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U.S.

Biden’s War: Tennessee deploys to Middle East!

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“We’ve trained under unique circumstances, and many Soldiers assisted with the CoViD-19 task force and other missions this past year.”-Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Hill Juniopr, 1-181st Battalion Commander

Tennessee Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Timothy Cordeiro.

Now that Joe Biden is President, it’s his war now!

Tennessee Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Timothy Cordeiro.

More than 350 personnel from Tennessee National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment, deployed on 07MAR2021, for a 10-month deployment to an undisclosed location in The Middle East.

Biden’s War: CONNECTICUT DEPLOYS TO AFRICA!

International, Technology

Mexican helicopter attacks USS Conolly!

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Photo by Alan Gragg, 29APR2009.

In 2009, a Mexican MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) Bo-105 Bolkow helicopter attacked the former USS Conolly (DD-979).  It was part of a multi-national effort to sink the ex-U.S. Navy ship.

It was part of an international wargame called UNITAS Gold (‘Gold’ referring to the 50th Anniversary of the wargames).  Participating countries were Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United States and Uruguay.

2.75 inch rocket hits Conolly in the signal tower.

Photo by Alan Gragg.

U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) joins in, firing on the Conolly in the background.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Seth Johnson.

The Spruance class destroyer was named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly.  Laid down 29SEP1975, launched 19FEB1977,  commissioned 14OCT1978, decommissioned 18SEP1998, sunk 29APR2009.  Efforts were made to turn it into a museum ship in Illinois, but failed due to lack of financial support.

Radar equipped Bo-105, 26APR2009, USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Shelander.

Video report about UNITAS 2009:

Vehicle I-D: MARINA ARMADA DE MÉXICO MIL 17

U.S.

Biden’s War: Connecticut deploys to Africa!

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On 10MAR2021, just short of six hundred Connecticut National Guard personnel deployed to ‘The Horn of Africa’.  Now that Joe Biden is President, it’s his war now!

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.

New England Patriots football team airliner, a Boeing 767-300ER, is used to transport more than one hundred Army National Guard infantry, from Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, to somewhere in East Africa (after a short diversion to Fort Bliss, Texas, for deployment training).

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.

The Patriots’ 767s are former American Airlines airliners.  Two ‘AirKraft’ 767s were bought in 2017.

Video from 07MAR2021, by Staff Sergeant Katie Gandori, of Connecticut’s 1-102 Infantry prepping for deployment:

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.

Back in April 2020, the Patriot’s airliner delivered one million Chinese made N95 masks to Massachusetts.

(Project Air Bridge: RECORD SETTING PANDEMIC AIRBRIDGE CONTINUES.)

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.

Video interview, by Timothy Koster, where Command Sergeant Major Daniel Morgan and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Tantillo respond to questions about deploying under the pandemic panic-attack restrictions of CoViD-19:

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.

The Patriot’s airliner was one of several ‘silly-vilian’ contracted airliners that were used to deploy the state militia.

Connecticut National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Katie Grandori.

Connecticut National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Katie Grandori.

Trump’s War:  IDAHO MILITIA’S EUROPEAN DEPLOYMENT CANCELED, SUDDENLY DEPLOYED TO MIDDLE EAST

Great Reneger:  DEPLOYMENTS SO COMMON EVEN BEERS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM

Influenza

Going Viral: Influenza waiting in the wings!

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List of links to news reports and medical studies concerning influenza, as of 09 March 2021:

More proof it’s about the money: Influenza Medication Market Size and Share to Reach $993.7 Million by 2026.

Yet another study says if you’re poor and live in a leftist-liberal metro area, you’ll probably die from influenza!

A new type of CRISPR targets both influenza and CoViD RNA.

A new computer program will predict future CoViD and influenza pandemics.

25 European Union member countries affected by Bird Flu.

A long article by BBC-Brazil warns of a new swine flu pandemic because “flu is evolving twice as fast in North America” due to industrial pig farming practices!

CANADA:  Health officials refuse to declare a flu season, due to lack of reported cases!

Influenza confirmed in Newfoundland and Labrador.

