MercuryMarin(er)Strade
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MercuryMarin(er)Strade
@MarinStrade
#NAFO 🇺🇦 #Smokefleet Sci-fi Author. Animal and Planet lover. Catholic. Former diplomat/USAID (5 years in Af/Pak). Eagerly awaiting Mass Effect 5 + Exodus













For 20 years, a $6 knob that takes one hour to 3D print has been grounding Black Hawk helicopters four times a month, and the contractor responsible won't sell us the part or the IP rights to fix it ourselves. So instead, American taxpayers have been paying $40,000 every single time to replace the entire system, multiplied by four times a month, for two decades. That is NOT a procurement problem, that is a shakedown, and it is exactly why right to repair has to be in this year's NDAA.


Who still hasn’t joined the raffle organized to support our brave young defenders? Can I count on your support, #NAFO? Слава Україні! 🇺🇦




















