I think I'mma print this one out for my bulletin board so I can keep score at home...
Addressing my own ignorance on these, I guess variants of these have been in use for some time.
Anyway, TIL and all that...
Impressive GIMP work
Sauce: Osinttechnical
"New announcement from the DOD this evening, in response to “recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East Region”, the US will deploy the Eisenhower CSG to the CENTCOM AOR, along with an additional THAAD ABM battery and PATRIOT SAM battalions."
Also: please enjoy my absolute awful first attempt at animated gif memeing. "Yes it's bad, and indeed I feel bad, Rear Admiral Zoidberg..." (Warning: Possibly seizure-inducing)
You're not wrong, however you might be taking it more seriously than intended. It's somewhat satirical; like many meme communities, it embraces the absurdity as self-parody.
Baba Yaga, baba ganoush I'll take either
I've only ever been a government contractor, never military myself, but you quickly learn that some acronyms were destined to be enunciated as-is, rather than spelt out.
"ATACMS" was just so natural
I'm as all in on NCD is anybody else, but my LORD that is a really good cover of the Beach boys 😮
It's okay to be 'wrong' in science within the observable world, much of Newton's theories were rendered nearly obsolete by Einstein, but Newtonian physics was "good enough" until technology improved, and was "good enough" for most of his generation and later:
"While general relativity has been more precise, Newtonian gravity is still incredibly accurate and can be used for simpler situations. General relativity uses complex calculus that makes it difficult to compute. But Einstein has opened up the world to more complex physics, like black holes and gravitational waves that continue to develop our understanding of the universe. " https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/programs/cosmictimes/educators/workshops/docs/InquiringIntoNatureUniverse/Newton_Einstein_FactCards.pdf
Epistemology allows for us to work within the framework of knowledge we currently have until something better is proven to be the case.
Walter Matthau in aeronautic form