It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024, the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show.
The family that built this minitruck claims they paid a whopping $500 for the first generation Ranger (they don’t say how much it cost them to re-build it). They even used homemade interior parts. Video by me, 13JAN2024:
Due to some instigation (possibly by a secret society of conspiratorial automotive Sith Lords posing as Jedi Masters), the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show.
It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024. Video by me:
Due to some instigation (possibly by a secret society of conspiratorial automotive enthusiasts), the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show. It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024.
One of the possible conspirators, practicing his Jedi Mind Tricks on some mall-goers!
Possibly at the behest of a Motor-Gear-Head Instigator, the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its first ever indoor Winter/New Year automobile show. It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024.
The Instigator, giving Ol’ Midnight a rub-down for the Pine Ridge Mall auto-show, 14JAN2024.
This lady couldn’t get enough of Midnight, her eyeballs were all over that paint-job.
Video (by me) of the magnificent 1976 Midnight ‘Vette, 14JAN2024:
Some ‘Rock-Star’ guy ‘splains to me why his fiberglass steed is called Midnight, 13JAN2024:
Israel occupied The Gaza Strip during the Cold War, in 1967 (what is known in the U.S. as the 1967 War). 1967 is also the year that the U.S. became imbedded into the Tar-Baby called Israel, with a visit, and promise of support, from a politician who would later become the President of the United States:
Today, history being made again. On 11JAN2024, South Africa presented its accusations of a “pattern of genocidal conduct” by Israel to the International Court of Justice, stating that “This killing is nothing short of destruction of Palestinian life. It is inflicted deliberately, no-one is spared, not even newborn babies.”
Incomplete list of Regular/Active Duty, Reserve and state National Guard (state militia) unit deployments revealed during December 2023 and the first week of January 2024.
ARIZONA:
U.S. Army Reserve photo by Captain Fernando Ochoa, 02DEC2023.
Army Reserve unit Bravo Company-98th Signal Battalion conducted a deployment ceremony on the Arizona State University campus, 02DEC2023. They are deploying to NATO-Poland.
CALIFORNIA:
On 04JAN2024, the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing deployed for The Middle East:
Photo by Captain Fernando Ochoa, 06JAN2024.
Army Reserve unit Charlie Company-98th Signal Battalion conducted a deployment ceremony on Camp Pendleton, 06JAN2024. They are being deployed to The Middle East.
COLORADO:
Space Force photo by Emily Peacock, 07DEC2023.
On 07DEC2023, the Space Force conducted a flag ceremony on Peterson Space Force Base, prior to the deployments of 160th, 161st, and 162nd Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Combat Detachments.
GEORGIA:
Georgia Army National Guard photo by Captain Amanda Russell, 12DEC2023.
Militia personnel with the 1st Battalion-118th Field Artillery Regiment deploying to The Middle East (CentCom area of responsibility). They will be focusing on counter-artillery and counter-drone missions.
HAWAI’I:
The state militia’s (National Guard) 1st Battalion-487th Field Artillery Regiment-Target Acquisition Section-29th Brigade Support Battalion announced they are “about to go downrange” to The Middle East. Hawai’i Army National Guard video by Corporal Casandra B. Ancheta, 06JAN2024:
USAFR photo by James Bowman, 13DEC2023.
On 13DEC2023, U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen conducted a ‘Pre-Deployment Function’ (PDF) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, to make sure everybody is caught-up on red-tape and vaccinations for future deployments.
ILLINOIS: State Militia personnel with Chicago-based 1863rd Financial Management Support Detachment are deploying to NATO-Europe.
Photo by Senior Master Sergeant Daniel Farrell, 03DEC2023.
On top of that, the Louisiana Air National Guard deploying about 3-hundred militia Airmen (from the 159th Fighter Wing) to the Indo-Pacific region.
MINNESOTA: The state militia deploying personnel assigned to the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, along with militia personnel who live in Iowa, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota, and several other states, are deploying to The Middle East. Minnesota Army National Guard video by Specialist Tyler Becker, showing a so-called Family Preparation Academy for deployment, 02DEC2023:
OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Reece Heck, 30DEC2023.
USAFR photo by Technical Sergeant Monica Ricci, 05DEC2023.
On 05DEC2023, 514th Aeromedical Airmen flying home from their deployment to Kuwait had to employ their training when a fellow airline passenger went down.
Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion-112th Infantry Regiment-56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team-28th Infantry Division conducts deployment ceremony on 17DEC2023. They are deploying to the African Continent:
VIRGINIA:
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Raymond Maddocks, 01DEC2023.
On 01DEC2023, the U.S. Navy officially launched the new Mobilization and Deployment Support Command (MDSC), on Naval Station Norfolk: “MDSC is being established to provide oversight of all Reserve Component mobilizations and Active Component Individual Augmented mobilizations. This is a wholesale re-imagining of the legacy, centralized mobilization process and is the realization of the Reserve’s shift from operational support through a centralized center of excellence to strategic reserve via adaptive, distributed mobilizations.”-Rear Admiral Michael J. Steffen, Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command
Canadian Light Armored Vehicle 6.0 (aka LAV-6) fires its 25mm gun during Iron Spear, on Adazi, Latvia, 13NOV2023. Canadian Armed Forces photo by Captain Joffray Provencher.