ITALY: 

On 09JAN2021, civilian employees, and family members of U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel on Aviano Air Base, lined up to get flu shots. Video by Staff Sergeant Jayson Burns:

Here’s an amazing interview (by Staff Sergeant Jayson Burns) with a USAF vaccination specialist who admits that vaccines will not prevent infection, but as she’s giving other reasons why you should still get the shot she claims that you getting vaccinated will (somehow) protect those who can’t be vaccinated:

U.S. Army photo by Cristina Piosa, 08JAN2021, Vicenza, Italy.

On 15JAN2021, the U.S. Army Health Center in Vicenza reported that reservations had been made for more than one thousand people to get influenza vaccines.

NETHERLANDS: Health officials claim there are no influenza cases this season!

NORWAY: Penguins are being vaccinated against influenza!

RUSSIA:  Human cases of H5N8 Bird Flu confirmed.

SPAIN: The number of deaths in just over a week from Covid-19  reaches 3,925 people, the same number of deaths from INFLUENZA all last year.

First influenza cases reported in February.

UNITED KINGDOM:  If control measures are stopping flu in its tracks, why aren’t they stopping coronavirus?

A ‘top expert’ is warning Brits to prep for “hard winter” of influenza!

UNITED STATES:  Last flu season two hundred children died, so far this flu season only one child death has been reported!

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study into the use of non-vaccine methods to control influenza outbreaks.

A report reveals that most of today’s ‘swine flus’ actually originated in humans or birds.  Until late 1990s, hog farms were dealing with only one type of flu, now for the first time a long term study of flu vaccines used in sows has been completed, with interesting results and yet more questions as to the effectiveness of vaccines.

Arkansas;  No flu cases reported.

California; 

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexander Merchak, 14JAN2021, Travis AFB, California.

On 14JAN2021, in just one day more than one thousand two hundred personnel on Travis Air Force Base, California, got vaccinated specifically for influenza!

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer-2 Zachary Dyer, 22JAN2021, Camp Pendleton, California.

On 22JAN2021,  both CoViD-19 and influenza vaccines were issued to personnel on Camp Pendleton, California.

Michigan; Influenza cases begin to creep up.

Minnesota;  Another case of influenza confirmed, required hospitalization.

Missouri; University of Missouri study says flu shots appear to reduce symptoms of CoViD-19 in children.

Montana; No flu cases reported, so far.

New York;  Adolfo García-Sastre, director of the Institute for Global Health and Emerging Pathogens at Mount Sinai Hospital, has predicted that the end of the pandemic will end “once we reach the end of the year for the COVID problem to become a flu-like problem.”  (Gee, isn’t that what President Donald Trump said last year?)

Oregon; 

Oregon National Guard photo by Master Sergeant John Hughel, 09JAN2021, Anderson Readiness Center, Oregon.

On 09JAN2021, Oregon National Guard personnel were given flu shots.

Texas;  It was explained that anybody eligible for influenza vaccines, on the U.S. Army post called Fort Hood, were automatically eligible for CoViD-19 vaccines.

Washington;  On 03FEB2021, U.S. Naval Hospital at Bremerton warned that the CoViD pandemic and influenza were overlapping.  U.S. Navy officials noted that personnel were not getting the annual flu vaccine possibly because of the pandemic: “We strongly encourage everyone to get the flu vaccine. It’s now more important than ever due to the ongoing pandemic. It is especially important for pregnant women and people with chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes, and those that have weakened immune systems.”-Doctor Dan Frederick, public health emergency officer

Wisconsin; H3N2 infection confirmed.

Pandemic Panic-Attack:  CAT LITTER SHORTAGE? BLAME LOGISTICS COMPETITION AND ROBOTS!

Going Viral: FLU MUTATING DUE TO COVID? USAF GIVES WARNING ABOUT VACCINES!

February 2020: THE WORLD PANICS OVER COVID-19, YET INFLUENZA IS STILL KING KILLER!

Kit Bashing, Technology

Vehicle I-D: A-10C SEA Camo

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The U.S. Air Force’s Heritage Flight operates at least three A-10Cs, one in grey, one with World War Two invasion stripes and now another with Viet Nam era South East Asia (SEA) camouflage.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Sergio A. Gamboa.

In January 2021,  an A-10C was prepped for its new SEA camo at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sergio A. Gamboa.

