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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

I have finally found the perfect crossover of my passions -

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

NEW: Feds just unsealed documents that show they arrested 3 active duty Marines on Jan 6. charges. Aside from currently serving, these 3 also had intel jobs, awards, clearances...the lot. One was even working at Ft. Meade. Now they face 4 charges each.

3 Active-Duty Marines Who Work in Intelligence Arrested for Alleged Participation in Jan. 6 Riot

Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate, and Dodge Dale Hellonen -- three men identified by investigators as active-duty Marines -- were arrested on four charges each.

www.military.com

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2 years

Zelenskyy said that he is conferring the title "Hero of Ukraine" - the nation's highest tile - on all the defenders of Snake Island.

Blake Allen

@Blake_Allen13

2 years

President Zelenskyy confirms that all Ukrainian defenders on Snake Island were killed by Russia. They refused to surrender and were killed to the man. Brave brave boys

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@KToropin

2 years

To answer the popular question - these guys aren’t in Marine custody because these are charged being brought by the feds, not military authorities.

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@KToropin

2 years

I can't get over this line in the court docs -

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@KToropin

9 months

BREAKING: @USNavy is announcing ALL Ospreys are being grounded following the USAF crash that killed 8 airmen off the coast of Japan The Navy hints at a possible clutch failure - "preliminary investigation information indicates a potential materiel failure caused the mishap"

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

5 months

One wild detail I learned today -- All four of the Army vessels that deployed today in support of the JLOTS mission are captained by either Warrant Officers or Senior NCOs ....that's a CRAZY culture difference from the Navy.

Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

5 months

I have finally seen everything. Army ships, being piloted by warrant officers, are heading for open ocean….

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7 months

BREAKING: US official confirms to me - The Houthi strike involved the USS Eisenhower, Philippine Sea, Gravely, and Mason in the Red Sea 22 fixed wing aircraft from the IKE More than 80 Tomahawks were launched as part of the strike

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2 years

This is pretty savage...

Kaitlan Collins

@kaitlancollins

2 years

How the New York Post covered Trump’s announcement

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

3 years

The @USMC has released some of its vaccination figures: -95% compliance. -316 given a temporary medical exemption and 452 a temporary admin. exemption. -14 granted a permanent medical exemption -2,441 religious exmpt. asks; currently 1,902 processed; 0 approved

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

@Murp1953Tim @svdate Possible but, my guess, not anytime soon so as to stay out of the way of the Feds.

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@KToropin

10 months

NUGGET: The @USNavy says the USS Carney used SM-2 missiles and its 5” guns to shoot down 4 land attack cruise missiles and 15 drones. No word on how many rounds.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

1 year

Oh, this awkward… @Meta owns the “X” trademark

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@KToropin

7 months

BREAKING: @USNavy identifies the two SEALs who were lost in the Red Sea as - Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram

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@KToropin

1 year

…which? How? What organization?

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

1 year

And all proceeds go to veterans

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

6 months

Same day Jack Teixeira gets 16 years, @TheJusticeDept drops this gem: USAF civ (but frmr Army Lt. Col.) is indicted for leaking classified info on a dating app She called him “in their messages her ‘secret informant love’ and her ‘secret agent.’” Y’all

Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information

A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Friday, March 1, for allegedly conspiring to transmit and...

www.justice.gov

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@KToropin

1 year

@MalcolmNance Yep. Per Navy records, he was a CS.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

This is grim. Looks like medic telling newly mobilized Russian recruits that they're on their own for sleeping gear, medical supplies, tourniquets...

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2 years

I guess we know the answer to that.

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9 months

BREAKING: Defense official confirms to me that a @USNavy warship sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait shot down a Iranian drone launched from Yemen. No details so far on which ship but this is ther third recent incident involving a US ship shooting down drones coming from Yemen

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

10 months

NEW: @sabrinasingh24 offers an update on @SenTuberville ’s holds — there are now 452 nominations of 448 General and flag officers being held up. They include the Navy’s 5th Fleet Commander (Middle East) and the defense attache to Israel.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

4 months

To all the junior troops out there who had to stand in formation waiting on the commander…you’re not alone. Here’s the entirety of @thejointstaff Staff at the Pentagon waiting on the Chairman…in 86F heat, in the sun…for a photo.

