May 1, 2014 at 7:27am
Morning Joe History: Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 fire an AT-4 coffee launcher on a target during a live-fire training course. Original photo by Petty officer 2nd Class Michael Lavender
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Partly cloudy day at JBLM. High should reach a lovely 82. Ah, crap. Who the hell substituted an almond-encrusted port-wine cheese ball for my weather map pins ball? News team! Lo: 53.
This Date in History: 1960
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union.
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LINK: Original photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lavender
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