In November 2023, NATO conducted wargame/competition Iron Spear in Adazi, Latvia (Ādaži, Latvija). Military units from Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom (U.K.) and United States of America (U.S.A.), took part.
Canadian LAV-6 on Adazi, Latvia, 14NOV2023. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles:
Various IFVs from various NATO-members converge on Adazi, Latvia. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.
Can you I-Dentify the different IFVs? NATO tries to help with the big flags. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.
USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.
USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 13NOV2023.
USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 14NOV2023.
U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Alex Soliday (14NOV2023), highlighting the U.S. Bradley and U.K. Warrior, concluding with a mass-live-fire involving all the participating NATO-member IFVs:
And the winner is, NATO-U.S.A.! Taking First Place with their Bradley IFV. USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 16NOV2023.
Armored Fighting Vehicles:
Canadian Leopard 2A4M CANs arrive on Adazi, Latvia, 10NOV2023. Canadian Armed Forces photo by Corporal Lynette Ai Dang.
Poland’s T-72 based PT-91 Twardy attends Iron Spear, 13NOV2023. USA photo by Captain H Howey.
PT-91 Twardy live-fire during Iron Spear. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.
Bore-sighting the U.S. M1A2 Abrams. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.
German Leopard 2A6s. USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 13NOV2023.
U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Alex Soliday (14NOV2023), highlighting the U.S. Abrams and German Leopard battle tanks, concluding with a mass-live-fire involving all the participating NATO-member AFVs:
USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 15NOV2023.
And the winner is, NATO-Spain! Taking First Place with their Leopard 2E battle tank. USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 16NOV2023.
U.S. CBRN Marines participate in a demonstration during JTF-CS’s 22nd birthday on 01OCT2021. Photo by Staff Sergeant Kristian Karsten.
Mentioned 01:49 into this promotional video, the JTF-CS mission now includes “Pandemic Medical Response” as part of CBRN (Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear) operations! Also revealed is that the JTF-CS ‘counter-terrorism’ mission now includes natural disasters. Video by Chief Petty Officer Brannon Deugan, released on 04JAN2024:
A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman assigned to Joint Task Force Civil Support, conducts CoViD-19 temperature checks at the JTF-CS headquarters in Virginia. Pandemic response is now a standardized part of JTF-CS. Photo by Master Sergeant Crista Mary Mack, 19APR2020.
28NOV2023, USN Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) conduct underwater assessment of P-8A. USN video:
On 28NOV2023, loose parts in the broken tail had to be removed. USMC photo by Corporal Cody Purcell.
In this 27NOV2023 press conference video, U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Jeremy W. Beaven revealed that the Waterfront Operations Team was undergoing training for such an incident just three days prior, on 17NOV2023. Once the crew was safe, Colonel Beaven stresses that their main concern is the surrounding environment, so much so that they had a hazardous waste containment boom in place within 30-minutes after the incident:
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Kevin P. Lenox also gave statements that were intentionally designed to stress environmental protection, with a focus on the removal of the fuel from the multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.
On 26NOV2023, additional floatation bags were inflated under the Poseidon. USMC photo by Corporal Chandler Stacy.
De-fueling of the Boeing aircraft. USMC photo by Corporal Chandler Stacy, 26NOV2023.
The nose & radar of the P-8A were quietly and quickly removed. USMC photo by Sergeant Brandon Aultman, 21NOV2023.
Photos show that sometime between the 20th and 21st of November (possible even before containment booms were deployed) the nose and radar had been removed, no explanation was given.
Containment boom being deployed around the P-8A, 20NOV2023. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Tania Guerrero.
On 20NOV2023, an expensive U.S. Navy (USN), Boeing built, P-8A Poseidon ran off the runway into Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, Hawai’i.
Incomplete list of federal government response to the ongoing wildfires on the Hawaiian Islands.
On 28DEC2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-Honolulu District revealed plans for a temporary campus for displaced students of King Kamehameha-the-Third elementary school. USACE video by Charles Delano:
USAEC was ordered in September, by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), to design and build a temporary elementary school. The work is actually being done by contractor Pono Aina Management of Waianae, Hawaiʻi. The temporary school is using taxpayer-leased modular buildings, and could be in use for the next five years!
Kula, Maui, 27DEC2023. USACE photo by Brigida I. Sanchez.
Debris removal includes trees that are considered to be a potential threat, possibly falling onto the public, so they are cut down and removed.
Hawaii Army National Guard’s UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinook rotary wings respond to wildfire on O’ahu, near Mililani Mauka, 04NOV2023. So far, the Hawaii National Guard has dropped at least 30-thousand gallons of water on the O’ahu wildfires. Video by Sergeant Lianne M. Hirano:
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Hillard, 01NOV2023.
The U.S. Coast Guard-Station Maui oversees the contracted salvage and recovery operations of sunken boats in the Lahaina Harbor.
Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook drops water on the wildfire on Mililani, O’ahu, Hawaii, 01NOV2023. Video by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson:
USACE photo by Erin Jimenez, 24OCT2023.
In October, USACE employees, working the Hawai‘i Wildfire Recovery Field Office in Kiehi, were so stressed-out that they got a visit from therapy dogs.
On 21OCT2023, the USACE began the first site assessment for Phase-1 private property debris removal in Kula:
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Megan Geiger, 19OCT2023.
In October, donations were collected on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in the Evergreen State of Washington. The donations were then picked up and shipped to Hawai’i by a Seattle based food pantry organization.