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[thewalesesv]

Update: Just saw The Duke of Gloucester in a line of cars pass by. In suit with medals and all. Best thing that could've happened today.

[kinhship]

Took baby girl out for mickey d

[softsoundingsea]

Japan-US training exercise could involve new US missile system | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has announced it will hold a large-scale training exercise next month at locations across the country with

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has announced it will hold a large-scale training exercise next month at locations across the country with the US military.

The Resolute Dragon field exercise is aimed at coordinating maneuvers for the defense of Japan's remote islands.

The Ground Self-Defense Force says this year's exercise runs from September 11 through 25. It will be held in the Kyushu region including Okinawa Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, and Ioto, also known as Iwojima.

The scale of the exercise will be one of the largest ever. About 12,000 personnel from the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces and roughly 1,900 US personnel from the Marine Corps and other forces are set to take part.

They plan to conduct live-fire drills with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's rocket system and the US military's artillery rocket system.

Officials say deployment of the US military's NMESIS anti-ship missile system at Camp Ishigaki in Okinawa is under consideration.

The idea appears to be aimed at strengthening deterrence, mindful of China's increased military activities.

But deployment of the new missile system could draw protests from locals.

[thewalesesv]

Taking a flight to London is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[thewalesesv]

Guess who just landed in London, UK for a 4 day staycation. A Life's dream come true.

[hymnofskin]

✲　　to my brother, my best friend, my constant.

— what's another night on mars? with friends like ours, anywhere is home.

there are no words big enough to wrap around what you mean to me, but i’m going to try anyway. from the moment we crossed paths to now, you’ve always been the one person i could count on. through every storm, every awkward phase, every laugh-so-hard-we-cry moment. you’ve seen every version of me, the messy and the magical, and you’ve never turned away. that kind of love? that kind of loyalty? it’s rare. and i don’t take a second of it for granted.

you don’t just understand me, you see me. like really, truly see me. and that’s the kind of bond that makes life feel a little less scary and a whole lot more beautiful.

i’m so proud of the person you are. kind, strong, hilarious, thoughtful, soft. you have this quiet way of making everyone around you feel safe and loved, especially me. i hope today gives you a fraction of the love you give out so freely, because you deserve the world and then some.

thank you for being my anchor, my protector, my personal therapist, and the peanut butter to my jelly. i love you more than words can hold, and i’m endlessly grateful that the universe gave me you. not just as a brother, but as my best friend.

happy birthday, you beautiful soul. you make life so much better just by being in it.

forever your big sister, suki.