Zach Ota

Zach Ota

@zachota.bsky.social

Personal Perspectives • Beholding the Pacific • Krulak Center • YCAPS • Allies & Partners • Amphibious Defense • Aloha

4,947 Followers 1,440 Following 2,256 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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Operation Tomodachi

15 years ago we helped our friends through great destruction.

🇯🇵 🇺🇸

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7 hours ago
Rip its

A generation of grunts have evolved to effectively employ bottles this size.

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7 hours ago
Robert Leckie portrayed by James Badge Dale

And looking good while doing it, too

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the hollywood sign is on top of a hill Alt: the hollywood sign is on top of a hill

The East Coast - West Coast collaborations are always the best.

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9 hours ago

Why aren’t more people critiquing *this* tan suit?

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9 hours ago
Mk 41 VLS cell

Stay in the nest, baby ‘hawks.

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9 hours ago

For 85 years, one’s been best.

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9 hours ago
Saint Mattis of
Quantico
Patron Saint of Chaos

Only years later was our patron saint revealed.

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11 hours ago
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a person falling into a pool of water with their feet up Alt: a person falling into a pool of water with their feet up

CENTCOM finding a way:

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12 hours ago
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a cartoon cat is holding a broom and saying bad ! bad ! Alt: a cartoon cat is holding a broom and saying bad ! bad !

Bad CENTCOM

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14 hours ago

This is distressing.

Fledgling Tomahawks only do this when they aren’t properly supervised by adults.

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15 hours ago

The Coast Guard is my favorite second fiddle to the Navy and Marine Corps, but I cannot in good conscience expect them to do another mission (without pay) at the moment.

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1 day ago
Hawai’ian ali’i wearing feather capes

It has drip.

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1 day ago

Ho brah, pretty nuts fo’ scrap!

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1 day ago
Hawai’ian sled-moi Ted cannon

It was pretty brutal. But more innovative than often credited.

Ref: this sled-mounted cannon

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Hawai’i’s defense getting stronger

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1 day ago

In a very Southeast Asian way, it’s saying thank you, but also, 🖕 you.

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1 day ago

Some good news about anti-ship missiles for a change. 🇵🇭

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Allies and partners are a strategic and tactical advantage. Who would have thought.

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1 day ago
ILIKE MIKE

I like Mike

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1 day ago

Thankful for our Marine Security Guards standing post at embassies across the Middle East and hoping all are safe.

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a group of soldiers with the words that 's us in the background Alt: a group of marines with the words that’s us in the background

There is a maritime force who excels at playing second fiddle to *both* the Army and the Navy.

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1 day ago

My memes are bad but they shouldn’t deter career progression.

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an older man wearing glasses says stop interrupting me while i am interrupting you Alt: an older man wearing glasses says stop interrupting me while i am interrupting you

Don’t you and James start teaming up

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a group of seagulls are standing next to each other on a wooden dock and eating fish . Alt: a group of seagulls are standing next to each other on a wooden dock and eating fish .

Escorting commercial shipping:

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1 day ago

There is plenty of room in the littorals for everyone

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1 day ago

It’s almost like someone, or a group of people, should write an argument for additional Force Design capabilities across combatant commands.

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1 day ago

A maritime update to the classic:

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They are working the problem

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1 day ago

We haven’t even talked about the air littorals yet.

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