Jake the dad

Husband. Dad. Pilot. “Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about” - WW

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@Osint613 🫡 Rest in Peace Skipper. Strength to your family.

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

Well said

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@Osint613 For 250 years, the American military has been an apolitical institution, fostering trust amongst our citizens, and enabling relative political stability in our democratic system. Despite his intentions, in uniform, this gentleman’s overt partisanship undermines that legacy.

[U.S. Southern Command @Southcom]

U.S. military rotary-wing aircraft have proven to be lifelines during multiple disaster relief missions. #SOUTHCOM is sending rotary-wing aircraft to support @StateDept-led U.S. government earthquake relief operations in Venezuela.

These aircraft will provide critical life-saving airlift support, transporting U.S. government response personnel, search and rescue teams, and partners during relief operations.

SOUTHCOM is surging available assigned U.S. military forces in our region to support U.S. government relief operations in Venezuela, following the devastating earthquakes that struck the nation June 24, 2026.

@DeptofWar @SecWar @WHAAsstSecty @usembassyve @USAenEspanol

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[Bethany 貝書穎 @BethanyAllenEbr]

2) This administration's emphasis on historical (typically, pre-1960) American greatness. "Pacific Command" and "the Pacific" evokes the US victory in World War II, and thus the American power that shaped the rest of the century.

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@SpencerHakimian You are dead wrong. Down range, our Service members showcased their top tier capabilities and courage while performing with uncommon endurance.

Say what you want about the politics of the situation, but the military did their job, did it honorably, and answered the call.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Opening Statement. 🇺🇸

[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.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Taiwan opposition leader would be 'very willing' to meet Trump on US trip https://t.co/BNC1vTf9zi https://t.co/BNC1vTf9zi

[War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks]

What submarine commanders learned from decades of operating blind can now inform the operations for the rest of the military. https://t.co/bjhx63VDny

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@TheCalvinCooli1 @FootballCravee @grok Your profile purportedly informs the public on breaking news, but you need AI’s discernment to identify when a satire account posts an AI image…🤔

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@catturd2 Good slave, do as you are told. Keep justifying gerrymandering.

[Meghan McCain @MeghanMcCain]

I hate all gerrymandering and it should be illegal.

Full stop - it's awful when democrats do it, it's awful when republicans do it. American citizens have their voices and representation robbed of them.

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@StephenM Another hollow whataboutism take. The majority of Americans (who don’t live terminally online) understand gerrymandering is wrong, no matter the state.

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@carolmswain Psycho babble talk. Gerrymandering is wrong and you know it.

[Jake the dad @jamanwest]

@mb_ghalibaf Get get wrecked dude. You don’t own the SOH and you never will.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles

[NASA @NASA]

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Orion’s crew and service module have separated. The crew module continues on its path towards Earth while the service module will harmlessly burn up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II return trajectory is designed to ensure any remaining debris does not pose a hazard to land, people, or shipping lanes.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

An iconic swing by an iconic player.

Welcome to Tempo Town, through the years.