Friday Fun

Welcome to our weekly foray into the ridiculous and sublime, Friday fun.

As has become tradition, we start with a couple of tweets from my personal favorite Twitter/X account, the OKDWC.




I’m not 100% sure, but I believe this deer is from the Seneca Army Depot

U.S. Army Spc. Collin Hall, assistant gunner, and Spc. Areg Safari, M240 gunner, assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, observe their assigned sector of fire from their defensive fighting position while they wait for the opposing force to attack their defensive positions at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 9, 2023, during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 24-01 rotation. JPMRC is the Army’s newest Combat Training Center (CTC) and generates readiness in the environments and conditions where our forces will most likely operate. JPMRC 24-01 includes over 5,300 training participants across the U.S. Joint Force, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Thailand. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Angelo Mejia)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 3, 2023) Ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 3, 2023. The two carrier strike groups are operating in the area at the direction of the Secretary of Defense to bolster deterrence in the region. The ships from the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group include the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) and USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117). The ships from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group include the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely (DDG 107) and the USS Mason (DDG 87). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers)
NOV 14, 2023
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Burton, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, with EOD Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fires a M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle during a live-fire sniper rifle range in Hanko, Finland, on Nov. 9, 2023. Marines and Sailors conducted live-fire training to refine their marksmanship techniques and enhance the unit’s combat effectiveness. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mary Kohlmann
An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing flies over the Appalachian Mountains near Linville, N.C., Oct. 16, 2023. The 4th Fighter Wing performs routine flight training ensuring abilities to project agile combat airpower for the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Sirimarco-Lang)