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Sam LaGrone
@samlagrone.bsky.social
Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
Reposted by Sam LaGrone
US Navy surface ship acquisition since DDG-51

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This Browns QBs since 1999 shirt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Good catch. We've corrected.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sigh. That's $6.5K I don't have.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
On Monday, we were tracking Ford just at the edge of the SOUTHCOM chop line in the EUCOM/6th Fleet, which would put them much closer to Africa than the Caribbean.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's another map that helps outline the AOR.
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The eastern edge of the chop line 30° W (which fattens out to 25°W to accommodate the eastern tip of Brazil is much closer to Morocco than to Venezuela. See attached.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
How much "speed and volume" applies to massive programs like fighters and ships is an open question.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We will have an update on Monday. We’ve got a couple of questions outstanding.
August 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM