KWSUSMC/GBFFGB

Marine (not active) Retired LEO. Awrology/Gung Ho Chuan Association. Father of a Marine & a Medical Professional

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@mmpadellan Yeah…. Do you remember tranny tits and cocain packets left laying around? Or the anal sex in the congressional Hart building? A deranged Easter Bunny herding a feeble demented POTUS!

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

BUTCH O'HARE and QUIET INTEGRITY. On February 20, 1942, a 28-year-old Navy pilot looked at his fuel gauge and realized someone had made a mistake.

His tank wasn't full. He didn't have enough fuel to complete the mission and return to the carrier.

His commander ordered him back immediately. Butch O'Hare turned around, frustrated, heading toward the ship alone.

Then he saw them.

A squadron of Japanese bombers racing toward the American fleet. The entire division was out on the mission. The fleet was defenseless.

Butch had no way to warn them. No way to bring back his squadron.

He had a choice. Continue to safety with his limited fuel. Or do something about it.

Butch dove into the Japanese formation alone. He fired until his guns emptied. Then he dove at enemy aircraft, trying to clip their wings and send them spiraling down.

One pilot against an entire squadron.

The Japanese, stunned and confused, changed direction. The fleet survived.

When Butch landed, the gun-camera footage told the story. Five enemy aircraft shot down. He became the Navy's first flying ace of World War II and the first Naval Aviator to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

A year later, Butch O'Hare was killed in combat. He was 29.

Today, Chicago's O'Hare Airport bears his name.

Here's what stays with me about this story: Butch wasn't trying to become a hero that day. He was just a pilot heading back to the ship because of a fuel tank mistake. No one would have blamed him for continuing home.

But in that small moment of decision, with no one watching and nothing to gain, his character showed up.

That's what quiet integrity looks like. It's not the grand gestures people plan for. It's what you do in the moments no one expects anything from you.

Small choices reveal who we really are. And sometimes, those choices change everything.

[@UnsinkableDolly The Veterans Conductress @UnsinkableDolly]

@Eddie_1030 @ZeekArkham I saw your account the other day and I’ve added you to this morning’s RED Friday trains and hope that that will help. We have 2500 Veterans on our team and I’ll do my best to help you.

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[@UnsinkableDolly The Veterans Conductress @UnsinkableDolly]

@GuntherEagleman @squiggylenn1999 I think we all know the answer to that. My question is what kind of a country permits it….and w/o penalty?

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[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

84 years ago today, a pilot running out of fuel made a decision that won the Pacific War. Most Americans have never heard his name.

June 4, 1942. Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan's navy is undefeated. Four of the carriers that burned Pearl, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, are steaming toward Midway to finish off the US Pacific Fleet.

At 7:52 AM, Wade McClusky launches from USS Enterprise leading 32 Dauntless dive bombers. Here's the detail nobody mentions: McClusky is a fighter pilot. He'd been given the air group weeks earlier and had barely flown a dive bomber in combat. Now he's leading every SBD the Enterprise has at the most important target in the Pacific.

9:20 AM. He arrives at the intercept point where the Japanese fleet is supposed to be.

Empty ocean. Nothing for miles.

The Japanese had turned. Nobody knew where. And now McClusky owns the worst math problem in naval aviation: his fuel is bleeding away, and every minute he keeps searching, he condemns more of his own pilots to ditch in open water where nobody will find them.

Doctrine is clear. Turn back.

McClusky keeps going. He works a search pattern, squeezing miles out of dying fuel tanks.

9:55 AM. Far below, a single Japanese destroyer is cutting a white scar across the ocean at flank speed. It's the Arashi, racing to rejoin the fleet after depth-charging the American submarine Nautilus. Think about that. A failed sub attack is about to give away the entire Japanese navy.

McClusky reads the wake like an arrow and follows it.

10:02 AM. The horizon fills with the entire Japanese strike force. Four carriers, their decks crammed with planes being refueled and rearmed. Fuel lines snaking everywhere. Bombs stacked in the open.

And here's the miracle: the sky above them is empty. Minutes earlier, American torpedo squadrons had attacked at sea level and been annihilated. Torpedo 8 lost all 15 planes. One survivor, Ensign George Gay, watched what came next while hiding under his seat cushion in the water. Those doomed pilots dragged every Japanese fighter down to the waves. The door upstairs was wide open.

