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International

Welcome to BEC Hell! Baghdad Embassy Compound

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“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

“They’re fighting for 1,000 years, they’re fighting for centuries. I want to bring our soldiers back home.”-President Donald Trump, October 2019, regarding U.S. occupation of Middle East

“This will not be a Benghazi………This will never, ever be a Benghazi!”-President Donald Trump, 07JAN2020

Video, U.S. Army AH-64 Apache overflies the BEC, 31DEC2019:

U.S. Marines work alongside contractors to install bullet resistant Kevlar panels at the BEC, 02JAN2020.

BEC means Base Education Center, but it also means Baghdad Embassy Compound.

Video, U.S. Marines (2nd Battalion, 7th Marines assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command) in Kuwait prep for emergency deployment to the BEC, 31DEC2019:

U.S. Marines upload on MV-22 Ospreys, heading for BEC, 31DEC2019.

This video, dated 31DEC2019, shows U.S. Marines deploying to the the BEC as it is under attack by Iraqis:

01JAN2020, protesters and militia inside the BEC.

01JAN2020, Marine checks out the rock strewn BEC.

01JAN2020, smoke from the homemade fire bombs tossed into the BEC the night before.

Iraqi security forces (driving black trucks & wearing red berets) talk with Iraqi militia members (wearing black uniforms) surrounding the BEC.

U.S. Army SAW gunner watches the action on the street outside of the BEC.

Iraqi counter terrorist units show up to ‘secure’ the BEC.USMC BEC Video, 02JAN2020:

Video, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne arrives in Kuwait from North Carolina, and then deploys to Iraq:

Security overwatch, 03JAN2020.

Hauling sand bags for reinforcement, 05JAN2020.

Washington Post: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘urgent measures’ should be taken to remove U.S. forces

Army Times: U.S. not going to leave Iraq

Irony as President Trump’s 2016 campaign promise to get out of Obama nuke deal with Iran comes true; Business Insider: Iran withdrawing from Obama era nuclear deal

Is this really about saving the U.S. oil industry by jacking up prices? OilPrice: The Year Of The Oil Bankruptcies  “The industry has been teetering on the verge of mass hysteria for much of 2019 as a record number of energy companies folded.”  

Remember when; ICE fines ‘christian’ Hobby Lobby for stealing Sumerian artifacts from Iraq

NEW YORK MILITIA personnel KILLED IN IRAQ!

GREAT RENEGER: DEPLOYMENTS SO COMMON EVEN BEERS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM

SYRIA, 09 OCTOBER 2015 (when Obama was President):  IRANIAN GENERAL KILLED WHILE DEFENDING AIRBASE!

From 2012; RED HORSE, LEVIATHAN & WORLD WAR 3: THE REAL REASON FOR WAR WITH IRAN IS THE HUGE OIL/GAS RESERVES FOUND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN!

U.S.

Dorian: How to evacuate thousands of U.S. Marines

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On 03SEP2019, the threat of Hurricane Dorian forced Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, to start evacuating basic trainees.

Their new temp-home will be Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia.

The trainees packed their rucks, and were handed a box of rations, and told to “Get on the bus!”

  Hundreds of contracted tour buses rolled in to take them to Georgia.

It’s actually easy to evac thousands of military personnel, they’re under orders, and the food and transportation are provided.  Realize how hard it is to get millions of silly-vilians to evacuate, without providing taxpayer funded food and transportation, or a place to go-to, before-hand.

I don’t know if this guy is yawning or yelling, but I’m sure there was a lot of hurry-up-and-wait.

VEHICLE I-D: USMC HAWKER HUNTER(?) spotted in South Carolina

VEHICLE I-D: USMC AAV7 VID-FEST

WHAT DO THE MARINES DO WITH ALL THAT AMMO THEY CAN’T USE?

MARINES GUILTY OF ENDEMIC VIOLENCE? GHOSTS OF MY FATHER & GRANDFATHER!

Hurricane HARVEY: MARINES USE AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT TANKS TO SAVE LIVES!

U.S.

Vehicle I-D: Join the U.S. military get a classic car?

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This is a pic-n-vid round-up of some of the car shows across the U.S. involving U.S. military personnel, in 2018-19.

Iron & Ink, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, February:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018.

Also in February, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, ironically used this old maintenance intensive MG to promote the concept of saving money:

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Alexis P. Docherty, 26FEB2018.

In March, the city of Twentynine Palms, California, tried to make Marine Corps personnel fell better about being stationed in the Sun:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Rachel K. Porter, 31MAR2018.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Rachel K. Porter, 31MAR2018.

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida:

Mustangs take part in a public relations car-show on Eglin AFB, 27APR2018. USAF photo by Samuel King Junior.

The Sergeant Slaughter truck was part of the car show on Eglin AFB, Florida. USAF photo by Samuel King Junior, 11MAY2019.

At Fort Benning, Georgia, hosted the Teal Wheels automobile show as part of April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month:

U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, 28APR2018.

USA photo by Bryan Gatchell, 28APR2018.