The plane was ready for public viewing by the end of February.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

Video by Senior Airman Blake Gonzales of USAF Heritage Flight A-10C in SEA camo, 06MAR2021:

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

USAF A-10 Thunderbolt-II Demonstration Team photo.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

The SEA A-10C made its air show debut at Naval Air Station El Centro, California, 13MAR2021.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

“Our latest message with the A-10 Demo Team is to promote an annual heritage paint-scheme.  This year we are inspired by the United States Navy River Rats and the F-105 Thunderchiefs of the Vietnam War. I think it’s a fitting tribute because like the A-10, the F-105 was a dominant attack aircraft.”-Technical Sergeant Brian Pontes, crew chief

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

Pandemic Overflight: A-10C (C FOR COVID?) THUNDERBOLT-2

Vehicle I-D: ANOTHER A-10C WITH INVASION STRIPES

Idaho

Morale booster A-10C Gun-Run in Idaho!

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

Anticipating an A-10C fly-by of Sailor Creek Range control tower in Idaho, 06MAR2021. 

‘Cleared Cold’ Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

The image reminds me of many such flyby’s when I worked on the Edwards Air Force Base, California, bombing range in the early 1980s.     

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

At some point somebody figured out that letting personnel, and their families, watch bombing/gunnery runs was a great morale booster.     

‘Cleared Hot’ Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

124th Fighter Wing Thunderbolt-2 turns for a ‘hot’  gun-run on Sailor Creek Range, 06MAR2021.

Idaho ANG photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joseph R. Morgan, 06MAR2021.

Sailor Creek Range is in the Owyhee Valley in Southwestern Idaho.  You can barely see the A-10C.

Vehicle I-D: IDAHO MILITIA’S 2020 EUROPEAN DEPLOYMENT CANCELED, SUDDENLY DEPLOYED TO MIDDLE EAST

IDAHO A-10C WARTHOGS WALLOWING IN THE CALIFORNIA DIRT, JUNE 2019

SINGAPORE SKY PIRATES & IDAHO GUNSLINGERS

International, Technology

Russia invades Florida?

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“Technology is advancing faster than ever before and Emerald Flag is at the cutting edge of connecting land, sea, air, space and cyber assets across all domains simultaneously.”-Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fritts

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft radar unit known as SURN 1S91.

“The goal is to align DoD resources across the Florida panhandle and enable multi-domain test and experimentation to prepare the warfighter for a 21st-century fight.”-Major Alexander Hillman, 45th Test Squadron

U.S. Air Force photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. 2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA 6 Gainful) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

During the first week of December 2020, Eglin Air Force Base conducted its first-ever ‘native multi-domain test exercise’, during a wargame called Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez. SA-6 (2K12 Kub) anti-aircraft missile launcher.

At the end of November, Russian made (Cold War era Soviet) armored vehicles were staged around the Eglin Test and Training Range.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The goal of Emerald Flag is to incorporate ground, air, space, cyberspace and experimental platforms, involving 25 government agencies, to develop the concept of the ‘joint domain warfighter’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The use of Russian/Soviet designed vehicles was only one part of the larger Emerald Flag operation: “We brought together fighter, command and control and electronic warfare aircraft with advanced weapons and integrated them into a strike package with cyber and land assets that used innovative experimental technology in a challenging environment.”-Colonel Doug Creviston, 96th Operations Group commander

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 30NOV2020. T-72 Main Battle Tank.

The positions of the Russian/Soviet designed vehicles were marked by GPS.  Interestingly, the December 2020 Emerald Flag was the first wargame where classified information was collected and shared by many groups on the ‘cloud’.

USAF photo by First Lieutenant Karissa Rodriguez, 01DEC2020.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16C refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-16D refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. F-15E refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. KC-46 refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins. EC-130H refuels over Gulf of Mexico for December’s Emerald Flag.

In March 2020, Emerald Flag was held on Hurlburt Field, Florida, and was concerned with the administrative and logistical problems of forward-area/combat deployments.

IDAHO’S 1:1 SCALE FAKE NEWS RUSSIAN 1S91 RADAR TANK

Near Peer Threats: CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

OPERATION TURNING POINT

1939 Vs 2019; GERMANY INVADES POLAND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF NATO!

UNITED STATES INVADES IDAHO!

U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis: Military distribution success proves the market system has failed!

The successful use of state National Guard to distribute food to the public proves that the capitalist market/logistic system is a total failure.

Incomplete list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls as of 04MAR2021:

Surprise, United Nations food waste report now blames families, not restaurants, for most waste of food!

