Keen Quest

Retired Sr. Federal Civilian 🇺🇸 • ISR Test Engineer @ L-3Harris 22 yrs • USAF Aero Camera & Nav Specialist • Tai Chi 🥋 • Nature 🌿 • Future Space Explorer 🚀

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

World’s Only Civilian F-4 Phantom II Takes to the Skies Again https://t.co/3kCGklEdVu via @YouTube

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 HELL YEAH! US Marines taking over Central Park NYC with the Stars & Stripes flying high!

Full patriot mode activated right in the heart of Mamdani’s radical NYC.

Real Americans showing what love of country looks like.

Heroes! 🇺🇸

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

To all who served – this one's for you.

Blue Angels & Thunderbirds just dropped a rare Super Delta formation over Washington D.C. as part of Freedom 250 — a powerful reminder of the precision, teamwork, and excellence that define our military aviation.

From the Navy’s finest to the Air Force’s best, they came together to honor our nation’s 250th. 🇺🇸

#Freedom250 #BlueAngels #Thunderbirds #America250 #Veterans #MilitaryAviation

[Capt Kyle @CaptKylePatriot]

Are you enjoying the Flyovers?

🎆🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎆

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 850,000 FIREWORKS shells lit up the National Mall!

It just broke the WORLD RECORD for the biggest fireworks show in history.

For comparison, last year’s DC 4th of July show only used around 20,000 shells.

Writer: Claudio

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

Air Force Global Strike Command
@AFGlobalStrike
From our family to yours, Happy 250th, America! #Freedom250

[Sovey @SoveyX]

The Mount Rushmore boys weigh in on modern America:
• men in women's sports?
• puberty blockers?
• is Canada gay?
• what is DEI?
• should Trump be the fifth bestie?

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

The Epic Saga: "Operation Paper Cut – The VA Odyssey"

This is satirical — real VA claims need legitimate evidence and a disabling condition, and a simple paper cut almost certainly won't qualify for compensation (rating is usually 0% even if connected, as it heals with no residual disability).

Phase 1: The In-Service Incident (38 CFR § 3.303(a))
While stationed at a high-ops USAF base, our hero (Airman First Class Paperhands) was aggressively filing mission-critical paperwork for a top-secret drone sortie at 0200 hours. A rogue DD-214 Form (or perhaps a sharp-edged performance report) sliced his index finger in the line of duty. Blood dripped on the classified folder.
Buddy statements: "I saw him yell 'Incoming!' as the paper attacked."
Service medical record: "Paper cut, right index finger. Treated with band-aid and Motrin. No further issues noted."
Unit commander letter: "This occurred during official administrative combat."

Phase 2: The Current Disability (Must still exist or have residuals)
Years later, the vet claims chronic paper-cut scar hypersensitivity + PTSD from administrative trauma (fear of filing cabinets). He gets a DBQ from a sympathetic doctor: "Veteran has residual scar pain rated 1/10 on the pain scale when handling printer paper. Aggravated by annual VA paperwork." Bonus: Claim it as secondary to a real service-connected condition like carpal tunnel from typing flight logs (aggravation under 38 CFR § 3.310).

Phase 3: The Nexus (The Magic Link)
Submit a nexus letter from a doctor (or use a C&P examiner): "It is at least as likely as not (50% probability) that the veteran's chronic paper-cut related scar sensitivity is directly related to the documented in-service paper cut incident, as there is continuity of symptomatology per 38 CFR § 3.303(b). The veteran reports avoiding TPS reports to this day."

Phase 4: The Claim ProcessFile VA Form 21-526EZ online.
Upload: STRs showing the cut, buddy statements, nexus letter, photos of the ancient scar.
Attend C&P exam where the examiner asks, "So... how exactly does this prevent you from working?"
Appeal if denied (Board of Veterans' Appeals loves a good story).
Win 0% service connection (non-compensable, but now it's "official" and you can get treatment if it ever flares up).

Realistic OutcomeVA would likely grant service connection at 0% if you have ironclad proof of the in-service event + any tiny residual (scar). But compensation? Almost zero chance unless it somehow led to something like infection, nerve damage, or a phobia requiring therapy. Minor injuries heal — VA focuses on disabling conditions. Pro Tip for Actual Claims: For real injuries, get everything documented in service, get a solid nexus, and consider a VSO or accredited attorney. Paper cuts? Better as barracks comedy than VA income.

