Virtual Bayonet

U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion maintain a Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) during a field training exercise at National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Feb. 21, 2026.

Sailors conduct routine operations on the flight deck USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Pacific Ocean, March 22, 2026

@the_engi_nerd Especially if you're from Michigan...

Everyone knows Ohio troopers don’t play

@the_engi_nerd Yeah, I love the funky effect at about 25 seconds in.

@VirtualBayonet No, not this new shit. The one from the 80s. Not even the revised version from 1990. music.youtube.com/watch?v=GsmjAZ…

Currently playing on repeat in my head: *timpani* *horns* “FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS.” Peter Jennings has been gone for 21 years ffs

@the_engi_nerd @IndefiniteLT Someone will chime in with: "Clearly Joshua Humphreys was a dolt because he didn't foresee the Seppings method to prevent hogging. The Constitution could have been so much better!!!"

@IndefiniteLT Suddenly everyone is an expert on how to prevent a ship of the line from hogging

March 2036 … the Iran special military operation is winding down … PACOMs deploys its remaining assets in the theatre to counter the Chinese fleet …

Sailors man the rails aboard USS Mustin (DDG 89) as the ship arrives at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Mustin is now forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15. March 23, 2026

An Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class directs an F-35B from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 "Green Knights" aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7). Mar 3, 2026.

@CostaLefty65147 The first DDG MOD 2.0 ship (the Pinckney) is indeed deployed with the Abraham Lincoln strike group right now, and has engaged Iranian targets with Tomahawks. The Chung Hoon also has the upgrades, and hopefully isn't too far behind the James E. Williams.

@VirtualBayonet The 2nd, SEWIP Block 3 Burke hits the seas finally. 2 years later, the 1st still hasn't deployed. SEWIP B3 is absolutely pivotal in a war in the Pacific. We will need many of them.

USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) has completed Combat System Sea Trials 1. The ship has recently been upgraded with the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP Block 3 system. 📸From the ship's Facebook page

@Manojku26243298 Well, USS Pinckney (DDG-91) already has the same upgrades, and has already been in action in the recent operations against Iran. I'm not sure if the electronic attack feature has been used yet or not, but the system itself is on the front lines right now.

@VirtualBayonet 美國軍艦升級看起來很威，但希望別只秀技術，真的用得漂亮再說啦。

The future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) arrives at its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. March 20, 2026

@OPTester_Chris He's going to look up Bruce for a re-match. youtube.com/watch?v=f5duUz…

Chuck didn’t die, he just rode off into the sunset…

Sailors assigned to Navy Munitions Command Detachment Rota onload ammunition onto USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81). Naval Station Rota, Spain, Feb 20, 2026

Sailors test launch a catapult aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2025

@Varsevan Its nothing unusual, the 11th MEU is going out on deployment. The other ships in the ARG, USS Comstock and USS Portland, left today. They have been doing standard workups for the past several months.

Its probably nothing, ships just sail sometimes

U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a live fire evolution on the flight deck of USS New Orleans (LPD 18) while underway. Feb 11, 2026

An F-35B from VMFA 121 "Green Knights" takes off from USS Tripoli (LHA 7). March 6, 2026

@CVW19752015 Yes, I should know better by now:)

@VirtualBayonet Never trust a DVIDS caption!

An E/A-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron 139 “Cougars” lands aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Pacific Ocean, March 14, 2026

@CVW19752015 Right you are, I was going off of the quote on the DVIDS website (in the alt tab). I should have double checked.

@VirtualBayonet That's VAQ-129 'Vikings'