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Strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5, leave 1 survivor in eastern Pacific, US military says 1 mahatmakanejeeves 1 hr ago 12 min ago 2 157
Zelenskyy vents frustration over U.S. disinterest in evidence of Russia helping Iran 1 ck4829 19 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 11 302
Trump Was Going to Fire Tulsi Gabbard Last Week -- Until Roger Stone Stepped in to Save Her: Axios 1 Eugene Saturday Saturday 1 423
Navy to Inactivate Attack Boat USS Boise After $1.6B Repair Effort 3 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 6 437
Pentagon Awards Lockheed $4.7 Billion Deal for Patriots 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 304
The New Trump-Class Battleship Is Just Dumb 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday Saturday 4 463
Harsh comments following the Trump-Rutte meeting - Top Report - TVP WORLD 0 TexasTowelie Thursday Thursday 3 286
Trump requests $1.5 trillion increase in military funds - ABC News 6 TexasTowelie Wednesday Thursday 4 307
Kristi Noem hugely overpaid for a $145 million warehouse in one of her final acts at DHS, report says 5 Eugene Tuesday Wednesday 6 577
Ukraine says it replaced human soldiers with 'ground robots' in over 21,000 missions for Q1 1 littlemissmartypants Wednesday Wednesday 4 332
Right to repair: Why the US military can't fix much of its own equipment 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 8 448
USS Nimitz visits Panama on grand farewell tour 4 nitpicked Apr 2 Apr 2 3 441
Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief 0 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 4 382
This War Was Driven By Politics Anchor Watch with Bobby Jones 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 1 Apr 1 0 301
Last Surviving World War II Triple Ace Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 15 527
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 1 146
Philippines Foreign Ministry: Will meet with Iranian officials to discuss safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 2 326
Japan Is Fortifying This String of Islands Close to China 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 3 406
Donald Trump says US could 'take the oil in Iran' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 4 747
Pentagon reportedly preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 30 4 582
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 0 99
At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy' 11 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 29 12 1228
Ukraine schooled NATO in a Wargame: Ukraine's Drone Warfare Exposed NATO's Critical Weakness 0 blue-wave Mar 29 Mar 29 10 478
A group of four C-130s left Dobbins Air Reserve Base between 2:00 and 2:40 p.m. ET. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 8 782
Iranian Attack on Prince Sultan Air Base Reportedly Struck U.S. KC-135s - Reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 502
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is in port in Diego Garcia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 28 5 484
Flight of Barksdale B52s inbound RAF FAIRFORD now 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 3 469
VA executive accused of demanding gifts in the form of cash, casino chips from contractors 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 415
Special Air Mission departs Homestead AFB at 3:39 a.m. ET headed northeast. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 509
HEAVILY ARMED B-52s Takeoff from RAF Fairford - Loaded with JDAM Bunker Busters 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 27 7 1001

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Traumatic brain injury emerging as signature injury in Iran war: US official 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 10 440
Is The U.S. Dropping Mines To Stop Iranian Missile Launchers? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 3 456
Sailor Flown Ashore After Flight Operations Injury on Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 390
More Bombers Arrive at RAF Fairford 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 516
Just about every helicopter the United States owns is flying around in southern Alabama right now. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 27 6 1179
Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 5 711
Finnish President: Trump's actions are making it harder to defeat Russia 5 blue-wave Mar 24 Mar 24 6 530
Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 0 344
'Multiple waves' of unauthorized drones recently spotted over strategic US Air Force base 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 24 4 533
USS Gerald R. Ford docks in Greece for port call after fire 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 7 451
'RAF Fairford plane spotters have swamped our village and use fields as toilet' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 4 518
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 274
Three C-17s just left Ramstein Air Base headed east about five minutes apart. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 897
There are nine T-38s flying around in a corridor between Memphis and Montgomery. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 3 760
B-52s and B-1 bombers launch for a strike mission as a U-2 spy plane flies overhead 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 8 803
Tanker carrying fuel originally bound for Cuba diverts to Trinidad, shipping data shows 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 465
Flights Are Still Taking Off as Missiles Rain Down in the Middle East 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 5 564
Iranian Missiles Strike Far-Off Target, but U.S. Remains Out of Range 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 3 430
V-22 Ospreys have two different icons on ADSB Exchange. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 538
'StravaLeaks': France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 387
Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 4 417
I see two B-1 bombers with their transponders on over the eastern Mediterranean and ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 5 736
Iran is retaliating against the U.S. with strikes on American sites throughout the Middle East. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 3 697
Admiral's Comments Undercut Pentagon's Cluster Munition Policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 5 390
US can access military data collected by Australian aircraft in Gulf 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 395
Ali Larijani, Iran's top national security official killed, then Joe Kent resigns. Hummm... 1 suegeo Mar 18 Mar 18 4 527
Democratic lawmaker condemns Hegseth's call for 'no quarter' for US enemies 6 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 18 1 635
B-1 takes the long way around to get to RAF Fairford from the Persian Gulf 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 596
Military report says 'one in a million' live fire malfunction rained shrapnel on California highway 1 Eugene Mar 18 Mar 18 4 403
Successful trip to RAF Fairford for plane spotting 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 18 1 434

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Trump expected at Dover AFB on March 18 for dignified transfer of crewmembers killed in crash of KC-135 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 638
Fire on U.S. Aircraft Carrier Raged for Hours, Sailors Say 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 14 1026
Three more B-52s have gone from Minot AFB to RAF Fairford. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 7 1072
Operations at RAF Mildenhall, 15 March 2026 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 15 Mar 15 3 633
Navy Extends USS Nimitz Service Life to 2027, in Line with Carrier John F. Kennedy's Delivery 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 15 Mar 15 2 445
Operation Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud 2 littlemissmartypants Mar 14 Mar 14 5 588
USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle East 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 5 608
Tracing the US military's learning curve on fighting Iran's drones: What to know 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 557
Ship fire unrelated to combat injures pair of USS Gerald R. Ford sailors 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 4 485
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers charged with abusing Palestinian prisoner 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 11 513
U.S. Showers Iran With Bombs in Most Intense Strikes of the War, Pentagon Says 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 3 609
US Air Force National Guard Worries Grow After Aircraft Removed From Units 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 9 Mar 9 7 803
US bomber planes land in UK amid expected 'surge' in strikes on Iran 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 5 793
The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship 19 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 6 Mar 6 60 3077
Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 6 Mar 6 3 529
U.S. Submarine Launches First Torpedo in Combat Since World War II 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 2 750
Can Pizza Predict the Start of the Iran War? - William Spaniel 1 TexasTowelie Feb 24 Feb 24 4 677
(Eastern Pacific) US military strike kills three in second alleged drug boat attack this week 0 Eugene Feb 21 Feb 21 2 460
Coast Guard Brass Secretly Fume at ICE Barbie Over Jaw-Dropping Order 1 Eugene Feb 17 Feb 17 9 730
10 Ukrainians with drones wipe out 2 NATO Battalions 0 blue-wave Feb 14 Feb 14 11 810
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