[F-15 Eagle Vet🇺🇸 @F15sRdaBest]

On April 2, 1972, during the Easter Offensive in Vietnam, an EB-66C aircraft with the call sign Bat 21 was shot down by an SA-2 surface-to-air missile. Lt. Col. Iceal "Gene" Hambleton, the navigator, was the only survivor. He parachuted into a rice paddy directly in the path of more than 30,000 advancing North Vietnamese troops. Injured but determined, he began evading capture while enemy forces passed nearby. 1/3

[マキシマム ザ おでん @MAXIMUM_ODEN]

ロイヤル・インターナショナル・エアタトゥー（RIAT）2023にて。イギリスのフェアフォード空軍基地上空をドイツの世界初実用ジェット戦闘機Me262が飛ぶ。誰がこのシーンを想像しただろうか。歴史的遺産に過去の政治的国境��どない。

[Osiyo @johnnajera13]

The position is a fiction. Not required by the Constitution. Just another accountability dodge like the filibuster and committees.

[F-15 Eagle Vet🇺🇸 @F15sRdaBest]

In May 1972, during Operation Linebacker, an F-4D Phantom was on a fighter sweep deep inside North Vietnam when it was jumped by enemy fighters. The aircraft was shot down by a MiG-21 only about 40 miles from Hanoi and near a heavily defended enemy air base. The pilot, Major Robert Lodge, was killed in the crash. The weapons systems officer, Captain Roger Locher, ejected safely but found himself alone in one of the most dangerous areas of the war. Surrounded by North Vietnamese troops, patrols, and heavy air defenses, his chances of survival were extremely low.

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

@JBrown6080 @JayJosephVet @USAMilConnect Every morning at McGuire AFB, the first person I saw was an 18-year-old Airman with a gun at the gate. One freezing dark morning she saw steam pouring from my hood and said, “Whoa, you’re hot.”

I smiled and replied,“Thank you.”😊

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

@JayJosephVet Lessons from US Civil War tech shifts and partisan tactics, plus Swamp Fox's swamp guerrilla warfare early on disrupting foes, stress adaptability. Future CONUS doctrine needs flexible protocols blending conventional/irregular forces and terrain use.

[👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 @TheEXECUTlONER_]

Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett-

Traitors to Conservatives and to the United States of America.

It’s called Election Day for a reason, not election week!

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Stephen Miller just Issued The Greatest On-Air TAKEDOWN of Birthright Citizenship You Will EVER See

“If your ruling requires you to SUICIDE your civilization, your reading of the Constitution is wrong.”

“This is absolutely a deep knife wound in the heart of the American republic.”

“There is no possible reading of the 14th Amendment that applies to foreigners with foreign loyalties, foreign citizenship, foreign obligations, foreign everything.”

🔥🔥🔥

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, flying signals intelligence missions, detected and helped verify O’Grady’s intermittent PRC-112 survival radio transmissions on the sixth day, aiding NATO in confirming he was alive and narrowing his general loccation.

[F-15 Eagle Vet🇺🇸 @F15sRdaBest]

On June 2, 1995, Captain Scott O’Grady was flying his F-16 over Bosnia when a Serbian surface-to-air missile slammed into his jet.He ejected just in time.Within minutes he was on the ground, alone, deep behind enemy lines with Serbian forces actively searching for him. He had almost no food, limited water, and only a small survival radio.For the next six days, he hid in the woods, moving only at night, eating leaves and insects, and drinking rainwater from puddles. Every sound in the forest made him freeze. He knew that if he was captured, he would likely never come home.🧵 2/2👇

[Sophie fryer🇬🇧♥️🇺🇸 @Sophiefryer5]

🇺🇸🇺🇸💯🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

@BiologicalWoma2 Hi KellyJo, I saw your post today and just wanted to reach out. I'm really sorry you're going through this — it sounds tough. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and sending prayers your way for strength and healing. Take care of yourself and focus on what you need right now.

[Joseph Mitchell 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🐕🥩🏍 @GRBMitch]

Fair winds and following seas Shipmates 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

@USAMilConnect @JayJosephVet If someone’s more interested in policing tone and playing hall monitor than actual veteran issues, that’s a hard pass for me. Real support doesn’t look like that. Stay safe out there and vet who you trust in these spaces.

[Keen Quest @keen_quest]

@JayJosephVet These idiots can kick rocks!