The USS Ford has arrived in the Caribbean, and Venezuela has mobilized some of its forces. This is the first real window where some serious military action could occur.

Below, stock video from two months ago of an F/A-18F about to land on the Ford.

Update to Ukraine's energy infrastructure sabotage campaign, current through October 19. The map getting VERY cluttered.

Time lapse of every suspected Ukrainian attack on Russian energy infrastructure that I could find. I didn't fully appreciate the extent of the damage until I saw all of the Xs accumulate.

Here's another. Same idea but longer and even more blue sky.

I gather a lot of stock images/video. Usually I do it in a hurry. Rarely I find something so seemingly unreal that I would think if it was fake if I did not know any better and I just sit back in awe. Today I had one of those moments.