Medium Endurance Coastie 🇺🇲

The best time to build the fleet you need was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Cut steel.

This is going to get people killed. You wouldn't believe the work that goes on every day to avoid stuff like this so it doesn't make the news. Our missions can't fail. Coast Guard commandant says power cut off to stations for search and rescue crews share.google/6UsPNIvpYvlkSu…

@brentdsadler You can just do things without the study. See the ICE Pact and the subsequent production plan.

No study required - Navy should solicit bids from Japan and South Korean shipyards…. News breaking that a $1.85 billion study is to be conducted to determine viability of building naval vessels at key allied shipyards. But a better idea is to solicit bids right away for long lead components, ship modules, etc. that can complement/accelerated construction of warships under construction in the U.S. now. Partnerships like HII-Hyundai, Davis-Gulf Copper & Manufacturing come to mind. And potentially Japanese shipbuilders too, who have yet to fully invest here as other shipbuilders recently. Perhaps this is the intent but this “study” dollar amount should include procurements that can demonstrably accelerate current construction in the U.S. Such as more advanced fabrication techniques and welding robots… Navy using this “study” should also consider using these monies for establishing fabrication and supply chains here in the U.S. that complement potential new overseas production with an eye towards moving full production of these warships and/or components in the U.S. See the news here: news.usni.org/2026/04/24/u-s…

So is the United States Coast Guard.

@johnkonrad And it's not being talked about because the job continues to get done.

@Oilfield_Rando Was there with my daughter last summer & was appalled at how it had changed in just a few years. She got a first-hand lesson on what meth heads & tweakers were as we avoided & stepped over the living dead on the sidewalk.

Asheville’s effort to end homeless was was to just let all the homeless people do whatever they wanted. Like do drugs and whack off in the main square where all the nice restaurants and shops are, in broad daylight

@RazorWireFence @AmiriKing @limpholmtn I think the UP is a deep shade of green on that map as well.

@AmiriKing @limpholmtn I live in Wisconsin, and let me tell you. The arsenal in my house would defend a third world country.

I made a map of states where men can actually fight… and states where they’d rather call for help. How’s my accuracy looking? Men are just built different the further south you get.

@UrbanBebop That's good duty, right there! Hard work but hidden gem! Which one is that? I can't quite make out the hull number. Spike?

@CoastieMedium Hey, I got a Cuttermans Badge and never got past the sea buoy.

Shh, don't tell my fellow cuttermen but it was a blast. 🤣

@UrbanBebop Fair....🤣

Burn to CD? Ha! How many of you are ‘get the cassette tape stopped in the perfect position and try to hit record at the perfect moment while trying to record your favorite songs playing on the radio’ old?

@The_USO left one service out of their NFL Draft promo. The unfunded one that's still out there getting it done. #SemperParatus

@maziehirono Disagree

Pete Hegseth is weakening our military by prioritizing bigotry and sexism over merit, skills, and experience — it’s pathetic, dangerous, and a disgusting misuse of power. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/…

The Lions do need help on defense.

@johnkonrad The Ghostworks MUT looks kinda cool.

This is going to piss a lot of people off but none advertise or consult with me so IDC… the big buzz at Sea Air Space 2026 isn’t nuclear, shipbuilding, sealift, fighter planes, or space rockets. It’s dinghies One looked just like this except it’s “navigated by AI“

@JConcilus This looks amazing! "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

After being up all night for 4 straight nights doing landscape astrophotography on a remote island and / or driving <=> US 1, the FL Turnpike & I-95, it seems I forgot to reset the exposure on my video cam for “daylight” before the New Glenn 3 rocket launch this morning! 🤦‍♂️🚀🔥😆

🧵251 years ago tonight, Paul Revere rode into the dark to warn that the British were coming. Almost everything you learned about that ride is wrong. A thread 👇

11/ Today, April 18, 2026, is the 250th reenactment of that ride. Tonight at 9pm at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington, a reenactor will gallop up exactly the way Revere did, 251 years to the hour. Tomorrow at 5:15am, the Battle of Lexington begins again.

@CellyChick Think I'm depressed knowing it's another year without the Red Wings in this graphic.

What do you think?

April 18, 1775. 251 years ago today. It was a Tuesday, and Americans throughout the 13 Colonies prepared to go about their day. Little did they know that the day would end with British troops marching to Concord, while Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott and countless others raised the Alarm. It would be the last day of British rule in Massachusetts, and the beginning of a journey that culminated in the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a new nation. #America250