#uss fitzgerald

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USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) leads a formation including USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), USS Spruance (DDG-111), USS Pinckney (DDG-91), and USS Kidd (DDG-100), and USS Coronado (LCS-4) during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, on April 21, 2021. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages.

Photographed by U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe.

Date: April 21, 2021

US Navy Photo: 210421-N-FC670-1079

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I'm not really a missile guy, but the Naval Strike Missile (RGM-184A) is one of the fakest looking cruise missiles ever designed. Gives me upside-down IKEA cabinet vibes.

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) launching RGM-184A Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for the first time from the AB-class during the exercise RIMPAC 2024, July 18, 2024.

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Why has the CIA been Hiding the JFK Files for 62 Years?

24 November 2024 by Larry C. Johnson 64 Comments

Now that all of the principals who were alive when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 are dead, there are only two reasons — neither mutually exclusive — to explain why the complete files have not been released — 1) The CIA is implicated in the assassination and/or 2) A country with influence in the United States is implicated.

While many have speculated that the CIA is hiding evidence that Cuba was involved, the CIA has no reason, in my judgment, to withhold evidence of Cuba’s guilt. I have shied away from pursuing the various JFK assassination theories, but I recently came across a video by Ryan Dawson that suggests a credible reason for keeping the files from the public — Israel is implicated.

What!!!??? That was my first reaction. But then I listened and examined the evidence proffered by Ryan. There is certainly some smoke that points to Israel and members of Jewish organized crime. Why would Israel be involved? Let me summarize Ryan’s argument — the Kennedy’s represented an existential threat to Israel:

1 Prior to the assassination, the Kennedys wanted Israel inspected for nuclear weapons. The CIA had collected evidence from Dimona indicating that the Uranium Israel was processing had been illegally removed from the US Nautilus project via NUMEC (i.e., Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation). 2 John and Robert Kennedy supported Palestinians right of Return. 3 President Kennedy directed Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, in October 1963, to require the Zionist Organization of America to to register as foreign agents. 4 JFK along with France’s Charles de Gaulle, who also survived an assassination attempt, supported Algeria independence. 5 Robert F Kennedy was prosecuting aggressively Italian and Jewish mobsters. Many of the Jewish mobsters played a direct role in providing Israel with weapons prior to and after Israel’s establishment as a country in 1948. Jack Ruby, aka Jacob Rubenstein, was involved with the Italian mafia.

This does not prove that Israel or some of its agents helped kill Kennedy, but there is circumstantial evidence warranting further investigation. This would not be the first time that Israel attacked the United States. Just ask the survivors of the USS Liberty. However, this provides one reasonable explanation for why the CIA wants to keep the files locked away.

Keeping the files secret no longer makes sense. President Trump is now on the record, vowing to release the files. Let’s see if he keeps his promise.

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USS Fitzgerald DDG 62 Arleigh Burke class destroyer US Navy

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

" We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. "

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963)

Kennedy waves to the crew of the yacht “Weatherly” (of the New York Yacht Club), while watching the first race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. (Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)

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Two boats for Maple - the Edmund Fitzgerald, and USS Enterprise (CV-6)

Please feel free to attach this GIF for Enterprise

Get ready, they did their research

[oldcrowshag]

i would be super interested in hearing more about michigan bc i live up north ^.^ thanks for making that post, i didn't grow up here so i hadn't heard that legend before!!

Up North

apologies in the delay.

"Up North" in itself is such a liminality. ask a michigander where in the state the landscape turns into "Up North" (bonus points if you get them to point out places on their map-hands) and you'll probably get a different answer from everyone. Up North becomes analogous for the old ways-- an escape from Life and the sales tax of living it, diving headfirst into the woods just like the perfect arc you practiced on the dock behind your grandparents' cottage every summer. it's an encounter with the Lakeshore, because when you're Up North you have your pick of small seas to commune with. it's also foggy dawn meadows, and barren lonely winters, and small gas stops on a rural corner, and bears, and cougars, and wolves if you're lucky, and yes the fucked up deer. Up North has a smell, and honestly it's probably just fresh air. you live in a land of conservatives, anon, but also of wonder. keep your wits and learn its ways!!

anyway, speaking of lakes. as I said you could honestly reside anywhere in half of the state, so I'm electing to go Way Up North until I hit the beastly Lake Superior (gichi-gami in ojibwe). when you speak on her, you cannot help but let a certain reverence enter your voice. she's the deepest lake on the continent and holds 10% of the world's fresh water, and we have a saying about her:

Lake Superior never gives up her dead.

