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Author of HAVE SNAKES, NEED BIRDS (Koehler Books) and HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS (MilSpeak Books)

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I can respond but it’s gonna be loaded with expletives.

12.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly not sure how β€œDefund the police” didn’t get more traction

12.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Epic Husky

12.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The misinformation is so bad that the Secretary of Energy tweeted out a false claim that affected worldwide markets.

12.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSplit” sure is a funny way of saying 70-30 or whatever it is

12.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œShoot it off, boys, we don’t wanna hump any of this trash back.”

12.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounded like a buzz saw. Did a night shoot with that, tracers lighting up the ocean.

I’m a huge fan of gun control but must admit, shooting machine guns activates the reptile brain.

12.03.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We shot as often as I could get us on the schedule (XO was a chore to get through), and we’d mix it up. Floating targets, night shoots, no notice drills.

Best one: we had a gunners mate 3rd who reverse assembled a 240, so it got fed from the opposite side (right?), then made a twin 240 mount.

12.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We kept an M-16 with the 203 in the pilot house, just in case, along with two M240Bs on each bridge wing. All bridge watch standers had to qualify on those. Couple of twin .50s midships, two single mounts on the bow, one on the fantail, and two 25mm remote operated fellas as well.

12.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or a high school girl in Louisiana applying to Mike Johnson’s office, knowing that he knows nothing about anything ever.

12.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I try to picture a kid in Pennsylvania applying for a nomination from Fetterman’s office and like…doing what? Submitting essays? Interviewing with retired military? Sure, that’s the typical path, but does he even have staff at the local level?

12.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing I find interesting in examining the panoply of absolute weirdos we have serving as senators and representatives is that these goon bags get to nominate kids to the service academies, and there is really no rules about how they do so.

12.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure I have any funny stories but as force protection officer on my ship I wanted as many sailors qualified in as many weapons as possible, shooting as often as possible, so we got to use the M203 more than the average crew.

What a satisfying little thing. Thoonk.

12.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fours everywhere…

12.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHey Gunny, the division logo is due in twenty minutes. What do we do?”
β€œDon’t worry, sir, I got this.”

12.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s done okay - always want to sell more copies but it’s been well received and I feel like it’s a good story.

12.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that what you call what you do?

β€œHere are the 45 craziest lines from Trump’s address to Congress!”

β€œHere are the 26 wackiest lines from Trump’s declaration of not-a-war!”

β€œChuck Todd and I talk about how Democrats are losing the messaging β€˜war’ about Trump’s not-a-war!”

β€œAnd away we go!”

12.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Safe from magnetic mines at least

12.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What if the straws touch? Is that like if their butts touch?

12.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBut an escort mission would be carried out by smaller vessels such as destroyers or frigates…”

Uh the Navy doesn’t have any frigates*

*It has one, the USS Constitution, not available for deployment

12.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOh yeah,” the FBI continued, β€œwe don’t believe you did it. Show us how you hacked in.”

12.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œGrok make more missiles”

11.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a Temu-ass email

11.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think he has or can solve any of those types of problems, either.

11.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Ford was not a master class, though

11.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m honestly surprised Trump has kept Phelan around as long as he has

11.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Their politics matters less to me than their beer snobbery.

11.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s gooooooooo

11.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0