragge in the early 1900s?
Still today, hurricanes are the only weather disasters that are given their own names.
(U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Staff Sgt. Kyle Talbot)
https://twitter.com/MCRDPI/status/1561714822907015171
#OTD in 1945, Fleet Admiral William Halsey hosted several senior U.S. and Royal Navy officers aboard USS Missouri to toast the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII.
https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1561718321522909184
Crikey! Betcha didn’t see that sneaking up. 😉
An F-35B aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 arrives at Australia 🇦🇺 to conducting training and increase interoperability with allies in the Indo-Pacific.
https://twitter.com/theF35JPO/status/1561719006855405574
Somebody call 9-1-1, this plane is fire burnin’ at Vandenberg!
Good thing we’ve got our base fire department to keep us cool, calm, and collected even during the hottest summer days.
https://twitter.com/gospaceforce/status/1561722533535178752
We talk about supporting
@NATO
Air Shielding Mission, but seeing is believing:
@HQUSAFEAFAF
|
@PACAF
https://twitter.com/usairforce/status/1561721373483057153
Happy 80th anniversary to our 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, commissioned this day in 1942 at Ewa, Hawaii, as the 4th Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing.
https://go.usa.gov/xhCCv
#USMCHistory #MarineAviation #semperFi
https://twitter.com/MarForRes/status/1561725885702721542
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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 participates in an aerial refueling mission during 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group integrated training over the East China Sea, Aug. 18, 2022.
https://twitter.com/1stMAW_Marines/status/1561729922686648322
22 AUGUST 1775 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRIVIA
DID YOU KNOW… On This Day in 1775, King George of England declared the American Colonies in a state of open rebellion.
"Stand Your Ground" by Don Troiani.
Lexington, Massachusetts
#USArmy #Armyhistory #TRADOC #RevolutionaryWar
https://twitter.com/USArmyCMH/status/1561729913002115075
Join us for family festivities to commemorate the 1st Muster of the District of Columbia National Guard. #Since1802 #220thYear #CapitalGuardians #Family
https://twitter.com/DCGuard1802/status/1561731195129528320
The same NG that the Pentagon refused the Mayor of DC.