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Operation CoViD-19: Hot Zone Daegu

On 13MAR2020, soldiers with the U.S. Army, and the Republic of Korea (RoK), took part in disinfection ops in the hot zone known as Daegu.

Video, U.S. Army Installation Clean Teams:

Video, U.S. Army Trace Teams, or how they can trace where an infected military members has been:

Operation CoViD-19: U.S. Border Patrol, 13MAR2020

Operation Jupiter: Operation CoViD-19 is for real

CoViD-19=CoronaVirus Disease 2019

U.S. military updates as of 14-15MAR2020.

At Camp Pendleton, California, U.S. Marine Corps held a Installations West meeting to discuss scenarios for CoViD-19 response.

Marines onboard Camp Pendleton also built a quarantine site for anybody who test positive for the virus.

Video of U.S. Marines building a quarantine site on Camp Pendleton:

Official video announcement, USMC Camp Pendleton shuts down or reduces onboard services due to CoViD-19:

In the New Rochelle area of New York state, the Army National Guard began preparations for Operation CoViD-19.

Official video report, New York Army National Guard CoViD-19 Mobile Testing Center in Glenn Island Park:

Effective March 14, 2020, gate guards will no longer handle I-D cards, instead they’ll use a scanner.  Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, video explainer:

Video, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, implements new CoViD-19 gate checks:

On 11 March, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, issues video explaining what you should do if you think you’re infected:

THE DAY AFTER MEDICAL-MARTIAL-LAW WAS DECLARED: SHOPPING MAYHEM AT POCATELLO WINCO!

Going Viral, 11-12 March 2020: “STOP SAYING IT’S A BAD FLU!”

OPERATION JUPITER: U.S. SOLDIER INFECTED, U.S. BASES PREPPING FOR EVACUATIONS!

EC-135E Fire-Bird, 10329 comes back to life, again! Or, what to do with your extra KC-135 kit.

U.S. Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

This rudderless and engine-less EC-135E has risen from the ashes of retirement not once, but twice.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

An electronic warfare version of the venerable Boeing C-135 family of aircraft, EC-135E #61-0329 (tail code 10329) was first retired to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, as a rudderless ‘battle damage’ repair trainer.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 29APR2019.

In the above pic you can see the bare metal area around the nose indicating where the original ‘Snoopy’ nose was hung.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 29APR2019.

In 2019, instead of scrapping the chock-ful-of patches bird, 61-0329 was again reborn but this time as a fire fighter trainer.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

Unveiled on 04OCT2019. ‘Never Forget 343’ titles honor the 343 firefighters killed during the attacks during 11SEP2001.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

USAF photo by Greg L. Davis, 04OCT2019.

Apparently EC-135Es were re-engined EC-135Ns.

Tail code 10329 in its final days as a Snoopy.

EC-135Es were officially called ARIA (Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft) , but were better known as ‘Snoopy’ because of their bulbous noses.

10329 in its glorious 2nd incarnation as a Snoopy. Notice the different jet engines. Its 1st incarnation was as a C-135 cargo hauler.

AMtech issued a 1:72 scale EC-135N/E.  There are some fit problems and you need to strengthen the wing to prevent drooping.  It is out of production.

The ancient Nova vacformed 1:72 KC-135 came with optional parts to make several EC versions, but not the bulbous Snoopy nose.

In 1:144, Welsh Models makes a Snoopy conversion.

National Museum of the United States Air Force: EC-135E ARIA explainer

For an even more detailed explainer visit Air Force Space & Missile Museum

Vehicle I-D: KC-135 CITY OF DERBY

D-DAY KC-135, ‘HUNDRED PROOF’ & OTHER NOSE ARTS

VEHICLE I-D: MARK 82

PAINTING A P-51 MUSTANG WITH VINYL DECALS?

