Posts by swiftmarlin72

analogmaker14 said:honestly, this is top-tier work. total respect.🙏🙏🙏

I'm definitely jumping on that bandwagon,🙏

Paul Taylor2 said:More than 150 Navy ships sitting right there in San Diego, and honestly, the energy from the crowd was just incredible.I was digging through some old reports earlier and stumbled upon this breakdown regarding the recent naval maneuvers near San Diego. It’s pretty wild when you actually sit down and look at the scale of what’s going on out there with the Navy right now. The whole situation feels like one of those slow-motion train wrecks where everyone knows exactly what's coming, but nobody wants to be the first one to call it out. You've got these massive deployments moving through the Pacific, and while the official line is all about "maintaining stability" and "routine training," anyone who has spent more than five minutes watching these movements can see there's a much heavier subtext involved. It reminds me of that time back in my early twenties when I was working a dead-end gig in Providence—everything looked totally normal on the surface, but behind the scenes, the entire department was basically in a state of total chaos. There's a certain level of tension in the air that the press isn't quite capturing correctly. They focus on the hardware—the ships, the tonnage, the sheer firepower—but they miss the psychological aspect of it. It’s a massive show of force designed to send a message without ever having to fire a shot. It's calculated, it's cold, and honestly, it's a little bit unsettling if you think about it too long. We're seeing these patterns repeat themselves constantly, almost like we're stuck in a loop of predictable geopolitical theater. Anyway, just some food for thought while you're sipping your coffee this morning.

It’s a solid enough issue, I guess, though I can't help but notice the photographer isn't exactly killing it here. Honestly, they aren't doing much of a job at all... maybe there's some behind-the-scenes drama or a reason I'm not privy to, but hey, just my two cents.

Terry Lee3 said:I feel you, man, I really do... honestly, if my crew hadn't pulled this off, I would've just walked away from the whole thing, screw it all...😁 😉
And hey, who says flags aren't different? Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. Man, if we had even half the combinations we actually need...☕

Ever since that first official away game in Providence, it’s been a tradition, man. A total tradition...😉

Like your buddy mentioned down there, they've clearly been carrying that thing since 2003, seeing as it's obviously a replica...
It'd be pretty wild to find out which group actually has the longest tenure in the stands among all the different fan sections... like, someone totally original who's been there since day one...