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GWOT Memorial Foundation founder Andrew Brennan argues in this op-ed that the concerns raised over the proposed GWOT Memorial extend beyond aesthetics and into organizational stewardship and priorities militarytimes.com/opinion/20…
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100% getting a National Guard deployment to the reflecting pool soon and a National Algae Defense Service Medal
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I took a closer look today and was shocked by what I saw
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OK... take my money
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I'm not among the crowd that wants to complain about the proposed GWOT memorial just for the sake of complaining. But this. This is perfection
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"If the Su-57 is better than the notorious F-35, then where is it in Ukraine?
The F-35s in the Israeli Air Force operated against Iran as if there were no air defense there. They hit air defense systems and struck critical targets. But do we see similar actions of the Su-57 in Ukraine? No, just drones and missiles.
In this life, actions matter, not words. We've already been overfed with words..."
-Russian milblogger Maxim Kalishnikov
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The GWOT memorial should be a giant statue of Toby Keith, cast from melted down Rip-It cans.
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Not seeing this addressed yet but what was the threat level if the rescue took approximately two hours and wound up relying on an unmanned vessel in the end?
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Knicks have Benson and Stabler in the house -- the dedicated detectives who investigate #Knicks victories are members of an elite squad known as the Spurs Victims Unit #AlwaysKnicks
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One annoying thing about working in journalism is how many journalists are constantly exploring ways they can make readers hate journalists even more
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“It’s okay to get some facts wrong,” one writer said. “It’s honestly refreshing.” gq.com/story/at-the-substack…
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The Royal Navy has a long history of building Floating Dry Docks to maintain the Fleet around the world. In the 1869, the world’s largest floating Dry Dock was towed across the Atlantic to Bermuda to support the Ironclads which at the time was the largest ever built. 🧵1/3
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Every time Hook was going on
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It’s 1991 and you’ve just popped the TMNT VHS into the VCR and this comes on:
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Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, top UK intel chief says, per @Katieonwarfare militarytimes.com/global/eur…
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Was it off the record?
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Had a long meeting with @SECNAV @HungCao_VA today.
I can’t share the details, but we went through a long list of concerns.
My takeaway? We are in very good hands. /1
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We’ve all been there
Most VCs wouldn’t touch Anthropic in 2023.
Yasmin Razavi did.
The Spark Capital partner led a $450M round when Anthropic had no public product, no revenue and a massive capital need. Now the AI giant’s rise has landed her on the Forbes Midas List for the first time. forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/… (Photo: Guerin Blask For Forbes) #ForbesMidas
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Well over a year in and it's always the same 3-5 talking points. Easiest speechwriting job in history
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.@SECWAR “The single dumbest phrase in military history was peddled in our Army only a few short years ago. You’ve all heard it — maybe in your first two years at West Point — ‘Our diversity is our strength’...
Diversity is NOT our strength. UNITY is our strength...
Our strength is our shared purpose. Our strength is our oath to the Constitution. Our embrace of Army Values. The idea of merit. Our mission. Our absolute commitment to Duty, Honor, Country.
These are the things that unify us. ‘Send me’ becomes ‘Send us’ because you are ONE fighting force, just as we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD.”
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#MemorialDay. It’s one of the few holidays about absence.
For many of us, the empty seats are real.
So call your buddies today, but don’t let today be the only day. The empty seats around us deserve more than just one day of remembrance.
#NeverForgotten #HonorTheFallen
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