How to build a 1:1 scale U.S. Army ‘Fake News’ BMP-2

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

“The vehicles needed a number of redesigns to address these obsolescence issues and known systemic design issues causing failures. One major redesign was the Thermal Sight Unit, which addressed the OSV’s ability to stay competitive and more accurately simulate a foreign force.  There is a new emphasis on these systems because they are 20-years old.”-Justin King, U.S. Army’s Integrated Logistics Support Center

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Боевая Машина Пехоты)= literally Battle Machine Infantry (not infantry fighting vehicle as many military sites say)

U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn, 03OCT2017.

The following pics are from the 2017 Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, re-build of fake BMP-2 armored vehicles.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

It might be apparent that they used old M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC, also including many former hammerhead 113s; M901 TOW and M981 FiST-V) but it turns out they also adapted and modified M2A2 Bradley turrets to fit on the M113 hulls, before covering the whole thing in panels to make them look ‘Russian’.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

To replicate the clam-shell doors on the real BMP they removed the ramp, then built a hull extension box before adding doors.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

U.S. Army sources say the first M113 Opposing-Forces Surrogate Vehicles (OSV) was developed in 1994, with full conversion-production starting in 1996.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

From 2005 to 2019 the Anniston Army Depot overhauled more than 2-hundred of the 335 OSVs in the program.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 02OCT2017.

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 03OCT2017.

In the above pic notice the side-boxes on the hull.  The one on the driver’s right has vents while the one on the driver’s left does not.  The vents are possibly for the engine’s air intake?

USA photo by Mark Cleghorn, 03OCT2017.

USA photo by Specialist Angel Heraldez, 12AUG2018.

11th ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment) OSV BMP-2s were seen roaming Fort Irwin, California, in August 2018.

USA photo by Sergeant Justin May, 06AUG2018.

 

A Polish company called Red Tank Miniature offers a 1:72 scale resin model of the OSV-BMP-2.  Their website is useless, they have a facebook page.

VEHICLE I-D :   M113 disguised as BMP

PAINTING & DECALING A 1:1 SCALE M4 SHERMAN

“NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!

Warming up the buses!: Going Viral, 09-10 March 2020

Incomplete list of links to news reports about viral outbreaks during the days of 09 to 10 of the Gregorian month of March 2020.

FLU=INFLUENZA

India: Former politician, along with 17 current politicians, apparently go missing after being suspected of being infected with swine flu

4-thousand poultry killed in two days because of bird flu, 12-thousand in total, dead bats being studied 

Ireland: The battle continues for those people who developed narcolepsy after swine flu shot

United Kingdom:  Swine flu shot paralyzes man for life, it would have killed him if it weren’t for massive doses of immunoglobulin!

United States: 

Nebraska reports 17-thousand flu infections

4 years old Iowa girl who went blind because of flu infection, suddenly regains vision!

COVID-19=CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019

UN’s WHO says CoViD-19 kill rate now higher than influenza

Australia: Train passengers get violent when somebody coughs!

Doctors in New South Wales criticize official federal government CoViD-19 guidelines

Western Australia‘s hospitality industry is collapsing due to mass cancellations caused by CoViD-19 fear mongering

China: Was CoViD-19 part of a conspiracy to drive oil prices down? China announces it will take advantage of crashing oil prices to boost oil reserves

Insanity on an airliner when a passenger coughed and the airline attendants went nuts throwing her off the plane. Now it’s claimed the passenger intentionally coughed because she was tired of waiting for the CoViD-19 checks to be completed.

Germany: Doctors can now declare you infected over the phone

Italy:  Biggest one day jump in CoViD deaths

Mortgage payments suspended!

People attending funerals will face fines under nationwide medical-martial-law lockdown!

You now need written permission to leave your town!

Korea: Without imposing any city-wide lockdowns, there’s a sudden drop in infections in the southern half of the peninsula

In the northern half, reports that 2-hundred Communist soldiers are killed by CoViD-19!

Panama: Confirms first infection

Russia:  City of Moscow bans mass gatherings

Christian Cossacks swear they can’t be infected, but wear and hand out face masks just in case

Ukraine: Why is the corrupt pro-EU/NATO government telling people that measles vaccine protects against CoViD-19?