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@KToropin

5 months

NEW: @DepPentPressSec says that the Pentagon’s reproductive travel policy — the one that prompted @SenTuberville to hold all top promotions for months — was used just 12 times between June and Dec 2023. It cost the @DeptofDefense $40,791.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

11 months

NSC Spokesman Kirby just told the WH press corps that Israel is adamant that US troops not conduct operations. Really puts a damper on the idea that US Special Forces are going to be rescuing hostages.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

8 months

To be clear: White House finds out their military leader is in the hospital Thursday after he’s been there 3 days. Congress and the public finds out 24 hours later on Friday. Meanwhile, his complications are so bad that he’s in the ICU. …meanwhile the Middle East simmers.

luis martinez

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U.S. official confirms that the White House was not notified until Thursday night that Austin had been hospitalized -- already for 3 days. Official confirms Austin was in ICU during part of his hospitalization.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

First on @militarydotcom : Four of the five Proud Boys indicted for sedition were veterans. That means of the 16 people the feds have now charged with seditious conspiracy, 9 have military ties. @StevenBeynon and I report here -

Veterans Make Up Most of Proud Boys Members Indicted on Sedition for Jan. 6 Violence

The indicted men include an Army combat veteran with a Purple Heart, two Marines who served in the infantry and logistics, and a sailor recruit.

www.military.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

1 year

Kind of awkward photos... On the left, Army three-star in charge of its special forces. On the right, the guy who now leads the coup in Niger. This was less than two months ago. 😬

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

1 year

The photos from the indictment but...in color

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@ArdenFarhi

1 year

Special Counsel Jack Smith's indictment against former President Trump includes photos of documents boxes stored in various places at Mar-a-Lago.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of Russia's RT, with a response to reports of a Russian missile strike in Poland... "So Poland now has its own Belgorod region. And what were you expecting?"

Маргарита Симоньян

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Вот и у Польши появилась своя Белгородская область. А как вы хотели?

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

5 months

I have finally seen everything. Army ships, being piloted by warrant officers, are heading for open ocean….

Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

5 months

Today is shaping up to be a strange day…

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@KToropin

3 years

@USMC For the data nerds, the 95% compliance figure is "at least one shot." Also, previously the Corps has told me that they have not granted a religious vaccine exemption in at least 10 years. Marine Corps Reserve compliance is at 79% (at least one shot) but they have until Dec. 28

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

6 months

Military officials hinted that this may be a possibility last week when they said the @USArmy 's "Joint Logisitics Over the Shore" program was being considered for the "maritime corridor" JLOTS specializes in these types of operations as seen in this document -

The Associated Press

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BREAKING: Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port on Gaza's coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid

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NEW: @thejointstaff Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims says US, British launched a "near immediate" 2nd round of strikes late Thursday vs 12 Houthi locations after the initial round of strikes against 60 targets at 16 locations

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8 months

According to his bio, Patterson took command in June, 2023. The policy he's protesting existed FAR before then. Why did he take command if he so objected to the policy?

Jay R. Spohn

188th Wing Base Commander

www.188wg.ang.af.mil

LifeNews.com

@LifeNewsHQ

8 months

BREAKING: Commander of Arkansas Air National Guard Resigns to Protest Biden’s Military Policy Funding Abortions

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@KToropin

3 years

The reporting said he tried twice, folks...

