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All 7 Military Branches Explained (By a Marine Who'll Be Honest) Most people think every military branch does basically the same thing. They don't, and the differences are bigger than you'd guess. The Army owns the land, the Marines kick the door down first, the Navy runs the oceans, the Air Force owns the sky, and yes, Space Force is a real branch with a real job. In this one I break down all seven branches as simply as anyone's ever laid it out for you: what each one actually does, where its emblem comes from, its motto, and the story behind its war cry. Why the Army yells Hooah, where Oorah actually came from, and why the Air Force never got a gritty battle cry in the first place. I'm a Marine, so I'll be honest about all of them, including the one branch I picked up a little beef with on recruiting duty.

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How to change your crappy MidWest gas cans into something that actually works like it should. 1) Change out gas spout: Gas Can Spout Replacement Kit, Gas Can Nozzle Replacement (2 Kit-White) Amazon - $9.99 https://a.co/d/047MAu3T 2) Add an additional spout gasket since most of these spouts tend to bottom out and leak. However, the only decent gasket I could find came with a cap. Niwicka 5 Gallon Gas Can Cap With Seal ‘That Fits’ The Coarse Thread Gas Cap for 5+ Gallon Plastic Jugs like the ‘MidWest Jugs’ (Pack of 4) Amazon - $9.99 https://a.co/d/07N6q4KH 3) Add a gas can vent. Most of the plastic vents that come with the spout kits tend to bust off on the MidWest jugs since the plastic is thicker. Go with the metal ones. This 3-pack of universal gas can vent caps is made of durable stainless steel with a leak-proof design to allow for faster, smoother pouring. Amazon - $7.99 https://a.co/d/0gNroZU9

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Fuel Degradation in Storage Are You Prepared? https://theepicenter.com/blog/fuel-degradation-in-storage/

Emergency Preparedness: (Gas Storage) People have to do their own research and follow local laws. That being said, I like having reserve fuel in case of emergencies. I keep a couple 5-gal containers for regular use, mowers, etc. But I also like a couple 30-gal drums. Why 30’s ? Because they are stored in a garage, and easier to move. Once a year I roll them out, add additive as needed to preserve it, stir it with a broom stick. Seal it back up, re-date a label and stuff em back in storage. You can get the barrels from a local container supplier (get new barrels). You’ll also need a pump. I have shown two. I got the better one. And, a barrel tool to open & close.

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As you are probably aware, Trump has declared a national emergency due to a worsening fertilizer shortage. America's farms are running out, and domestic production can't meet the volumes needed to grow all the crops that keep Americans fed. Unfortunately, the only action stemming from his emergency declaration is the lowering of duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco. This will only help marginally, because the real shortage is the lack of sulfur, which is a critical feedstock for the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers. And Trump's order does nothing to solve the sulfur shortage, which is of course caused entirely by the war on Iran and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. I asked AI to explain the chemistry of sulfur and phosphate fertilizers: "The chain works like this. Elemental sulfur (mostly a byproduct of oil and natural gas refining) is burned to make sulfur dioxide, which is converted to sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄). That sulfuric acid is then reacted with phosphate rock in the "wet process" to produce phosphoric acid plus gypsum as a waste byproduct. The phosphoric acid is the actual building block: reacting it further with ammonia yields the two dominant phosphate fertilizers, MAP (monoammonium phosphate) and DAP (diammonium phosphate). A rough industry rule of thumb is that it takes on the order of half a ton of sulfur to produce a ton of phosphate fertilizer, so sulfur availability directly gates how much product a plant can make." Got that? So without sulfur, all the phosphate rock in the world doesn't matter. You need the sulfuric acid or you can't turn it into usable agricultural fertilizer. Which means we're still facing worsening food yield shortages on a global scale as long as this war with Iran continues. (And no, despite what JD Vance ignorantly claims, the strait isn't open.) I cover more of this in tomorrow's hard-hitting broadcast episode.

President Trump has now declared a national fertilizer emergency, admitting that there are insufficient domestic supplies to meet fertilizer demand for farmers. (Proclamation 11038 on June 29th, invoking Section 318(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930.) Remember that myself and Michael Yon warned about this in March, and then again in the months since. The war with Iran unleashed a global fertilizer supply chain collapse that is now being admitted by the White House... a move that was inevitable. Famine is being engineered. Food shortages are coming. I'll have full coverage in a new report tomorrow.

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