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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Welcome to Friday Fun, your home for all things Unserious here at MilVets. As usual, we start off with a post from the OKDWC. Ok, it’s really a whole ass thread, but still. Read thru it, you might learn something. BTW, you should really click through to see the alt text for the images. Trust me, it’s worth your time.

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1760315427194917374?s=20
    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1760317254346883082?s=20
    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1760321390509466011?s=20

    Pearls before Swine

    Political Commentary

    Dad Jokes

    Memes

    Photos

    A Soldier assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) marks a landing zone for a CH-47 with an infrared laser after a nighttime raid on a village in support of Sage Eagle 24 on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, January 27, 2024. Sage Eagle is a yearly exercise in which Soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct training in preparation for real world missions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Castro)
    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Feb. 21, 2024) Chief Gunner’s Mate Ronald King embraces his son after returning from deployment aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). William P. Lawrence is assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 and returning from a 4-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre T. Richard)

    Corporal Gerald Wells III, rifle inspector, Silent Drill Platoon, conducts a rifle inspection during the Blue Angels “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules fly-over at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 13, 2024. The performance was the start of this year’s Battle Color Detachment Tour. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chloe McAfee
    Soldiers with the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Section carry the flag-draped casket of fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor during his interment ceremony, Feb. 10, 2024, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. Gaylor spent more than seven decades improving the Air Force through its people. He was an active proponent of professional military education and delivered seminars frequently in person and online until his passing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tristin English)

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Welcome to an abbreviated version of Friday Fun. Your editor lost track of what day it was and didn’t prep this post like he normally does. Mea Culpa. Anyway, here’s some memes and stuff. . .

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1756012234822635718?s=20
    YEET!

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Welcome to Friday Fun, your weekly excursion to the lighter side. As usual, we kick things off with a post from the OKDWC. This time, it’s a bit more serious than the typical OKDWC post. It’s all about Mule Deer.

    Pearls Before Swine

    Political Commentary

    Dad jokes

    Memes

    Photos

    U.S. Paratroopers from Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 11th Airborne Division give a demonstration of sniper rifle marksmanship training on M110A1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems to Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members with 28th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, Northern Army during North Wind 24, Jan. 25, 2024 on JGSDF Hokudai-en Training Area in Chitose, Hokkaido. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Connor Davis)
    NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Feb. 5, 2024) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman William Jones, left, from Saint Louis, Mo., lowers the national ensign as Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Enrique Riverapalomino, from San Jose, Calif., renders honors on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) at Naval Base San Diego. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Armstrong)
    U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), speak to each other during a Fire Support Coordination (FSCEX)/Support Arms Coordination Exercise (SACEX), Litochorro, Greece, Jan. 16, 2024. The 26th MEU(SOC) readiness sustainment exercise named “Odyssey Encore,” enhances the unit’s operational capabilities as an expeditionary crisis response force and provides an opportunity for the 26th MEU(SOC) to conduct advanced integrated expeditionary operations and live-fire training with both the 32nd and 24th Marine Brigades in Greece. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with the embarked (26MEU(SOC)), is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Romonoyske-Bean)
    A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron taxis down the flightline at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 30, 2024. The 69th Bomb Squadron plays a critical role in the 5th Bomb Wing’s mission to provide global strike and combat capabilities to geographic commanders around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lieutenant Casen Salitore)

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    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.

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1752377091566231779?s=20

    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.

    Pearls before Swine

    Dad Jokes

    Political Commentary

    Memes

    Photos

    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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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Hi there! Welcome to Friday Fun, your one stop source for everything unserious.

    As usual, we start with a tweet err, post from the OKDWC. If anyone doesn’t get the reference, I’ll put it in the comments.

    Pearls before Swine

    Memes

    For the record, that moose is a monster. It looks like the antlers are at least 80″ across.

