Phil says Hi! It’s Friyay! Welcome to our weekly journey into faffery and frolic. Starting out, as usual, with a post from the Oklahoma DWC.
Phil says we’re getting an early spring. Yay Phil! Too bad he’s hitting about .380 for predictions. Come to think of it, that’s about where the weather professionals are at.
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Darrell Bush, 99, a former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and a WWII veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, attends a ceremony commemorating the 79th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge at the Battle of the Bulge Memorial in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 25, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 31, 2024) The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), back, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel K. Inouye (DDG 118), left, transit the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) during Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE), Jan. 31, 2024. The event comprising the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is designed to advance combined readiness between Japan and U.S. maritime forces while simultaneously demonstrating our commitment to our partners and allies in the Indo-Pacific. Carl Vinson, flagship of Carrier Strike Group One, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marissa Johnson)
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Theodore Roosevelt CSG and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 31. Read more here.
A U.S. Marine with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, posts security during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Jan. 24, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clayton Baker)
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, takes off for Red Flag-Nellis 24-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Jan. 16, 2024. These exercises build partnerships and interoperability among our allies and across multiple domains. Red Flag exercises provide aircrews with the experience of numerous intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)
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