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Anonymous ID: ec5da9 July 8, 2023, 9:14 a.m. No.19144478   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4593

Bringing the noise 💥

 

#USArmy Soldiers fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at a direct fire range during annual training aimed to ensure readiness and lethality.

 

https://twitter.com/USArmy/status/1677709887902560256

Anonymous ID: ec5da9 July 8, 2023, 9:46 a.m. No.19144608   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4612 >>4621

#OTD in 1991, the Navy had to shoot down one of its own aircraft over the Mediterranean when the crew of an E-2C Hawkeye from USS Forrestal bailed out due to a fire. The plane continued to fly, so an F/A-18 downed it with a 20mm to prevent it from crashing in a populated area.

 

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1677717644701585408

Anonymous ID: ec5da9 July 8, 2023, 11:32 a.m. No.19145186   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5215

#OTD in 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Edo Bay to open Japan to trade. Perry introduced whiskey to the Japanese at a reception and then sent 110 barrels to the emperor. Japanese whisky is now a booming multi-billion dollar industry.

 

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1677746995572637696