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@HenryGraff

3 years

NOW: Statement from ⁦ @GlennYoungkin ⁩ spokesman concerning the Governor-elect’s son. ⁦ @NBC12 ⁩

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

SCOOP: Good news for sailors living on @GW_CVN73 - the CO has announced that they will move everyone off ship starting Monday. A huge change from last Friday when @NavyMCPON told the crew that at Least they aren't "sleeping in a foxhole like a Marine"

Hundreds of Sailors Being Moved Off Carrier After Surge of Suicides, Captain Tells Crew

Capt. Brent Gaut announced that the ship will move 260 sailors "to an offsite barracks-type living arrangement on Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth."

www.military.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

According to posts from Ukraine's @DPSU_ua - the island's defenders refused to surrender and were subjected to arieal and naval bombardment. Eventually all the infrastructure on the tiny (0.066 sq mi) island was destroyed and all its defenders perished.

Державна прикордонна служба України

❗️Ситуація щодо російського вторгнення 🔴Після обстрілу Зміїного з корабельних озброєнь та бойової авіації окупантів була зруйнована інфраструктура на острові. 🔴Крім того, зв'язок з прикордонникам...

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

10 months

The House Intel committee now joines the WH National Security Council in clearing Israel of the hospital attack

House Intelligence Committee

@HouseIntel

10 months

Statement from Chairman @RepMikeTurner and Ranking Member @JAHimes :

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

1 year

I'm sure nothing bad will come from unverifying US Central Command

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@KToropin

4 months

The USS Boxer deployed months late and had a TON of mechanical and leadership issues in the meantime. One report noted that those "failures had direct, measurable impacts on USS Boxer's upcoming deployment..." It seems they weren't all fixed now that she's coming back.

Sam LaGrone

@samlagrone

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SCOOP: Boxer heading to San Diego for repairs after engineering casualty. Early estimates say 2-3 weeks for repairs. Not clear on what broke. 15th MEU Marines, aircraft offloaded.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

Although the House is in disarray, on the Senate side @ChrisMurphyCT and @SenBlumenthal are pushing @SECNAV to do more on living conditions for sailors in shipyards in a newly released letter.

Senators Pressuring Navy to Improve Conditions in Shipyards in the Wake of Suicides

Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal announced that they have written to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to demand change.

www.military.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

BREAKING: Russian state media confirms Moskva sank while being towed

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@KToropin

6 months

Full statement:

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3 months

SCOOP: The Navy has awarded Combat Action Ribbons to the crews of 7 ships. The USS Carney plus @TheCVN69 , the USS Philippine Sea, and the destroyers USS Thomas Hudner, Gravely, Laboon and Mason. Plus, more details about the Carney's accomplishments:

Navy Gave Combat Action Ribbon to 7 Ships as More Details of Red Sea Combat Emerge

The Carney, which returned home earlier this week, was the only ship the Navy publicly acknowledged had been awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for the Red Sea operations.

www.military.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

10 months

My wild speculation based on my time in the Navy but the 5” gun probably used KE-ET rounds…basically shotgun shells

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

3 years

A bit of personal news - I am leaving CNN to become @Militarydotcom 's newest Navy and Marine Corps reporter! I cannot be more excited to join @hopeseck 's amazing team and cover the branch of service that I once served.

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@KToropin

1 year

@chrislhayes Here's part of that answer, I reckon.

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@meridithmcgraw

1 year

The audience tonight was mostly made up of Republicans who offered cheers and a standing ovation to Trump tonight. Last week, CNN invited the NH GOP and other state groups to help fill the audience per an email that was passed along:

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@KToropin

2 years

Ukrainian ambassador to US says the tow discussed the anti-war coalition, aligning all their plans, sanctions, and more supplies to Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

2 years

Посилення санкцій, конкретну оборонну допомогу та антивоєнну коаліцію обговорив щойно з @POTUS . Вдячний 🇺🇸 за потужну підтримку 🇺🇦!

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2 years

When I was with @CNN I did some reporting around these lists of allegedly dead voters and we didn't have the time to go through all of the (14K+ names) but my sample of 50 showed the same thing - ....everyone was quite alive.

southpaw

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Of the 282 people the Republican President of the Arizona Senate reported to the state’s Attorney General as deceased at the time of the 2020 election—relying on the chaos muppets at Cyber Ninjas—all but one were still alive and still current voters.

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2 years

Well this is really something, @USArmyReserve ...check your inbox, I have questions.