In May 2018, Airmen got to ride in the kool kars at the 20th Annual Altus, Oklahoma, car show:

F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Father’s Day Car Show:

Also in June, the Gearhead Car Show at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico: 

In September, near San Angelo, Texas, the Goodfellow Air Force Base took part in the Ruckus at the Rec Camp, including a car show:

A Lamborghini Gallardo ‘landed’ on the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar flightline, during the MCAS Miramar Air show:

I Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion Car Show at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, September:

Also in September, the 15th Annual Cruisin’ Keesler Car Show at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi:

Another September car show took place at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma: 

September seems to be THE month for car shows on military bases.  Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky: 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employees’ Wheels to Work car show, Walla Walla, Washington, October:

Also in October, officials at Luke Air Force Base , Arizona, tricked people into attending a health fair by holding a car show: 

In November, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, a car show was held to celebrate the re-opening of the base Auto Hobby Shop: 

VEHICLE I-D: U.S. MILITARY FERRARI AND LAMBORGHINI

1942 FORD FIRETRUCK RETURNS TO SERVICE WITH THE USAF!

NHRA SPONSORS RACING IN IRAN, CHEVY VS BMW!

2016 CHUBBUCK DAYS MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

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Kodiak Mace 2019: USMC KC-130J vid fest!

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Kodiak Mace, May 2019, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska.

Getting ready to jump outta perfectly good airplane.

Videos of various U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J ops:

 

BLACK LETTER C-130J; IT’S A BYATCH!

Technology

Fatal USMC KC-130J crash kept secret?

In December 2018, a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J was refueling a F/A-18 over Okinawa, Japan, when they aircraft made contact.  Both the F/A-18 and KC-130J went down, only one person survived.

It was not until the end of May of 2019 that the KC-130J’s cockpit voice recorder and digital flight recorder, along with human remains.  And it was not until June of 2019 that the information was made public.  As the investigation is still ongoing no further details were released.

Technology

Vehicle I-D: ‘Dissimilar’ Contracted F-21 Lion (Kfir)

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In 2017 and 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducted ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company [ATAC]) Israeli made F-21 Lion (Kfir, modified Dassault Mirage) against the super expensive F-35B.

Taxpayer funded ATAC operated F-21

F-35B Lightning-2

ATAC F-21, June 2016

F-21 Lions used to be operated by the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps.

Technology

Vehicle I-D: NATO’s Cold War era Hawker Hunter Russian aggressor?

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U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps use an outdated aircraft to simulate Russian aggressors.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 24NOV2020. USMC photo by Corporal Jacob Wilson.

Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Third Class Arnesia McIntyre, 23NOV2020.

Key West, Florida. USN photo by Danette Baso Silvers, 09OCT2019.

Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher, 14MAY2019.

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.

The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducts ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted Cold War era British empire made Hawker Hunters against the super expensive F-35B Lightning-2.

A Mark 58 Hawker Hunter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.

Two seat Hunter operated by taxpayer funded Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC). USMC photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.

ATAC Hunter over South China Sea, Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 (PHIBLEX). USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Raymond D. Diaz the Third, 09OCT2016.

Two seater Hunter. USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Dengrier Baez, 26JUN2016.

ATAC Hunter at Boca Chica Field, Florida, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian Morales 25MAR2015.

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Vehicle I-D: USMC AAV7 vid-fest

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Slow Mo video, Bellows, Hawaii, July 2018:

Video assault on Pyramid Rock Beach, July 2018:

Video AAV7 ground ops, Twentynine Palms, California, June 2018:

Video USS Oak Hill recovers AAV7, Baltic Sea, June 2018:

Video USS Ashland AAV7 deployment, Philippine Sea, April 2018:

Video, ocean towing an AAV7, Okinawa, Japan, March 2018:

Video Assault Amphibious Vehicle AAV7-A1, Camp Pendleton, California, October 2014:

Technology

Vehicle I-D: USMC cannibalizes HMMWV to upgrade brand new JLTV

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The older HMMWV parts are being harvested for use on the brand new Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV).

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Murphy, 01MAY2018.

The U.S. Marines Corps is cannibalizing older High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles in an attempt to save taxpayers millions of dollars, and “increase the JLTV’s survivability.”

Official video explainer for JLTV:

Idaho

Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, update

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14MAR2018  (02:52 UTC-07 Tango 06)  23 Esfand 1396/26 Jumada t-Tania 1439/27 Yi-Mao 4716

Currently personnel with USAF 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (home base Mountain Home, Idaho) are deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan.

But while they’re away the rest of the gang on Mountain Home AFB got a visit from the top brass of the 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern Command, 06-09MAR2018:

Also during the week of 06MAR2018, the U.S. Marines invaded Mountain Home.

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 flew north to Idaho, supposedly for cold weather training (ain’t been too cold here lately).

U.S. Marine AH-1W Super Cobras, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

January 2018: MATTIS DISCOVERS SINGAPORE’S INVASION OF IDAHO’S MOUNTAIN HOME AFB!