United States: In the city of Seattle a blood supply emergency has been declared, blamed on CoViD-19

SEC employee tested for coronavirus, encouraging all Washington DC headquarters staff to telework

Postal Service modifies flu pandemic plan for CoViD-19

 A for-profit delivery company, which operates in leftist-liberal pro-Obamacare states, announced it will create a fund to pay for employees’ healthcare if they catch CoViD-19.

Florida declares state of emergency

New Jersey reports first CoViD-19 death

New York governor calls out National Guard

Sign posted at Norfolk Naval Station childcare center in Virginia.

At the U.S. Army basic training base Fort Benning, Georgia “At this time, there are no known cases of this virus reported on Fort Benning. Should a case come to our attention, the entire team will take immediate measures to address it.”  For those concerned checkout https://www.facebook.com/groups/BenningCOVID19forum or 1-800 Tricare Nurse Advice Line at 1-800-874-2273, menu option 1.

U.S. Coast Guard evacuates Grand Princess passenger sick with non-CoViD-19 medical problem, 08MAR2020, San Francisco, California.

California’s leftist-liberal governor praised U.S. President Trump: “He said everything I could have hoped for, and we had a very long conversation and every single thing he said, they followed through on.”

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Near empty toilet paper shelves at the Chubbuck, Idaho, Walmart, night of 09MAR2020.

Shoppers at the Chubbuck, Idaho, Walmart wondering what to do as all the ‘day-time’ cold/flu symptom treatments were sold out, only the ‘night time’ meds were available.

Vietnam:  In another 12 Monkeys scenario; CoViD outbreak blamed on man who flew from United Kingdom to Italy to France then to Vietnam.

LASSA=LASSA MAMAMMARENAVIRUS, aka LASSA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

Lassa more deadly than CoViD-19

DENGUE=DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

Indonesia: Death toll from East Nusa Tenggara dengue outbreak rises to 32

Two children in Sempur, Bogor Tengah District, Bogor City killed by Dengue

United States: Florida reports Dengue infection

MEASLES=MEASLES MORBILLIVIRUS

Why did thousands of Rohingya Refugees fleeing Myanmar have Diphtheria and Measles infections?

Going Viral, 06-08 March 2020: “I DIDN’T DIE, BUT SAW HELL!”

Something rises through the Seadragon’s Ice, USS Toledo!

USS Toledo (SSN-769) arrives at Ice Camp Seadragon on the Arctic Ocean, 04MAR2020.

Ice Exercise (IcEx) is a three-week, once every two years Arctic training event.

Dramatic official IcEx-20 music video of USS Toledo breaking through the ice:

Unadulterated video of USS Toledo breaking through the ice:

THEY’VE FOUND SOME ‘THING’ UNDER THE ICE, WELCOME TO ICE CAMP SKATE!

USS Toledo homecoming in September 2019.  Naval Submarine Base, New London in Groton, Connecticut.  USS Toledo is a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine.

2017, New London.

2016, New London.

2016, Persian Gulf.

2012, New London.

Experiencing the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, 2010.

According to an official USN press release; “Due to magnetic fields that are constantly being encountered during normal ship operations, ships and submarines build up a magnetic signature. The earth’s natural magnetic fields between the North and South poles are being crossed routinely while the vessels are underway. The traversing of these natural fields, and vessels lying dormant for extended periods of time during scheduled maintenance, result in changes to a vessel’s magnetic signature. Correcting those changes requires a thorough treatment process to minimize the level of permanent magnetism.”

Parade of Ships, Florida, 2009.