More pet food recalled due to bacterial contamination.

ARIZONA: 

Arizona Army National Guard photo by Specialist Thurman Snyder.

A year later, the Arizona National Guard continues handing out food in Phoenix, 03MAR2021.

CALIFORNIA:  An actor and the leftist-liberal gov’na disobey pandemic panic-attack rules by eating in a restaurant, gov’na denies it despite posting the photos himself!

The only Krispy Kreme in San Francisco shuts down, plus a list of other restaurant shut downs.

 Amusement park to celebrate pandemic panic-attack opening with food event.

Another very famous amusement park extends food event due to high demand for food!

Online ‘Curbing Hunger’ event to be held in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Riverside County inspections shutdown restaurants.

COLORADO: Hospital donates ambulance to deliver food!

Greenwood Village based Red Robin Gourmet Burgers reports a 33% crash in revenues due to pandemic panic-attack restrictions across the U.S. 

INDIANA:

Indiana National Guard published this graphic to show how much food was handed out due to the pandemic panic-attack in 2020!

KENTUCKY:  In Louisville, already seven restaurants have shutdown this year.

MAINE: Extends pandemic panic-attack taxpayer funding for food pantries.

MICHIGAN:

Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant David Kujawa.

Since the pandemic panic-attack, state National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, working with food bank workers and volunteers, have distributed more than 34-million pounds of food!

NEVADA: Businesses sued due to toxic baby food.

NEW YORK: Updated list of restaurant shutdowns in NYC.

The owner of a restaurant that has been closed since the pandemic panic-attack started in March 2020, claims she might open back-up.

PENNSYLVANIA: Pandemic panic-attack rules blamed for lack of university students, which cause restaurant to go out-of-business.

TENNESSEE:  ‘Food debris’ can lower your restaurant’s inspection score.

TEXAS:  Austin based Chuy’s Restaurants blames huge losses on the fact that pandemic panic-attacks forced the shutdown of their restaurants in Colorado, Illinois and Kentucky.

UTAH:  Even the Mormon god couldn’t stop these eateries from shutting down due to a pandemic panic-attack.

 VIRGINIA: Hunger games? Grocery store chain to offer free meals to hungry people, but only if specific football game plays are made!

Washington DC:  National Guard troops sent to protect leftist-liberal politicians, suffer food poisoning!

U.S. Food Crisis, February 2021: PANDEMIC AND WINTER STORMS JOIN FORCES

Biden’s Borderland:  CHILD SHELTER CAGES NOW FULL, BORDER PATROL RELEASES VIDEOS OF CHILDREN LINING UP TO GET IN LEGALLY, MORE ILLEGAL FOOD CAUGHT COMING INTO THE U.S.!

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Marina Armada de México Mil 17

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Mil 17=NATO reporting name ‘Hip’.

Marina=Marine, as in ocean/sea/water.

Armada=Fleet of ocean going military vehicles, or navy.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class John Stratton, 31JAN2010.

Mexican Mil 17-V5 delivers aid to Haiti, 31JAN2010.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Eric T. Crosby, 20JUL2012.

Mexican Navy Mi-17 Hip lands behind a U.S. Marine CH-53E Sea Stallion on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 13JUL2012.

Mil 17-1V flying off ARM Usumacinta A412 (ex-U.S. Navy USS Frederick LST1184 tank landing ship) during Rim of the Pacific war games (RimPac), 13JUL2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 14JUL2012.

Maintenance on an Mi-17-1V, July 2012.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, 11JUL2012.

U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer First Class Paul Seeber, fast roping from a Mexican Hip, during RimPac, 15JUL2012:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Captain Naomi Dorren, 16AUG2014.

Infanteria de Marina (Infantry of the Ocean) board a Mil 17-1V during exercise Partnership of the Americas, in Chile, August 2014.

USMC photo by Private First Class Devan Gowans, 06SEP2015.

Mil 17-1V lands on ARM Usumacinta A412 during Exercise Dawn Blitz, 06SEP2015.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Frank Cordoba.

During 2016’s RimPac wargames, Mexican navy Mi-17-V5 were used in training operations on Hawaii and California.  This is a medevac operation on San Clemente Island, California, 28JUL2016.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Jason Estevez.

Mexican Marina Mil 17-V5 arrives on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017, for exercise Bold Alligator.