    Photos

    U.S. Army Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct walks at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia on Jan. 15, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ethan Scofield)
    LITTLE CREEK, Va. (Jan. 19, 2024) U.S. Navy Chief Gunner’s Mate Michael Strobeck, a combat systems leading chief petty officer assigned to the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD-21), loads a magazine into a M9 pistol during a weapons qualification course on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Fort Story, Jan. 19, 2024. This course provided Sailors the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency with a variety of weapons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner)
    A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M240B machine gun out of a UH-1Y Venom during a close air support exercise as part of Realistic Urban Training on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 20, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Allen
    A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., lands on the flightline in support of exercise Prairie Vigilance and Bayou Vigilance 24-2 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 4, 2024. Air Force Global Strike Command maintains a credible strategic capability that enhances deterrence of threats to the United States, its allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Nottingham)

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    It’s time for your weekly journey into the Amusant and sublime, Friday fun. This week we kick off with a trio of posts from your favorite wildlife related account, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation:

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1747626344303759527?s=20
    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1747627881096741130?s=20

    Pearls Before Swine

    This is the place where I would normally put some political cartoons, however as I’m pinch hitting in the daily conversation slot, they’ve gone there this week. So you’re getting a couple of strips from Get Fuzzy. . .

    MEMES!

    Sorry, but if I saw this at the local playground I’d have a new rug . . .

    Photos

    U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, release heavy drop packages with a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft onto Frida Drop Zone at Pordenone, Italy on Jan. 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo)
    PACFIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dustin McGuown, a native of Pasadena, California, signals to an AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopter, assigned to the “Hangman” detachment of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), during flight operations aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) as the ship steams in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2024. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of Boxer, USS Somerset (LPD 25), and Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), and the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Connor Burns)
    U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Systems Command, fire a Stinger Missile from a Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, December 13, 2023. The MADIS Mk1, pictured, and Mk2 form a complementary pair and will be the basic building block of the Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalions’ ground-based air defense capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Virginia Guffey)
    KC-135T Stratotankers from the 127th Air Refueling Group stands ready at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Jan. 3, 2024. The KC-135T provides aerial refueling capability to nearly every aircraft in the U.S. military inventory, making it the vital force multiplier in global airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tom Demerly)

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    After a short hiatus, Friday Fun returns. It’s your weekly foray into faffery and frolic here at MilVets. As usual, we start with a tweet er, X from this editors favorite account the OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation.

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1744812808909242756?s=20
    Alt text: A brave Rich Mountain salamander proudly stands on a mossy bed. Her HUGE round eyes take up a large part of her head. She is dark, with pretty white speckles. She is salamandHER

    Pearls Before Swine

    I really love the stupid puns and bad jokes . . .

    Political Commentary

    Memes!

    Damn, that looks like fun. . .

    Photos

    A U.S. Army Soldier with 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and members of the Lithuanian Parliament take a close-up look at M1A2 Abrams tanks during a tour of Camp Herkus, Lithuania, Jan. 4, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar Gollaz)
    STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Jan. 5, 2023) The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Jan. 5, 2024. The U.S. maintains forward deployed, ready, and postured forces to deter aggression and support security and stability around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)
    U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 76, attached to Assault Craft Unit 5, prepares to inflate after disembarking 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit personnel and cargo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, for a simulated amphibious assault, Dec. 18, 2023. The 15th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms
    U.S. Air Force operators assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Joint Personnel Recovery Center perform high altitude, low opening training jumps from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft over East Africa, Dec. 27, 2023. HALO jumps are performed from altitudes with limited oxygen, requiring members to employ specialized training beyond standard parachute insertions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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  • Friday Fun Christmas Edition

    Friday Fun Christmas Edition

    Christmas is Monday, so I hope you have all your shopping done. If not, you have 2 days to do so. Good luck and Godspeed. . .

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1735311156170866998?s=20

    Pearls

    Memes

    Guess what. . . Corgi butt

    Here’s some Christmas music for your earholes.

