高橋祐馬 🆇🇯🇵🇺🇸

高い基準。平凡さは一切許さない。私がリードする。君はついてこなければ置いていかれる。エネルギーが釣り合うかどうかだけだ。🔥” #usmilitary

[マキシマム ザ おでん @MAXIMUM_ODEN]

オランダにある国立戦争・レジスタンス博物館が毎年開催するイベント。第二次世界大戦中の兵士たちが前線や後方でどのような生活を送っていたのかを体験・発見でき、プロの歴史再現グループによる活動により大規模な歴史的野営地の再現や迫力満点の模擬戦闘、→

[Margaret Joseph @MmarianneJoseph]

Todd Langley, Aust soldier killed in action 4 July 2011 aged 35.

The “universally respected” commando and dad-of four was on his 5th tour of Afghanistan.

Todd’s family said of his young children “they and the rest of the family were always so proud of him.”

Lest we forget. 🇦🇺

[F-15 Eagle Vet🇺🇸 @F15sRdaBest]

April 3, 2026 @ 4:40a.m. local: An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron callsign Dude 44 is shot down over Iran by Iranian MANPADS. Both the pilot and WSO eject safely, but deep behind enemy lines. What followed next was one of the most complex and daring combat search-and-rescue missions in modern U.S. military history. 🧵1/3

[Langley 🐬🇦🇶 @1995GreatBigSky]

1999, Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment patrol the streets of Gnjilane, Kosovo, Operation Joint Guardian 🇺🇸🇽🇰

[Hound ＠C108_2日目_東2－『ノ』ブロック－02b @Hound_7]

#74式の日
74式戦車改の移動の様子
これが自分が見た最後の74式戦車改でした。通常の74式に対して色々と各部が改良されているのが特徴
(1番判り易いのはキャタピラの最後輪がミシン糸のボビンのような形状になって、キャタピラが外れ難くなっています。その他にも色々と改良されています）

[J.WH @JPNHistoria]

1945年7月5日 03:00
芙蓉部隊
彗星夜戦4機・零夜戦4機、発進。
南西諸島付近を夜間偵察。
米軍部隊を発見出来ず。

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

​Japan's most elite unit, whose identities are kept completely secret and who are forbidden from showing their faces, has gone viral on social media with their special operations military equipment.

[Bud Gibson @TheReconCast]

Jake “Burton” Attebery. 1985 – April 18, 2026. U.S. Army Ranger. Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Sniper Squad Leader. A kid from Weiser, Idaho who loved racing his dad’s mini stock car, rebuilding a 1968 lime green VW bus, and wrestling for the Weiser Wolverines. Jake graduated from high school in 2003 and immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army, completing One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia as an infantryman. After graduating from the Basic Airborne Course, he completed the Ranger Indoctrination Program and was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment as a rifleman. In 2005, he was selected for the Headquarters Company Sniper Platoon, where he progressed from sniper to sniper squad leader, serving in one of the most demanding roles in the Regiment during the height of the Global War on Terror. Jake survived multiple combat deployments and brought his brothers home. He went on to serve his fellow veterans in contracting, carrying the same dedication he had as a Ranger into civilian life. He leaves behind his wife Chelsey, daughter Althea, his parents Brad and Beverly, and a brotherhood that will never forget him. As General John J. Pershing once said, “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”

[War Monitor Clips @WarMonitorClips]

German soldiers destroying the enemy railway tracks while retreating

[Defence Index @Defence_Index]

German machine gun that terrified an entire generation of soldiers

🇩🇪 MG 42, The battlefield monster of World War II

When the MG 42 opened fire, troops didn't just hear gunshots, they heard a deafening roar capable of unleashing up to 1,500 rounds per minute.

Nicknamed "Hitler's Buzzsaw" by Allied soldiers, it became one of the most feared weapons of the war.

🔹 Introduced: 1942
🔹 Rate of Fire: 1,200–1,500 rounds/minute
🔹 Effective Range: 1,000+ meters
🔹 Belt Fed General Purpose Machine Gun
🔹 Inspired the modern MG3 still used today

Fast. Reliable. Devastating.

More than 80 years later, military historians still regard the MG 42 as one of the most influential machine guns ever built.

Some weapons win battles.

The MG 42 became a legend.

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

US Army Green Berets giving the enemy their own fireworks show in Afghanistan.

[Haku @Haku_sdf]

このハンドガードどこの製品？

[シキシマ @BBG17_JDSSURUGA]

陸自、最盛期は1200両もの戦車を保有してたのか
今の4倍…………………

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

Since 1775, the U.S. Army has defended this nation and the Stars and Stripes. For 250 years, generations of Soldiers have answered the call with courage, duty, and sacrifice. We stand ready to defend this great nation for the next 250 years and beyond. 🇺🇸

[奈良漬け @duke_nara]

←海外ドラマ想像の日本の警察特殊部隊

　　　　　　　　→実際の日本の警察特殊部隊

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

Taylor Cavanaugh, the only known person in history to serve as both a US Navy SEAL and a French Foreign Legionnaire.

[F-15 Eagle Vet🇺🇸 @F15sRdaBest]

In November 1943 American gunner Sergeant George Watt was flying a mission in his B-17 Flying Fortress when the bomber was hit by German flak over Nazi-occupied Belgium. The aircraft caught fire forcing the crew to bail out. Watt parachuted out and landed near a small village. With German forces already closing in he had only moments to hide before the search parties arrived. What happened next depended entirely on the courage of ordinary people who chose to risk everything.

[hw97karbine @hw97karbine]

Inshore Fire Support Ship USS Carronade live fire with her eight twin Mark 105 rocket launchers in the mid 1950s

[Campbell @boomers_ass]

This account is all things air refueling.

I’m a lifetime member of the Boom Operators Association and a non-practicing boom operator — not a former one.

I actually flew the boom on USAF tankers (KC-135 and KC-10) from 1988 to 1997. Line boom for nine years, made SSgt. Flew Desert Shield/Storm on the -135, then transitioned to the KC-10 and kept flying Southern Watch and other desert ops until I got out.

I write from the perspective of someone who actually sat in the boom pod. That means personal stories, deep dives into old Combat Crew and Aerospace Safety articles, and original dash-ones. I also follow current tanker developments (KC-135, KC-46, whatever comes next) and say what I think.

If you want authentic voices with some sarcasm and zero tolerance for official nonsense, you’re in the right place.

A few things up front:

• My hands-on experience is dated. I was never a Senior Boom, never a supervisor or evaluator, never a planner, and I’ve never seen a KC-46 in person (yet).

• I welcome corrections and input from people with more current or higher-level experience.

• Fellow booms and aircrew (past and present) — this space is for you too.

I started posting after digging through my grandfather’s WWII Marine records and writing up everything I found. My son suggested I do the same with my own stories. So here we are.

#NKAWTG (Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas... Nobody)

Me: 1992 at Riyadh after a sorties, getting ready to make that dangerous drive back to Eskan Village.

[陸上自衛隊 東部方面隊 @JGSDF_EA_PR]

東部方面隊は、６月３０日から７月２日の間、方面隊災害情報訓練を実施しました。
この訓練は、南海トラフ地震等、大規模地震発災当初における一連の情報業務を訓練し､東部方面隊の情報運用に係る実効性の向上を図ることを目的としています。
航空偵察部隊、地上偵察部隊及び関係部外機関と連携し、被災情報の収集･共有に努めました。
東部方面隊は、引き続き、災害対処に係る準備を万全にしていきます。
#南海トラフ地震 #大規模地震 #防災