Sam LaGrone
@samlagrone.bsky.social
Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
*stab, look, stab, stab*
Spotted in my FB feed. Who is telling family members that posting about ship positions will extend a deployment?
There's a difference between reminding people to be responsible and scaring them unnecessarily. Is this guidance ombudsmen are passing to families?
There's a difference between reminding people to be responsible and scaring them unnecessarily. Is this guidance ombudsmen are passing to families?
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Spotted in my FB feed. Who is telling family members that posting about ship positions will extend a deployment?
There's a difference between reminding people to be responsible and scaring them unnecessarily. Is this guidance ombudsmen are passing to families?
There's a difference between reminding people to be responsible and scaring them unnecessarily. Is this guidance ombudsmen are passing to families?
What do you say JFK?
news.usni.org/2026/01/28/c...
news.usni.org/2026/01/28/c...
Carrier John F. Kennedy Gets Underway for First Time Ahead of Builder's Trials - USNI News
The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, went to sea for the first time on Wednesday. John F. Kennedy left Newport News, Va., for builder’s trials. “John...
news.usni.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
What do you say JFK?
news.usni.org/2026/01/28/c...
news.usni.org/2026/01/28/c...
Also, Lincoln is now in CENTCOM.
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Now in U.S. Central Command — USNI News
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Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Now in U.S. Central Command - USNI News
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is now in the Middle East, having been redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment to the region in recent weeks as tensions with Iran increase, USNI News has ...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Also, Lincoln is now in CENTCOM.
USS Theodore Roosevelt is not deployed. They're underway doing workups. Deployed strike groups are Ford and Lincoln and technically George Washington (which is always deployed but currently getting wrenched on in Japan and not ready to go).
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
USS Theodore Roosevelt is not deployed. They're underway doing workups. Deployed strike groups are Ford and Lincoln and technically George Washington (which is always deployed but currently getting wrenched on in Japan and not ready to go).
I keep seeing this T-shirt slop on Navy affinity pages.
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I keep seeing this T-shirt slop on Navy affinity pages.
What a photo.
The hangar light orange — *chef's kiss*
The hangar light orange — *chef's kiss*
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier westbound in the Singapore Strait - January 18, 2026 SRC: INST- lim.zerui
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
What a photo.
The hangar light orange — *chef's kiss*
The hangar light orange — *chef's kiss*
Of course a dork from Indiana punches the clock on the season.
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Of course a dork from Indiana punches the clock on the season.
New battleship card.
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
New battleship card.
The Navy is "not walking away from ASW" but few deatils on how this is gonna work.
There's a Connex boxmarked ASW on the slide.
There's a Connex boxmarked ASW on the slide.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The Navy is "not walking away from ASW" but few deatils on how this is gonna work.
There's a Connex boxmarked ASW on the slide.
There's a Connex boxmarked ASW on the slide.
Here’s the first card we’ve seen on the Navy’s new frigate.
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Here’s the first card we’ve seen on the Navy’s new frigate.
Reposted by Sam LaGrone
Masks off, my cat and I are insufferable Bears fans IRL.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Masks off, my cat and I are insufferable Bears fans IRL.
Asking for me, when's the last time anyone has seen USS Lewis Puller?
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Asking for me, when's the last time anyone has seen USS Lewis Puller?
Here’s our best crack at the first story. A lot of questions remain on how the operation worked in terms of suppression of enemy air defense and what role the Marines and the aircraft carrier in the region played.
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Maduro, Wife Captured by American Forces; U.S. to Oversee Venezuela Ahead of New Government, Trump Says - USNI News
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are in U.S. custody following his capture in the capital of Caracas early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump said during a midday ...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Here’s our best crack at the first story. A lot of questions remain on how the operation worked in terms of suppression of enemy air defense and what role the Marines and the aircraft carrier in the region played.
news.usni.org/2026/01/03/m...
news.usni.org/2026/01/03/m...
From the man “Kitty is on the naughty list.”
Cat claims tree fell during questioning.
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommunity #Christmas #cats
#sixwordstory #WritingCommunity #Christmas #cats
December 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
From the man “Kitty is on the naughty list.”
Navy annouces new frigate design based on the Legend-class security cutter.
Promises to launch by 2028.
*bookmarked*
www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to...
Promises to launch by 2028.
*bookmarked*
www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to...
December 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Navy annouces new frigate design based on the Legend-class security cutter.
Promises to launch by 2028.
*bookmarked*
www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to...
Promises to launch by 2028.
*bookmarked*
www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to...
Made a non-AI illustration for the next USNI News Sea Scroll. My Photoshop skills are rusty.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Made a non-AI illustration for the next USNI News Sea Scroll. My Photoshop skills are rusty.