she's cold. most plants and animals don't survive on the bottom. it's the land of sponges and darkness. it's too cold for bacteria, so when a soul ends up down there, it stays there. if you aren't aware of the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald (rip gordon lightfoot) give it a listen if you want a good sea ballad. something similar happened to the USS Kamloops, and her captain went down with the ship. he remains preserved in the wreck to this day and can only be visited by expert divers. Superior has claimed an estimated 10000 lives, and many of those bodies are never seen again. she acts as psychopomp, a void you can slip into on a warm summer day. the deep water has long been associated with death energy-- in my personal practice I link waters in helping to venerate my ancestors and commune with certain deities. how would you use Her water and Her stones? when you greet Her after dark, and face the roaring yawn of the dark surf with no opposite shore, what do you hear within yourself? do you acknowledge the death She wears on a proud brow while birthing life out on the windswept shores? what would you consecrate in Her waters? yourself?

high summer is coming for us, anon. I suggest you hit the lake if you can, any one will do 😊

(I intend on writing more about Michigan craft and lore when I have the time but lmk if anyone is interested in that in my asks because hearing encouragement is nice lol)

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All my girls, in one post

SS Arctic

SS Princess Sophia

USS Missouri

SS Andrea Doria

RMS Titanic

USS West Virginia

SS Stockholm

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

USS Arizona

SS Île de France

Linktree

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Events 8.19 (before 1930)

295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. 43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. 1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. 1458 – Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope. 1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. 1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. 1604 – Eighty Years War: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison of Sluis to capitulate. 1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history. 1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. 1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". 1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah. 1759 – Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides". 1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. 1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". 1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). 1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. 1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps. 1862 – Dakota War: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. 1903 – The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune. 1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events. 1920 – The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka. 1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

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I’m really not picky with my sweet treats! I can’t say I have a favorite- I like so many different things and I don’t want the same stuff over and over! Rootbeer floats mean something special for me now though; Guru bought me one the first time we met up ❤️

Three facts about me? Hmmm 1. My love for ships actually started with the Edmund Fitzgerald and not USS Wisconsin or USS Wolverine 2. I’m not just Christian but I’m somewhere under the reformed umbrella between orthodox presbyterian and reformed Baptist- I don’t need a perfect label though 3. I’m extremely loyal- often to my detriment.

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One of those taggish things

Haven’t done one of these for a while, so why not?  Thanks for the tag, @spiced-wine-fic!

I’m tagging 9 Tumblr folks who are mutual followers (see below).  Participate if you wanna.

Three ships: USS Constitution (locally found at the Charlestown Navy Yard), Edmund Fitzgerald, HMS Temeraire. What?  These are ships, right?

Last song: Radioactive, Imagine Dragons

Last movie: Tár

Currently reading: I’m reading/reviewing/red-penning (digitally) documents my team is writing.  Topic is a genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Currently watching: Lots of stuff, but The Last of Us is of highest priority.

Currently consuming: Plain tap water.  Boston’s water is actually very good.

Currently craving: Stone-ground corn grits and Scotch whisky!

Tagging...

@bluestaratsunrise, @raisingcain-onceagain, @ivy-eats-leafs, @mister-london, @anerea-lantiria, @darby-crash-bandicoot, @samhain-shadows, @tearlessrain, @starfleetofficial

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USS Fitzgerald fires first Naval Strike Missile https://www.dvidshub.net/video/931592/uss-fitzgerald-fires-first-naval-strike-missile

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Iste o fotograf: Harpoon yerini NSM'e birakiyor | SavunmaSanayiST

ABD Donanmasi’nda uzun yillardir hizmet veren Arleigh Burke Sinifi Muhrib USS Fitzgerald, katildigi tatbikatta Deniz Saldiri Fuzesi (NSM) ile goruntulendi. 1971 yilindan beri 2 yil arayla duzenlenen RIMPAC tatbikatinda gorev yapan USS Fitzgerald’in ilk defa NSM fuzesi tasidigi, cekilen fotograflar sayesinde ortaya cikti. Arleigh Burke Sinifi Muhripler, su ana kadar RGM-84 Harpoon Gemisavar…

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[michaelcosio]

November 13, 2019

RIB, not the kind you eat, but Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat (RIB), operations are critical in a potential life saving scenario.

Thank you BM2 Fitzgerald for giving us an inside look into one of the most complex operations we conduct aboard Ford.

#Warship78 #WarshipReady #IntegrityattheHelm #ForgedbytheSea #USNavy

from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)