13 July 2021 / 23:44-UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Tir 1400/04 Dhu l-Hijja 1442/05 Yi-Wei [5th month] 4719)
Chubbuck, Idaho, 13JUL2021. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.The fattest grasshopper I’ve seen in the 25 years I’ve lived in Southeastern Idaho was trying to get in my back door.
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An Indiana Air National Guard A-10C has shed its old grey skin for new black & dark grey scales (grey 118 and black 038).
09JUN2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant […] Continue Reading…
On 07JUL2021, active duty military, and National Guard medical personnel from across the United States, took over Greenville High School, in Mississippi.
New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.New […] Continue Reading…
The official 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season has begun, and the U.S. state of Georgia warmed-up the latest in emergency field kitchen technologies.
Georgia ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jeff Rice.It’s known as Disaster Relief Mobilized Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT). […] Continue Reading…
“If the Gunsmoke experiments are successful, then this work could lead to future systems, which would enhance long-range precision fires in support of the warfighter.”-Rebecca Nagurney, Gunsmoke deputy program manager
NASA photo.On 30JUN2021, Grumman built Cygnus class SS (Space Ship) Katherine Johnson deployed a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command […] Continue Reading…
“It’s more than just history, it’s our heritage, it’s who we are.”-Major Tom Silkowski, Idaho’s 190th Fighter Squadron
P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Black Jack’ code 8N-O, 371st FG-405th FS.Towards the end […] Continue Reading…
For the first time in Idaho’s history, the governor has mobilized the National Guard specifically for fighting fires:
Snake River Complex Fire, KHQ-TV says residents told to fight the fire themselves!
People told to evacuate areas around John Creek Fire.
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Fire danger prompts north Idaho to go into Stage 2 fire restrictions.
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Remote community of Dixie forced to […] Continue Reading…
According to the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center, 57 fires have burned 667-thousand-346 acres across Arizona, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon and Washington, as of 10JUL2021.
08JUL2021. Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.In Northern California there is a complex of fires that have been ongoing, and […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, incomplete list of links to news/government agency reports as of 09 July 2021:
Germany says Tesla’s new car factory near Berlin is being built illegally!
Canada refuses to open border with U.S. to people who are not vaccinated!
Mexico Creates Vaccine Oasis in Bid to Reopen U.S. Border.
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08 July 2021 (14:30-UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Tir 1400/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1442/29 Yi-Wei 4719
Children on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, get a lesson on how to eat crickets during a survival course. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Jessica Weissman.When I first moved to Southeastern Idaho (25 […] Continue Reading…