    Photos

    Soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” and the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for Army Cpl. Gordon D. McCarthy at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 14, 2023. McCarthy’s unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. After the battle, McCarthy’s remains were not recovered and he was reported missing in action. He was officially accounted for on Feb. 13, 2023. His niece, Marilyn Stanton, received the U.S. flag from McCarthy’s funeral service. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
    PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 16, 2023) A wave breaks over the bow of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) while underway in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 16, 2023. Hopper is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen)
    U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Dec. 2, 2023. The MCCRE consisted of a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise, high-altitude aerial refueling, aviation delivered ground refueling, and external lift exercises to ensure HMH-361’s operational and combat readiness before deployment. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I MEF in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jackson Rush)
    A 920th Rescue Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk prepares to connect to the hose-and-drogue system of an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during helicopter air-to-air refueling off the coast of California during exercise Distant Fury Stallion Dec. 5, 2023. This joint exercise presented a uniquely suited opportunity in remote, austere conditions to validate the wing’s interoperability within the joint team while reaffirming the wing’s lethality, precision and ability to fight and win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicole Koreen)

    As usual, if you have a meme or photo to share drop it in the comments below. Also feel free to post your favorite Christmas songs.

    MERRY CHRISTMAS MVAP

  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Welcome to our weekly trip to the lighter side of life, Friday Fun. Kicking off the faffery is a tweetX from the OKDWC.

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1734254461034365434?s=20

    You really need to click through and read the alt text for the images, they’re *chef’s kiss*. . .

    Pearls Before Swine

    Bonus Pearls. . .

    Political commentary

    Just because Christmas is 10 days away . . .

    If you have a favorite nontraditional Christmas song, drop it in the comments.

    Memes

    Don’t look back Timmy, it’s behind you

    Photos

    The U.S Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) in conjunction with local Fort Liberty and partner nations’ airborne organizations conduct the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop 2.0, a combined airborne training event at Fort Liberty, NC from Dec. 4-15, 2023, to increase joint airborne proficiency and community relations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Xavier Legarreta)
    ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 30, 2023) Fireman Trevor Mckee, left, and Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman John Williamson simulate fighting a fire aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) during a general quarters drill in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 9, 2023. Deployed as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG), the Philippine Sea is ready to respond to a range of contingencies in support of national security priorities. IKECSG is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak)
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alisson Tigreros, Ground Electronics Transmission Systems Maintainer with 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Maine Air Control Group 28, and a native of Humble, Texas, fires a M240B machine gun during a live fire machine gun range held by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Hasto Buso, Finland, Dec. 4, 2023. Combat Logistics Battalion 6 conducted the live fire range as part of a littoral distribution exercise with the aim of developing and refining tactics, techniques and procedures for providing sustainment in contested littoral environments.
    U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar

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  • Friday Fun

    Friday Fun

    Welcome to MVAP’s weekly foray into the ridiculous and sublime, Friday Fun. As usual, we start with a Tweet X from my personal favorite account the OKDWC:

    https://twitter.com/OKWildlifeDept/status/1730613301283819773?s=20

    I have to admit, this one hit me in the feelz. Miss you Dad. . .

    This weeks political cartoons

    MEMES!

    Bumbles bounce- Yukon Cornelius

    An M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System from 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 18th Airborne Corps, fires a rocket during a HIMARS rapid infiltration exercise at Camp Adazi, Latvia, Dec. 2, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar Gollaz)
    PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 1, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires its Mark 45 5-inch lightweight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 1, 2023. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)
    U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during a Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 18, 2023. The purpose of SACEX was to test the artillery Marines’ ability to coordinate and execute fire missions efficiently while located away from the rest of the MEU. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Kiger
    A B-52H Stratofortress taxis on the flightline at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 27, 2023. In a conventional conflict, the B-52H can perform strategic attack, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexander Nottingham)

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