“We’ve been in this war for almost 19 years, and I know that a lot of you have been involved from day one. I would ask the old guys to take care of the young ones who haven’t deployed. Mentor them through the deployment and let them know that everything will be ok.”-Major General […] Continue Reading…
18 February 2019 (15:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Bahman 1397/12 Jumada t-Tania 1440/14 Bin-Yin 4717
On 14FEB2019 a ghost ship washed ashore, at the end of a U.S. Navy runway on the secluded Naval Air Station North Island (part of Naval Base Coronado), off the southern coast of California. According to the official report this was not […] Continue Reading…
One of the most economically powerful European Union member, and a powerful NATO member, Germany still uses mules in mountain warfare because they’re still the most efficient way to transport weapons and supplies to Gebirgsjäger. So much for hi-technology.
It’s not just the Germans, U.S. MARINES TRAIN RESUPPLY […] Continue Reading…
I’ve been able to get some 1:144 scale Boeing 777-200s (United Nations-International Civil Aviation Organization B772) for cheap; some Minicraft kits (made in China) being offered in an ‘as is’ grab bag sale (turned out they were complete, but one had a broken fuselage), and a two-for-one sale that got me Eastern Express issues (made […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of October, 2018:
how America treats its black farmers
Trump boosts dairy industry
Farmers struggle to store crops
Grains try to avoid market meltdown
Ag Economy Barometer falls to lowest reading since October 2016
Agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael forecast to top $1.3 billion
Farmers face ‘new normal’; hurricanes
WARN=Worker Adjustment […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in October 2018.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Holy weapons malfunction Batman! An ongoing type of taxpayer rip-off was finally revealed by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in the form of ‘suspended stock’, which are parts paid for by taxpayers for use in maintaining expensive military weapons systems, except that they’re mislabeled […] Continue Reading…
15 February 2019 (12:49 UTC-07 Tango 06) 26 Bahman 1397/09 Jumada t-Tania 1440/11 Bin-Yin 4717
The writing has been on the wall since Spring 2017, now it’s final, about 2-thousand-5-hundred (here’s a map) Payless shoe stores to be shutdown as part of the company’s plan to file for bankruptcy.
Payless in the struggling Pine […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2019.
CANADA: A strange, low-intensity hum near Vancouver Island
CHILE: Strong mag. 6.7 earthquake – Near Coast of Central Chile
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000 ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140.
CHINA: Taiwan earthquake: Magnitude […] Continue Reading…
KC-46A Pegasus flies over Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, 08FEB2019.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019. USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 14FEB2019.U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Joshua […] Continue Reading…
Does the ‘N’ in UH-1N mean nuclear? Maybe it does if you’re part of an elite USAF team training to protect the transport of nuclear ballistic missiles.
In yet more proof that we’ve returned to a Cold War mindset, training missions are being conducted in Wyoming, in which swarms of UH-1N ‘Huey’s fly ballistic missile convoy […] Continue Reading…