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@KrisGoldsmith85

2 years

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, @USArmy Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard filling in for white nationalist @TuckerCarlson tonight on Fox. Tonight she’s on taking about how “we the people” need to stand up against the “intelligence community and security state.”

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@KToropin

2 years

This exhange is really quite something -

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

3 years

All is not well at Russian shipyards, it seems. The Russian here suggests the corvette “Provorny” is on fire in a St. Petersburg shipyard.

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

My man @df_lawrence with a Navy scoop while I’m on vacation! The recruiting crunch means the Navy will now take you with an ASVAB score of 10. …on a 0-100 scale.

Navy to Accept Recruits with Lowest Test Scores as Recruiting Goal Grows

Under the program, the service can recruit and contract up to 7,500 prospective sailors this year who fall under what the military calls "Category IV" recruits.

www.military.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

2 years

...so for 8$/mo, can a Russian troll farm check mark all its Dave567823 accounts?

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@elonmusk

2 years

Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

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@KToropin

1 year

You're goddamn right I ordered the Tweet!!

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@halbritz

1 year

NEW: An official w/ direct knowledge said Gen. Kurilla was urged by subordinates not to announce a May 3 drone strike targeting an Al Qaeda leader in Syria until they confirmed who’d been killed, but he ordered a tweet anyway. @NatashaBertrand @OrenCNN

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@KToropin

1 year

Welp, as promised I took @olafbrewing ’s NATO beer to the NATO hallway at the Pentagon! Cheers to the alliance! 🍺 Kudos to @samlagrone for working his 🇫🇮 connections to make this happen!

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Nature is healing

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BREAKING: @flynavy spox confirms that a MH-60R helicopter from HSM-41 crashed in the San Diego Bay during routine training. All 6 crew survived and "were promptly moved ashore." HSM-41 is a "fleet replacement" or training squadron.

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NEW: @DepPentPressSec confirms an attack “last night by Iran backed militias using a close range ballistic missile against US and coalition forces at Al Assad airbase in Iraq, which resulted in several non-serious injuries and some minor damage to infrastructure.”

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11 months

Pentagon reporter hot take -- I find these things to be a bit awkward and cringe. The person being clapped out rarely looks like they're having fun and I struggle to believe that they know ALL those people. 🤷‍♂️

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. @GenCQBrownJr received a traditional Pentagon "clap out" alongside his wife, Sharene, as he departed the building for the final time as Air Force Chief of Staff. #AimHigh

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I wonder if there's a reason the Navy wanted to let the world know that a sub with 154 Tomahawks was floating around the Med...

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@USNavyEurope

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Run silent, run deep⚓🇨🇾-🇺🇸 The Ohio-class guided-missile #Submarine #USSGeorgia (SSGN 729), operating in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, conducts a brief stop for personnel near Limassol, Cyprus, Jan. 15, 2022. 🌍 #USNavy #NavyPartnerships

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2 years

Stephen Fry, with 12 million followers, has been on Twitter since 2008 - two years after the social network went online. He just deleted his account.

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1 year

You've heard of politicians accidentally using Russian military photos. Now there's politicians accidentally using Russian stock images! @RobertFKennedyrj ...call your office.

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1 year

Jim is just over there breaking news for funsies and lolz.

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@JimLaPorta

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New: Elements of the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Group participated in the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, sources tell me.

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@nycsouthpaw It is (or was) a tail gun turret -

Rear gunner of Slovakia Air Force Antonov 12 BP (2105) of 1 SMDLP at 1993 Eindhoven AFB Airshow

The Antonov AN-12 (NATO codename cub) is a Soviet paratroop medium-range passenger and freight transport aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s from the AN-10. The Antonov AN-12 is powered by four...

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@chrislhayes @joshtpm Sounds like yes?

