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Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in Japan. Episcopalian, Niebuhrian, Communitarian, Social Democrat. Johns Hopkins SAIS/Hopkins-Nanjing Center alum. 中文/日本語 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦
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Happy “Strangely Warmed” Day to all who celebrate! “In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through…

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Wonderful film produced by Rikkyō University (the Anglican university in Tokyo) about the history of the Nippon Seikōkai (the Anglican Church in Japan) and the life of Bishop Channing Moore Williams, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rikkyō University. youtu.be/GkBmNDJSS2Y?...

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I found it intriguing that the new product the Navy is providing in support of our renewed emphasis on rust prevention is shipped in boxes proudly stating, “Made in Canada.”

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My first time ever encountering a Christian “kami-dana,” at a champon restaurant in Sasebo.

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復活日おめでとうございます！ ハレルヤ、キリストは蘇られた！ キリストは本当に蘇られた、ハレルヤ！ Happy Easter! Hallelujah, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, hallelujah!

submitted 435 days ago • 1 comment

Racism is rarely this explicit in Japan. One might think being a Japanese-speaking gaijin might help, but no, the Japanese says exactly the same thing as the English (in the most polite register possible). (1/2)

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

Japanese far-right/ultranationalist gaisensha (sound truck) driving through Sasebo.

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YCAPS is excited to bring Community Conversations back to Sasebo! Join us TODAY for our 2nd event featuring Patrick Chovanec, economic advisor & geopolitical analyst, as he explores 21st-century economic warfare More info below👇 www.ycaps.org/cc-sasebo-ap...

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It was a pleasure to host @prchovanec.bsky.social in Sasebo on behalf of @ycaps.bsky.social!

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EVENT REMINDER: YCAPS is excited to host Leonard Blussé TODAY for a talk on Trade, Love, Betrayal & Divorce: Tales From the Sasebo Area. Join us for an evening of history, culture & discussion in Sasebo! Register here 👇 www.ycaps.org/sasebo-mar-2...

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Just pulled into Sasebo after two and a half months underway, and after getting home I heard the familiar five o’clock chime playing the Japanese folk song “Furusato.” (in Japan, every municipality plays a chime at 5 PM on the PA system to signal the end of the work day… youtu.be/Nnge6VSTLn4?...

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

I have one simple request to naval architects of the future: please design warships that do not require food and stores to be de-palletized, and in the case of ammunition, de-palletized and then re-palletized upon offload.

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What a fascinating ship (in Sasebo harbor right now) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiky%C...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Grateful that I had my two years of Latin taught by the saintly Anatoly Gabelko (RIP) (thanks to UC Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program!), but now I look back and realize that even that was woefully insufficient.

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USS Rushmore (LSD 47) launches CRRCs (Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft) manned by Japanese marines from the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, 1st Company, off the coast of Okinawa during Iron Fist 2025.

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Japanese marines from the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, 1st Company, “hype themselves up” before launching CRRCs (Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft) from USS Rushmore (LSD 47) off the coast of Okinawa during Iron Fist 2025.

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

Graham Allison's views on China and Taiwan need to be decisively rejected: "Allison suggested a new communiqué could include a promise by the U.S. never to recognize 'an independent country called Taiwan' under any circumstances..." www.caixinglobal.com/2025-01-24/i...

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Pleased to announce that my article “Bring Back the Destroyer Tender” was published in the February 2025 edition of the U.S. Naval Institute’s magazine, Proceedings! www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

I’m currently in and out of port, and honestly I’m kinda glad that I don’t have the internet bandwidth to check the news when I am underway.

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