Build your own Los Angeles class submarine:

VEHICLE I-D & kit inspection: USS AMERICA LHA-6

Ski Bird and the HIMARS

“We need to make sure we have the training and capability to deal with conflict or competition in the Arctic. With more and more shipping and cruise ships happening in the Arctic, we can supplement search and rescue capabilities if needed. We also have the ability to sustain forward operating locations, refueling points and extend the military range into the Arctic Circle.”-Captain Eric Chan, New York Air National Guard, totally referencing the fact that climate change has greatly increased Russia’s activity in the Arctic

In October 2019 an upgraded  LC-130H Ski Bird was loaded with a HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) for the first time.  This was in preparation for Arctic Edge-20, held from 24FEB2020 to 06MAR2020 in Alaska.

Allen Army Airfield, Alaska.

New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing flew their LC-130H, with upgraded Rolls-Royce T56 series 3.5 turbines and NP2000 props, to Alaska to link up with U.S. Marine Corps’ 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment.

There they up-loaded a M142 HIMARS and transported it to an Arctic firing range.

A few fun videos for your entertainment:

Vehicle I-D: LC-130 À LA SKIS

Surviving the Arctic

“The Arctic is more accessible than it has ever been, we want to make sure we are playing our part in meeting the Department of Defense objectives for Arctic strategy.”-Captain Eric Chan, New York Air National Guard, perhaps referencing the fact that climate change has greatly increased Russia’s activity in the Arctic

From 20FEB2020 to 07MAR2020, Army National Guard units from Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, are taking part in Arctic Eagle-20, held in Alaska.

Also taking place about the same time is Arctic Edge-20, running from 24FEB2020 to 06MAR2020.  It includes the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian forces.

Of course there is cross-over training between all the military participants in both Arctic Eagle and Arctic Edge.  According to one press release, the wargame-ers experienced temps as low as minus 29F (-34C)!

Video report, Royal Canadian Air Force Brigadier General explains the purpose of Arctic Eagle/Edge:

Video, Alaska National Guard CH-47 Chinook sustainment operation:

Video, everybody should own the latest & greatest military issue Arctic Shelter:

See the CHINOOK ON ICE

Arctic Eagle 2018: WYOMING INVADES ALASKA!

“I’m here to sound the alarm…..”: Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., 23-29 February 2020

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main-stream-links about global immigrant/border operations affecting the United States taxpayers, days of 23 to 29 of Gregorian February 2020.

These U.S. taxpayer funded coastal patrol boats, called Defender, were given to the country of Djibouti on 22FEB2020, for use in patrolling their coastal borders!

U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, takes part in the U.S. taxpayer co-funded building of a school in Thailand, 23FEB2020.

Proof President Trump is kicking ass on illegals?  “California’s undocumented population dropped to 2.3 million, a 21 percent decline since 2010. New York saw a 25 percent decline, to 684,000. Texas’ undocumented population climbed to 1.79 million from 1.71 million.”

ARIZONA: The 126th border tunnel discovered

103 pounds of meth and 10 pounds of cocaine captured at the Interstate-8 checkpoint.

130 pounds of drugs found inside plaster figurines at Port of Nogales.

CALIFORNIA:  U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, Del Mar Fire Department, Oceanside Police Department, California State Parks, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and Del Mar Lifeguards took part in rescuing ten people dumped into the ocean by human smugglers, three people not found.

Yet another convicted-deported sex offender captured trying to sneak back into the country 

FLORIDA: 

This pic might look like a happy tour boat, but the reason there are Coast Guard personnel onboard is that it was an illegal operation!  It happened near Bahia Hutchinson Island, 23FEB2020, the boat operator was ticketed for three violations of boating regulations.

ILLINOIS: ICE claims man arrested this week, for fondling toddler in fast food restaurant, was supposed to be deported last year if it weren’t for the pro-illegal Chicago police department setting him free.

Nearly 127-thousand counterfeit items, retailing at more than $2.5-million dollars, captured during enforcement action leading up to the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.