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Some new details on the Houthi strikes via @USAFCENT - "over 60 targets at 16 Iranian-backed Houthi militant locations" "Over 100 precision-guided munitions of various types" "Tomahawk...Missiles launched from surface and sub-surface platforms"

AFCENT Commander Statement on Strikes against Houthi positions in Yeme

At the direction of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Air Forces Central, CENTCOM’s Joint & Combined Air Component Command, executed deliberate strikes on over 60 targets at 16 Iranian-backed Houthi militant

www.afcent.af.mil

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SCOOP: The @SecDef has ordered a 5 person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor the Army awarded at the Battle of Wounded Knee in S. Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890. The move comes after years of lobbying by tribes and folks like @SenWarren and @SenJeffMerkley

Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor Awards Given to Soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor that the Army awarded to soldiers for their actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota on...

www.military.com

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4 years

. @AlaskaAir says it banned 14 passengers from flying with them after they were "non-mask compliant, rowdy, argumentative and harassed our crew members" on a flight from Washington Dulles to Seattle last night.

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An appeals court ruled that the Feres Doctrine - an immunity policy that shields the military from many suits - doesn't apply to the case that accuses ret. Gen. Hyten of sexual assault. Its possible it kicks off a trend, too. From @reporterkheel and me:

Sexual Assault Case Against Former Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Gets Green Light from Appeals Court

A federal appeals court has ruled that a civil sexual assault case filed by former Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser against retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten can proceed, rejecting the government's...

www.military.com

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4 months

I’m really grateful to @cnn and @brikeilarcnn for giving our reporting national attention! It’s an important story.

Brianna Keilar

@brikeilarcnn

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DOD is requesting an IG investigation after a report about child abuse at some military daycares Army spouse Kate Kuykendall’s daughter, Isabella, was physically abused at a Navy-run daycare. Her parents spent months on their own investigation to prove it

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@MidOfficer True story - it involves taking your Russian-speaking sailor, getting them up to the bridge, and having them be difficult over the radio in broken English.

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@oneunderscore__ TweetDeck looks to be down as well

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1 year

The Prigozhin’s Wagner Telegram channel confirms he and Utkin are dead.

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2 years

@TomHeartsTanks It feels like they're on the cusp of declaring all other craft beers leftist and for weaklings while their beer smells of gunpowder and freedom.

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It's like folks haven't even heard of DVIDS...

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@USNavy The Osprey fleet has been quietly suffering "hard clutch engagagements" for years -- the military only admitted it after the Air Force grounded its fleet in Aug '22. The issue seemed manegable, if sometimes dangerous, but it turned deadly in June '22

A Mysterious Osprey Clutch Issue Caused the Deaths of 5 Marines. But V-22s Remain Flying.

Despite the findings the military continues to fly the V-22 with no firm understanding of the cause or any definitive mechanical fix for the problem in sight.

www.military.com

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@KToropin

9 months

I write about a Marine-turned Navy SEAL who is now a anti-Trans protester who pals around with Proud Boys. The US Navy says its investigating. Of note are @SkySpider_ 's pictures and months-long efforts documenting Henson and his activities, which were invaluable here.

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@maria_drutska @JonathanLanday It’s a Russian passport with the fake pages just inserted into the booklet. You can see them move at the end of the clip and it’s why the camera moves behind the guy’s back as he opens the passport.

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Sadly, this is not actually a feel-good story about a sailor overcoming long odds but a sailor who had a chain of command that made him prove to them that he deserved to go to his brothers wedding. 🙄

A Navy seaman moves mountains to be at his brother’s wedding

Duty kept the brothers apart for almost two years. But when Cameron announced he was getting married, Nick promised he’d be there. However, as the big day approached, it seemed likely he’d have to...

www.stripes.com

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Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

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@MidOfficer Bonus points for you personally…this was a US Navy exercise with the Canadians near Vancouver. I had bought a souvenir.

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Given how tight lipped the Pentagon has been when reporters have asked about this relationship, I will be interested to see what comes of this...

Greg Sargent

@GregTSargent

11 months

Important development: Senate Dems are demanding that the Pentagon turn over information about Elon Musk's Starlink contracts with the US military, to investigate whether there are safeguards in them to prevent another version of Musk's recent fiasco.