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer Izzel Sanchez, 23OCT2017:

USMC photo by Corporal Jason Estevez, 23OCT2017.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Cody J. Ohira.

Mi-17-V5 parked near a CH-53E Super Stallion, MCAS New River, North Carolina, 23OCT2017.

Vehicle I-D: UH-60 FOR AFGHANISTAN, KILLED-OFF BY THE MIL 17?

International, Technology

Already-paid-for Obama-era Patrol Boat, sunk by Biden? Re-floated by Ukraine Crisis!

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(This report has been updated) In June 2022, the U.S. Navy (USN) announced a replacement for the expensive Mark VI(6) patrol boat; the 40PB Defiant. 

As of January 2022, Ukraine placed an order for 12 Mark-6 patrol boats.  This was part of a U.S. Department of State subsidized deal for 16 boats, announced back in June 2020!

In May 2021, the USN suspended their planned ‘divestment’ of the Mark-6 patrol boat.

Surprisingly, in February 2021 the USN announced that it will get rid of the Mark-6 by the end of the year, despite the fact that U.S. taxpayers already paid $15-million per Mark-6 Patrol Boat!  The USN blames it on reliability problems and cost of operations, and the claim that the U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior wants to cut funding to the military!

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

U.S. Navy Mark VI (6) patrol boat with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in The Philippine Sea, 25FEB2021.  The Mark-6 was intended to replace much older Riverine boats.  It looked like the Mark-6 was a highly capable patrol boat.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

A Mark-6 refuels from USS Ashland (LSD 48) in The Philippine Sea, 25FEB2021.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Brienna Tuck, 25FEB2021.

The news of the USN’s decision to ‘divest’ their Mark-6 Patrol Boats comes a month after (January 2021) Ukraine signed a U.S. State Department Foreign Military Sales deal to buy the 16 new-build Mark-6 boats from SAFE Boats International. The total cost of the U.S. taxpayer subsidized deal comes to $600-million!

USMC photo by Sergeant Jennessa Davey, 06JAN2021.

In June 2020, the U.S. Department of State announced a Foreign Military Sale for up to 16 Mark-6 patrol boats, and associated equipment, to Ukraine.  State Department Foreign Military Sales are subsidized with U.S. taxpayer funding, because the sales are considered a form of “security assistance”!

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Cody Rich, 06MAY2020.

Somewhere in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, May 2020.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Kory Alsberry, 06MAY2020.

Video by Petty Officer Second Class William Carlisle, .50 cal. (12.7mm x 99mm) and 7.62mm NATO (7.62mm x 51mm) live fire near Bahrain, 16APR2020 (don’t get sea-sick):

In 2019, two Mark-6 boats set a record for nautical miles sailed by coastal/river patrol boats. 

USN photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Junior, 19SEP2019.

Mark-6 off San Diego, California, 19SEP2019.

USN photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Junior, 19SEP2019.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Woody Paschall, 05JUN2019.

Mark-6 off San Diego, California, 05JUN2019.

USN photo by Petty Officer First Class Woody Paschall, 05JUN2019.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class John Philip Wagner Junior, 17MAY2019.

Mark-6 Patrol Boat delivered to Santa Rita, Guam, 17MAY2019.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class John Philip Wagner Junior, 17MAY2019.

Music video by Petty Officer Second Class Kelsey L. Adams, .50 cal. live fire, including remote .50 cal. weapon system, near Santa Rita, Guam, 29MAR2019:

U.S. Navy video report by Petty Officer First Class Stacy D. Laseter, 23APR2018:

The 12th USN Mark-6 was delivered in 2017 (Trump era).

Video by Petty Officer First Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez, Coastal Riverine Squadron Two (CRS-2) sails near Santa Rita, Guam, 30SEP2016:

USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Shannon Burns, 16DEC2016.

Three types of patrol boats, as of December 2016, from left to right; Sea Ark, Coastal Command boat, and Mark VI patrol boat.

SAFE Boats International delivered the first Mark-6, to the USN, in 2014 (Obama era).  Originally it was thought that 48 patrol boats would be ordered, but only 12 were paid for.

River Gun Boat: ROMÂNIA

Vehicle I-D: U.S. NAVY KEEPS OLD U.S. ARMY BOAT-TRUCK AFLOAT

USMC 2020: LAST RIDE FOR 1ST, 2ND & 4TH TANK