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[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Marine Corps Sgt. Suzette Scott, a chief trainer with the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Provost Marshal's Office, Military Working Dog (MWD) section, grooms MWD Shiva, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 3, 2020. (Cpl. Karis Mattingly/Marine Corps)

 

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China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says | Taiwan News | 2021/02/13

 

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AFT: Sailors conduct pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye on Jan. 30, 30, 2021, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Pacific Ocean. (MC2 Zachary Wheeler/Navy)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Myanmar military ratchets up pressure: tanks deployed, soldiers fire at protesters | Taiwan News | 2021/02/15

 

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AFT: Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard ride a Metro train that will get them to the station they will guard for the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (Sgt. Abraham Morlu/Army National Guard)

Troop train.

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Explosive ordnance disposal technicians deployed with Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7 dive during Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 1JA 2021 at Ise Bay, Japan, Feb. 1, 2021. (MC2 Nick Bauer/Navy)

 

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Rheinmetall rising: German arms giant renews focus

 

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AFT: A soldier participates in a ghillie wash during Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 5, 2021. The exercise is designed to test the strength and durability of the camouflage suits as well as weather them. (Patrick A. Albright/Army).

 

[michaelmaltby]

Japan and U.S. reach agreement on cost of hosting American troops

 

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Good shots guys!

 

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Personnel Specialist Seaman Jenesis Fabian ties a yellow ribbon around a tree at Mayport Memorial Park in recognition of Suicide Awareness Month.(MC3 Alana Langdon/Navy)
Some combat experiences — like ambushes or killing a civilian — more closely linked to suicide, study finds

 

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NASA: Slung beneath its rocket powered descent stage Perseverance hangs only a few meters above the martian surface, captured here moments before its February 18 touchdown on the Red Planet.

 

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A total of 11 Chinese air force planes breached Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) Saturday (Feb. 20) and included another appearance of Xi'an JH-7 fighter-bombers.

Completely off topic ... I like the looks of Chinese PLA AC for what they are .... homage ... homage to western and Soviet experience and excellence. Soviets arms have a long history, in China .... volunteer Red Air force pilots went to China after 1936 to combat the Japanese. This is the "Older Big Brother" narrative that the 2 nations share
So traditionally China license-built Soviet AC ... until things opened-up ... nationalism ... pride in China, and the western touches 'Euro fighter' canards .... and so on down to their F-22 knock off.
It seems the Chinese 'buying public' like their war weapons to 'look' like the ours.
The 'arched back' stance ... they both share.