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The @USMC is taking Gen. Smith's acting role pretty seriously, it seems. Doesn't look like he's even tweeting under the @CMC_MarineCorps name

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NEW: The Navy is making its work with drones official by announcing an enlisted "Robotics Warfare Specialist" rating (RW) Initial folks (around 400) will be come from sailors who already have drone training -- largely undersea and specwar types.

New Navy Robotics Job Aimed at Getting Specialized Sailors to Work on Drones

The new rating is called robotics warfare specialist and "will accelerate development of deep expertise in rapidly advancing autonomous technologies," the Navy said.

www.military.com

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@KToropin

3 months

US @CENTCOM has put out a statement on this incident >>

Tom Bike

@tom_bike

3 months

Meanwhile in Gaza.

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@StevenBeynon Is this being a role model?

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@KToropin

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JUST NOW: @PentagonPresSec frames the downing a self protection move and said that the ship wasn’t ordered to shoot the missiles down by the Pentagon.

Konstantin Toropin

@KToropin

10 months

NUGGET: The @USNavy says the USS Carney used SM-2 missiles and its 5” guns to shoot down 4 land attack cruise missiles and 15 drones. No word on how many rounds.

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*officials have corrected that figure to $44, 791 That money would’ve been used to pay for things like travel, lodging, and food. It would not have paid for any medical procedures.

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@rArmyReddit …or just ask the PAOs nicely and you still get to go home by 1430 and no one yells at you? 😬

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@KToropin

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NEW: Following up on @StevenBeynon 's excellent reporting, I've found out that @WI_Guard member Pfc. Abram Markofski, who was recently conviceted on Jan. 6 charges, is still serving. Read:

Guardsman in Jan. 6 Mob Gets Probation, Still Serving in the Guard

Pfc. Abram Markofski was sentenced in federal court Dec. 10 to two years of probation and $1,500 in fines.

www.military.com

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@KToropin

1 year

What the heck is a "tactical athlete"??

Smith & Wesson Inc.

@Smith_WessonInc

1 year

GEMTECH® innovation, Smith & Wesson® manufacturing. Perce|eption Brand creates apparel + goods for the tactical athlete.

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Konstantin Toropin

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@GoatlockerChief @USNavy Sorry. CG sailor habit.

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Its often easy to see ships as hulks of steel - assets. But to those who serve on them, they are often beloved ...and even bemoaned or begrudged. They're homes and communities. They have quirks, faults, and character. Sailors remember them. ...this tragedy will hit hard

U.S. Navy

@USNavy

4 years

Sailors and Federal San Diego firefighters continue to battle a fire aboard amphibious assault ship #USSBonhommeRichard (LHD 6) in #SanDiego . Follow #USNavy and @SurfaceWarriors for updates. LATEST DETAILS ⬇️

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@KToropin

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@NavyStrang As an Army reporter annoyingly put it -

Davis Winkie

@davis_winkie

5 months

@KToropin Who knew you didn't need to be a petty aristocrat to point a boat?

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"A white nationalist is a Nazi?" "I don’t look at it like that." "I look at a white nationalist as a Trump Republican.” @SenTuberville

Julie Tsirkin

@JulieNBCNews

1 year

AL Sen Tuberville, who just now made an attempt to clarify the comments he made about white nationalists in the military being "Americans", asks me to define what a white nationalist is. Here's some of our exchange:

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Konstantin Toropin

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The carrier Abe Lincoln has an E. Coli problem. How did it get into the water? Unclear. Making the contamination worse was the mixed messages the crew got from their CO. ...and the Navy's tarnished reputation on the issue in the wake of the Nimitz.

Is There Sewage in This Carrier's Water? The Navy Doesn't Know.

Several videos posted by sailors from aboard the Lincoln show bottles of water that are clouded and have brown or gray particles floating inside.

www.military.com

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@KToropin

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@CSM_Cole @RecruitingTruth My man…was there no one else beside a Nazi who expressed the sentiment that “training is good”?

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