10:22 AM. McClusky pushes over from 14,500 feet. Both squadrons follow him down onto Kaga. It's actually a mistake, doctrine said split the targets, but Lt. Dick Best catches it mid-dive, pulls out with two wingmen, and goes after Akagi alone. His single bomb pierces the flight deck into the packed hangar. It's enough.

By 10:28, Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu, the third hit simultaneously by Yorktown's bombers, are floating infernos. Six minutes. Three carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, gone. Hiryu follows them to the bottom that evening.

The cost of McClusky's gamble was real. Many Enterprise bombers never made it home, some shot down, others swallowed by the sea when their tanks ran dry. McClusky himself was jumped by two Zeros on the way out, took five bullets through his shoulder, and still flew his shot-up Dauntless back to the Enterprise.

Admiral Nimitz said McClusky's decision "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway." Japan never won another major battle.

One borrowed pilot. One destroyer's wake. One choice to keep flying when every gauge said go home.

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@edgar___es Not really perfectly executed RNC. But it worked and he was brave enough to act! So good job, Sir, good job!

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@RealLuthen Or maybe, a Dad trying to his mentally deranged son heal and become healthy in the body his was born into. Not the one he needs pharmaceuticals and surgeries for the rest of life to cos play as

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@chiky_handlr Absolutely how else would his daughter wash her back when showering if not for Joe “Pedo Pete” Biden

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@herotimeszero He also showered with his daughter so much that his drug addict son named him Pedo Pete!

[Just call me Gunny @JRM58506966]

Troy Black, former senior enlisted advisor to the chairman (SEAC). Senior enlisted member of all branches.
“Sergeant Major of America” and “The Marine’s Marine” LinkedIn. He was known for his stoic professionalism, advocacy for enlisted welfare, and ability to connect with people across the military.

Chairman (SEAC) is a distinct military position and rank designated as the most-senior enlisted service member by position in the U.S. Armed Forces, serving as the principal enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). Appointed by the Chairman, the SEAC provides critical guidance on joint and combined total force integration, enlisted development, force health, and readiness.

The SEAC serves as a direct link between the CJCS and the Joint Force, ensuring perspectives are represented at the highest levels. While the SEAC’s duties vary based on the Chairman’s direction, the role consistently involves traveling across the Department of Defense (DoD), observing training and education, and addressing issues impacting active, Guard, Reserve, retired service members, and military families.
For those who don’t know, this is NOT AI and a legitimate billet!! Navy. Awards and Marine Corps.

Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (with two Gold Stars)
Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device
Meritorious Service Medal (with two Gold Stars), Multiple Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals Combat Distinguishing Device
Combat Action Ribbon with two Gold Stars.

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@FloraLuzz_ Bye

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@Roger_Negan What a moron. You do know that not all men could vote. That men under penalty of prison have to register for the draft (selective service) have been drafted and died. I could go on and on and simply destroy this kindergarten level post

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@jerseyh0mo Don’t have to knock on a door. They their allies own all the media… TV-Print-Movies-Social-last admin & Donkey party. Proof. Filmed Anal Sex in a public government office and posted it. A dude with tits walked topless on the White House lawn. WH & Capital bathed in rainbow

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@Fiverten @RyanShead That’s a great take. Let’s get out own killed to prove a stupid point. What a idiotic statement

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@Provokethoughtz You mean like showering with you teen daughter overtly sexualizing her. Her own words! Having the nickname Pedo Peter! From his own kids!

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@RevRayCistman Not the burn you think it is! In fact this is a great ad for Pratt!

[Rev. Ray Cistman ✊🏾🙏🏾 @RevRayCistman]

Spencer Pratt wants to fund the police. Vote Karen Bass.

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@japan_nobunaga Japan didn’t allow peasants 2 own any weapons. There r entire martial arts that developed to use everyday tools and farming equipment. Your “Master” class always tried to keep the commoners down. America was founded exactly the opposite way. The commoners keep the elites down

[KWSUSMC/GBFFGB @Kwsusmc]

@damnidc__ Now I know why women didn’t get the right to vote! Repeal the 19th!