2005: HURRICANE KATRINA. ANG personnel log 600 rescues in one day after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the Gulf Coast.
https://twitter.com/AFHF/status/1564606447689891840
Response from
@ChuckGrassley
to resignation senior FBI agent.
https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1564586912991649792
A look at 23d CBRN training during which they exercised their ability to do equipment decontamination, and to shoot, move and communicate.
https://twitter.com/2INFDIV/status/1564569920540512256
French Foreign Friends 🇫🇷🇺🇸
French Gen. Pierre Schill,
@CEMAT_FR
, meets with
@USMC
Lt. Gen. David Ottignon on
@camp_lejeune
during a distinguished visit to strengthen relationships and understanding between the French Army and #IIMEF.
@DeptofDefense
@armeedeterre
@NATO
#USMC
https://twitter.com/iimefmarines/status/1564584831912116225
FFF
666
A P-1 patrol aircraft landed at Iwoto Air Base, where only helicopters are deployed.
After this, he flew out to join the #PacificVanguard22.
#JMSDF70th #P1
https://twitter.com/jmsdf_pao_eng/status/1564523324389990400
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Prepared for anything that comes our way! 💪
U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy Corpsman participate in a simulated casualty aboard Amphibious Assault Ship #USSTripoli in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 24, 2022.
📸 : by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England
https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/1564599070689300480
1958: Operation X-RAY TANGO. For rapid deployment of the Composite Air Strike Force in the Quemoy/Matsu Crisis, TAC earns a Mackay Trophy.
https://twitter.com/AFHF/status/1564591346903547905
China is so fucked
August 30, 1943: HMCS HAIDA was commissioned into the RCN. Called 'Canada's fightingest ship' and now your Navy's ceremonial flagship, this Tribal class destroyer served with distinction in the Second World War, Korean War and Cold War.
https://twitter.com/RoyalCanNavy/status/1564586484174389254
I heard the rumor.
Lot of comms pointing to a massive storm (literal).
Hopefully we can hold it off.
TUESDAY TRIVIA - OSS AND "WILD BILL" DONOVAN #OSS
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) from World War II is regarded as the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), but most Americans are probably unaware of its significant military component and role.
https://twitter.com/USArmyCMH/status/1564598814811602949
Time for another #TriviaTuesday!
Which naval aviator is pictured here sitting in the cockpit of this F6F Hellcat fighter on board USS Essex during #WW2?
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1564613980051619853
Thank you
Maybe.
The rumor is one that will engulf the entire Gulf of Mexico.
A cat 7.
Hopefully we can make them sit and spin in the ocean until they fizzle out like that one time.
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was hasty, chaotic, and broadcast American weakness. There is no chance that would have happened on the Trump Administration’s watch. No chance.
https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1564608853987270664
Happy #NationalDogDay! Our online Catalog contains many digitized doggos, from Presidential pooches to military mascots.
This photo of President Johnson “singing” with Yuki is one of our favorites!
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6801633
@LBJLibrary
#LBJ
https://twitter.com/USNatArchives/status/1564621527282335752
National Dog Day was 8/26.
National Archives is 4 days behind schedule.
Exporting firearms and ammunition for wife lands Texas man in prison
https://twitter.com/USAO_SDTX/status/1564400304661168128
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/exporting-firearms-and-ammunition-wife-lands-texas-man-prison
🇪🇬 ⚓️ 🇺🇸
Naval power is always forward. 💪
The guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), operating under
@US5thFleet
, sailed with Egyptian Navy ships ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser (L 1010) and ENS Al-Galala (FFG 1002) in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 29.
@USEmbassyCairo
https://twitter.com/USFleetForces/status/1564625074342268928
#OTD in 1955, an Australian pilot cranked the propeller of an Auster Autocar J-5G training aircraft but was unable to get in the plane before it rolled down the runway and took off. The pilotless plane flew around Sydney for 3 hours before two RAN Sea Fury pilots shot it down.
https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1564626947845640198
AA
pilotless plane (drone)
On Aug. 30, 1968,
@USMC
Chief Warrant Officer William L. Vick was killed in action while serving in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. He had also served in World War II and Korea, and was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He is laid to rest in Section 30. We honor his service.
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonNatl/status/1564628784757841922
MOUNTAIN WARRIOR OF THE WEEK!
SFC Renae Alvarado, with 2-12IN, led 3 of her Soldiers in earning the EFMB.
She spent 60 days training them on land navigation and medical tasks, and her leadership is what we want to copy across the unit.
@4thInfDiv
@iii_corps
@FORSCOM
@USArmy
https://twitter.com/Warrior4ID/status/1564629198181994497
MOUNTAIN WARRIOR OF THE WEEK = 307
NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING = 307
You never know what's lurking around the corner. #Quietprofessionals #SpecialTactics
@AFSpecOpsCmd
|
@usairforce
https://twitter.com/SpecialTactics_/status/1564629508837330948
.
@HouseDemocrats
are working to create good-paying jobs & make more products in America.
Our #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw creates millions of jobs rebuilding America’s roads, bridges & transit systems.
The CHIPS & Science Law brings semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S.
https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1564631117487120391
The U.S. Navy prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 29-30.
https://twitter.com/US5thFleet/status/1564634483294457857
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/428310/us-navy-foils-iranian-attempt-capture-unmanned-vessel-arabian-gulf
The STORM Act will make $50M available in capitalization grants for states to fund low-interest loans to local governments, funded by
@POTUS
's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This new program will make communities safer from natural hazards.
More info: https://fema.gov/press-release/20220829/biden-harris-administration-launches-resilience-revolving-loan-fund-program
https://twitter.com/fema/status/1564638217802076162