16 April 2017 (00:54 UTC-07 Tango 06) 27 Farvardin 1396/19 Rajab 1438/20 Jia Chen 4715
“We have six-gun trucks in first platoon and six gun-trucks in second platoon…..In the event that we had to escort a convoy with all of the assets that we have we would have a total of 12 securing the entire convoy.”-1st Lieutenant […] Continue Reading…
Washington National Guard aviation units conducting live fire training with their M240 machine guns:
The ‘240’ is also used by infantry and on ground vehicles like the M1 Abrams. The machine gun was originally designed back in the 1950s by Fabrique Nationale in the NATO co-founder country of Belgium (called the FN MAG). It […] Continue Reading…
According to U.S. military sources, four U.S. Army 19-Kilos (M1 Abrams crew-members) from Fort Carson, Colorado, were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a “malfunction” of their Panzerkampfwagen. It happened sometime around the beginning of April 2017, one 19K had to be sent to a hospital in Germany for further treatment. No details […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for February 2017.
The largest towing company in the United States, United Road Towing, is now bankrupt and dead? The evil Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo is now in charge of selling off company assets to the highest bidders. The bankruptcy is sudden as […] Continue Reading…
13 April 2017 / 19:38 UTC-07 Tango 06 (25 Farvardin 1396/17 Rajab 1438/18 Jia Chen 4715)
“I can’t explain how this is moving around. My concern is it is moving in something.”-Bret Marsh, Indiana State Board of Animal Health
In the United States, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health warning of what appears to be a new type […] Continue Reading…
13 April 2017 (16:33 UTC-07 Tango 06) 24 Farvardin 1396/16 Rajab 1438/17 Jia Chen 4715
“We do this every year, but this year it’s been an epidemic.”-Jerry Harrison, Alcoa County Animal Control, Tennessee
Since the end of March there’s been a sudden increase in sightings of diseased raccoons in the United States and Canada.
In Tennessee, skyrocketing cases of raccoons […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2017 (15:54 UTC-07 Tango 06) 22 Farvardin 1396/14 Rajab 1438/15 Jia Chen 4715
Independently owned ‘outdoors’ store Element Outfitters shutting down its 2nd brick-n-mortar store in Pocatello, Idaho. But don’t blame the internet, they have a website. (elementoutfitters.com)
Soon to shutdown Element Outfitters on Yellowstone Avenue (aka U.S. Route 91) Pocatello, IdahoThe […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of February, 2017: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
Alabama: Wintzell’s Oyster House suddenly shutdown its six years […] Continue Reading…
09 April 2017 (17:23 UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Farvardin 1396/12 Rajab 1438/13 Jia Chen 4715
In my routine reading of state WARN (Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification) listings I discovered massive listing for Dollar Express shutdowns. I’ve also found local news reports revealing that Family Dollar stores are also being shutdown. This is connected to the takeover […] Continue Reading…
The CH-53 Sea Stallion (U.S. Air Force designation HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant) was developed under Sikorsky’s S-65 program, the prototype first flew in 1964.
U.S. Marines pile out of their CH-53A, to begin a search and destroy operation 17 miles southeast of Phu Bai, Viet Nam, 18NOV1967. The Vietnam era workhorse continues to serve […] Continue Reading…