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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]
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 10, 2021
    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: facebook.com/groups/1728905… 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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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
    Remember the video of a guy getting beat on by feds in Portland and responding with double-birds? He's Chris David, a 6'2" 280-lb 53 yr old fmr SeaBee and varsity wrestler from USNA '88
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    From Antifa to Mothers in Helmets, Diverse Elements Fuel Portland Protests (Published 2020)
    Protesters have been in the streets for more than 50 consecutive days. Federal agents deployed to Portland have hardened their resolve to stay there.
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    John Ismay
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    Oct 19, 2025
    An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail
    A warning over a highway near Interstate 5 alerted drivers about the military using live weapons on Saturday.
    Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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    John Ismay
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    Mar 18, 2022
    Javelin has been getting lots of press while the less well-known NLAW has been stacking Russian armor
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    Ukraine Is Wrecking Russian Tanks With a Gift From Britain (Published 2022)
    The NLAW antitank missile weighs about half as much as an American-made Javelin, costs far less and can be easily discarded after use.
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    John Ismay
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    Apr 12, 2020
    Inside the TR: Reactor Department was the first to go down. Dr's estimated 50-67 could die. Other senior officers wanted to co-sign Crozier's letter, but he declined saying the burden was his alone to bear. Story w/ @Tmgneff @EricSchmittNYT @helenecooper
    The carrier Theodore Roosevelt during a port call in Da Nang, Vietnam, last month. Some think cases onboard arose from exposure there.
    ‘There Will Be Losses’: How a Captain’s Plea Exposed a Rift in the Military (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    John Ismay
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    Apr 6, 2020
    SECNAV bashes CO he fired as “too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer” if he thought a letter he wrote to help his crew wasn’t going to leak. So what happens? Someone leaks us Modly's audio. w/ @JournoGeoffZ making his debut in @NYTimesAtWar
    Secretary Thomas B. Modly, acting secretary of the Navy, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in December 2019. Modly removed the captain of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt last week.
    Acting Navy Secretary Slams Fired Captain as ‘Stupid’ (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    “I’m appalled and disappointed at the feds’ behavior — that whoever led them and trained them allowed them to become this way,” Mr. David said. “This is a failure of leadership more than it is a failure of their own individual behavior towards me.”
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    He thought it wasn't worth going down and risking potential covid exposure before, but Chris told me "it reached that threshold when I saw Pinochet-type behavior from our own government. That’s what got me out there"
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    John Ismay
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    Mar 15, 2022
    A mystery munition first seen in Ukraine two weeks ago is an advanced countermeasure deployed by Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles to evade air-defense systems. Story w/ analysis by @CAT_UXO and @ArmsControlWonk:
    An Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile launcher. Russian forces have been firing such missiles from mobile launchers across the border into Ukraine.
    Russia Deploys a Mystery Munition in Ukraine (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    John Ismay
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    Jan 7, 2021
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    Protester to police: ‘Traitors get the rope, traitors get the fucking rope. Wait til we come back with rifles, motherfucker. You think that’s an idle threat?’
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    "Every organization reflects the nature of its leader," he said of the feds on the streets of Portland. "There are some leaders in that organization who have become seriously lost. I see it as a breakdown of leadership on a very fundamental level."
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    He laughed and said of the cop who beat him with a baton "That little dude was really laying into me, wasn’t he?"
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    John Ismay
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    Jan 7, 2021
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    ‘Wait til we come back with rifles,’ he said. ‘I’ll see you from 600 yards’
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    John Ismay
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    He wasn't paying close attention to the protests until he saw the video of feds in cammies grabbing protesters off the street and tossing them in rented minivans. That made him get on the bus and head down to the protests himself last night