John Ismay
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Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined July 2012
Just found out we've lost three EOD Techs to suicide in the past three weeks. There is a 24/7 hotline for Techs, their friends and family at 1.888.412.0470 + the FB group After the Long Walk here: Please reach out if you or someone you love needs help.
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After the Long Walk is a group of active duty and veteran EOD technicians, PSBS officers, and family members that have come together for one purpose, to...
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The Navy is spending $40 million on 6.5-mm Creedmoor ammunition. Fairly niche kit
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RT @EODHappyCaptain: Army: we are transforming to meet the ever changing battlefield at record speed. We are modernizing. Also Army: pleas….
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RT @propublica: We've documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and….
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RT @peterbakernyt: When they talk about "land swaps" to end the Ukraine war, what is being swapped? Is Putin actually giving any Russian te….
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RT @LorenzoHall: "FREE DC" chants at Audi Field in SW during the Washington Spirit game tonight. @WUSA9
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RT @Arms_Research: We are excited to see applications are now being invited for the 2025 ARES Emerging Experts Fellowship, administered by….
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A $4 billion bump means a total of $13 billion for more GMLRS rockets. Has anyone heard whether Lockheed has redesigned the guidance system to better withstand Russian GPS jamming?
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“There has to be something better than waking up every goddamn day and feeling like you’re doing nothing". A remarkable story about trying to find meaning and purpose in a kill house, by @Tmgneff .
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Thunder Ranch is one of the best-known shooting schools in American gun culture, offering firearms as a way to change your life when all else fails.
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RT @idreesali114: A person holds a placard during a vigil in solidarity with journalists killed in Gaza, outside St George’s Cathedral in C….
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RT @JimLaPorta: The unity that would occur among the veteran community if she comes for this man.
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RT @NickAtNews: I'm below the Washington Monument, where about a dozen National Guard troops have just arrived, apparently as part of Trump….
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RT @tomricks1: What's up with American Special Operators? . And more.
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In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they’ve found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world.
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RT @EricSchmittNYT: Trump’s decision to send 800 National Guard troops into the streets of Washington to fight crime is the latest example….
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The National Guard troops who will move into Washington, D.C., will not perform law enforcement tasks but may be able to detain people temporarily, officials said.
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RT @USArmyCMH: Many of the Purple Heart medals presented in the last 75 years were minted during WWII; after the use of the atomic bombs ne….
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RT @Haleaziz: This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations. The New York Times reached out to DHS about….
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The short-lived effort underscored the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump’s aggressive deportation targets.
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RT @NavalInstitute: The actions of Lieutenant Robert Adrian Marks illustrate how ordinary officers and sailors can perform acts of valor to….
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The actions of Lieutenant Robert Adrian Marks illustrate how ordinary officers and sailors can perform acts of valor to save their fellow sailors.
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RT @GregJaffe: Jen Easterly’s rise in elite policy circles over three decades and her sudden fall at the hands of Laura Loomer tell the sto….
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Jen Easterly, who had served in Republican and Democratic administrations, was headed to the academy. Then a right-wing activist stepped in.
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RT @EODHappyCaptain: Fun fact: in EOD school if you get an 84% you fail. The minimum passing score on any test is 85%. .
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