Sheriff warns of new state illegal immigrant law: “I’m here to sound the alarm that a recent policy change by the Illinois Department of Corrections is making our communities and neighborhoods less safe.”-Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey 

MAINE: Bus company might end co-operation with ICE

MARYLAND: Illegal accused of child rape

ICE takes advantage of Maryland’s licenses for illegals and facial recognition software

MASSACHUSETTS: An illegal female who previously served time in California prison for murder, and then was deported, was captured in the city of Lynn

MICHIGAN: Illegal students are getting confused by Michigan’s supposedly pro-illegal college student policies

Lake County will now compete against for-profit prison operator GEO for federal money to house illegals convicted of federal crimes

NEBRASKA: Business owner not only pleads guilty to knowingly hiring illegals, but to trying to protect them from arrest

NEW MEXICO: “I think Santa Feans have a false sense of security around ICE because they misunderstand what ‘sanctuary city’ means. It’s not a wall that keeps ICE out.”-Allegra Love, Santa Fe Dreamers Project

NEW YORK: So much for drivers’ licenses for illegals, ICE arrests Mexican national with DUI conviction

Local court releases illegal immigrant connected to $7-million illegal drugs gang

Hungarian sex trafficker arrested

OHIO: Judge rules drivers’ licenses must be issued to refugees and teenagers of undocumented parents

OKLAHOMA: Bill to give illegals drivers’ licenses fails

OREGON: State Department of Education refuses to co-operate with ICE

PUERTO RICO:  Yet again more illegals from Dominican Republic captured, this time five illegals actually made it onto the beach before being captured.

TEXAS: Since 01OCT2019, Del Rio Sector agents have stopped more than 340 smuggling attempts consisting of over 1,260 illegal aliens and 443 smugglers.

Facial recognition tech to be used at Brownsville checkpoint

People charged with bribery involving illegal immigrant detainee lists and a law firmYet another abandoned boat found by the U.S. Coast Guard, this time on Tiki Island, 28FEB2020.  For the past year it seems the number of abandoned boats found by the Coast Guard has gone up, from Hawaii in the Pacific to Puerto Rico in the Atlantic.  It is bad luck for boat owners, or smugglers of drugs/humans?

Buckets filled with 171 pounds of liquid meth captured at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.

81 pounds of dry meth captured at the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge.

VIRGINIA: In-state tuition for illegal immigrants passes House and Senate

Washington DC: Man from Thailand, convicted of illegal gun smuggling, deported

Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., 16-22 February 2020: BORN IN THE U.S.A. TO CITIZEN PARENTS, YET STILL ILLEGAL?

Chinook on Ice, skis for you model CH-47 kit

They’re not really on ice, but ice is on them.

From 20FEB2020 to 06MAR2020, Army National Guard units from several states, the U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force are taking part in U.S. Northern Command’s Arctic Eagle 2020, held in Alaska.

Video, preps for dust-off:

Video CH-47 flight from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Deadhorse, Alaska, 24FEB2020:

Video, coming in for landing:

Rotor-wash.

Video report, Army National Guard CH-47 assists U.S. Marines in TRP:

Video from 2015, removing tail assembly, note the mobile tracked ‘spider’ crane in use:

OREGON WILDFIRES: MILITIAS LOVE IT, CH-47F AIRBORNE FIREFIGHTER!

2018:  HAWAII MILITIA CHINOOKS SENT ‘STATE-SIDE’ TO HELP STRESSED GUARD UNITS!

2019: RED BANK & SOUTH FIRE HELICOPTER OPS

2012: Special Ops MH-47 spied at Pocatello Airport

1:48 scale, first issued 1961.

First issued 2006, also boxed by Revell-Germany.

1:48 scale skis by Black Dog.  Lots of other after market parts available from several companies.

1:72 scale kits issued by:  Airfix, Airmodel, Hasegawa (apparently co-issued as a Hasegawa-Monogram boxing of the Matchbox-Revell kit in the 1990s), Italeri (currently boxed by Academy), Matchbox, Revell (sometimes boxing of old Matchbox, sometimes Italeri), Trumpeter (currently issued by Monochrome).  There’s a plethora of aftermarket detailing sets and decals by several companies.

Black Dog issues resin detail parts, including skis for snow.