Ah yes, the same editorial board that called the Virginia-class submarine - purpose built for the post Soviet era - a Cold War relic in 2008.
Even the idea that it can’t dominate the Taiwan Strait is questionable. It’s still in a league of its own and even the PLA will tell you that.
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ah yes, the same editorial board that called the Virginia-class submarine - purpose built for the post Soviet era - a Cold War relic in 2008.
The gang parsed the 100s of pages of investigations released today and there's a lot here. The reports did confirm earlier narratives from the pilots, which allowed us to use this quote:
“Yooooo that shit is crazy, I can’t believe they’re shooting a drone down.”
news.usni.org/2025/12/04/i...
“Yooooo that shit is crazy, I can’t believe they’re shooting a drone down.”
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Investigations Show Failures Behind USS Harry S. Truman Collison, Fighter Losses - USNI News
Leadership failures, training gaps and malfunctioning equipment drove the preventable loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and a collision between carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and a merchant shi...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The gang parsed the 100s of pages of investigations released today and there's a lot here. The reports did confirm earlier narratives from the pilots, which allowed us to use this quote:
“Yooooo that shit is crazy, I can’t believe they’re shooting a drone down.”
news.usni.org/2025/12/04/i...
“Yooooo that shit is crazy, I can’t believe they’re shooting a drone down.”
news.usni.org/2025/12/04/i...
Reposted by Sam LaGrone
US Navy surface ship acquisition since DDG-51
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This Browns QBs since 1999 shirt.
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This Browns QBs since 1999 shirt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
US Navy surface ship acquisition since DDG-51
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This Browns QBs since 1999 shirt.
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This Browns QBs since 1999 shirt.
A cancellation ten years in the making.
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
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Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social me...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A cancellation ten years in the making.
Today in AI slop, this same story about Troy Aikman talking trash about [insert close win NFL Team from Week 12] about a game being "gifted" and [NFL head coach responding].
"We don’t need anyone’s validation — the scoreboard says it all."
Where's the FB libel/generative LLM report button?
"We don’t need anyone’s validation — the scoreboard says it all."
Where's the FB libel/generative LLM report button?
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today in AI slop, this same story about Troy Aikman talking trash about [insert close win NFL Team from Week 12] about a game being "gifted" and [NFL head coach responding].
"We don’t need anyone’s validation — the scoreboard says it all."
Where's the FB libel/generative LLM report button?
"We don’t need anyone’s validation — the scoreboard says it all."
Where's the FB libel/generative LLM report button?
This one was a long time in coming.
50 years later, here's the origin story of USS Nimitz and its first deployment.
news.usni.org/2025/11/19/n...
50 years later, here's the origin story of USS Nimitz and its first deployment.
news.usni.org/2025/11/19/n...
Nimitz '75 - USNI News
A deep dive into the earliest days of the Navy's oldest aircraft carrier and the history of its creation.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This one was a long time in coming.
50 years later, here's the origin story of USS Nimitz and its first deployment.
news.usni.org/2025/11/19/n...
50 years later, here's the origin story of USS Nimitz and its first deployment.
news.usni.org/2025/11/19/n...
My favorite thing from the Marines doc so far is Chelsea Yarnell's large-format candids from the 31st MEU.
Can anyone ID this camera so I can know how far out of my price range it is?
www.chelseayarnell.com/bts/marines
Can anyone ID this camera so I can know how far out of my price range it is?
www.chelseayarnell.com/bts/marines
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My favorite thing from the Marines doc so far is Chelsea Yarnell's large-format candids from the 31st MEU.
Can anyone ID this camera so I can know how far out of my price range it is?
www.chelseayarnell.com/bts/marines
Can anyone ID this camera so I can know how far out of my price range it is?
www.chelseayarnell.com/bts/marines
PENDANTIC NIT: Seen this from a bunch of other pubs but it's worth noting that SOUTHCOM AOR isn't necessarily 'Latin American waters'
The edge of SOUTHCOM is less than 400 miles from Cape Verde, which is much closer to Africa than South America.
www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...
The edge of SOUTHCOM is less than 400 miles from Cape Verde, which is much closer to Africa than South America.
www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...
USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Latin American waters
The Navy's largest aircraft carrier is providing support to what the Pentagon is calling counternarcotics efforts in Central and South America.
www.navytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
PENDANTIC NIT: Seen this from a bunch of other pubs but it's worth noting that SOUTHCOM AOR isn't necessarily 'Latin American waters'
The edge of SOUTHCOM is less than 400 miles from Cape Verde, which is much closer to Africa than South America.
www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...
The edge of SOUTHCOM is less than 400 miles from Cape Verde, which is much closer to Africa than South America.
www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...