replay of https://www.militarytimes.com/... ?

Aug 28, 2026 — More than a half-dozen commissaries on military bases in the continental U.S. reported refrigeration outages this week.
Google AI Overview says...
An unexplained wave of simultaneous refrigeration and freezer failures hit at least 14 to 18 U.S. military commissaries in late August 2026.

Overview of the Outages
Timing: The simultaneous system failures occurred overnight in late August 2026.
Scale: Reports indicate between 14 and 18 Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) stores across 10 states were affected.
Impacted Installations: Confirmed locations include Fort Irwin, Fort Huachuca, F.E. Warren AFB, Naval Station Newport, Travis AFB, Robins AFB, Holloman AFB, and Little Rock AFB.

Store Operations & Spoilage
Defrost Mode: Many networked refrigeration systems unexpectedly switched into active defrost mode while power remained active, causing widespread inventory loss.

Inventory Loss: Large quantities of frozen foods, meat, dairy, and produce spoiled overnight and had to be discarded.

Store Status: Commissaries remained open to customers but restricted sales strictly to dry goods, while deli and grab-and-go sections were temporarily closed.

Investigation Status
Official Response: The Department of Defense (DoD) acknowledged a "possible refrigeration disruption" but declined to speculate on the root cause.

Active Inquiries: Military criminal investigative groups—including the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Cyber Field Office, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)—opened active investigations into the synchronized failures.

Cyber Speculation: While unverified online reports suggested networked remote systems may have been targeted or compromised by outside actors, officials have not confirmed evidence of a cyberattack.

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not Smithsonian, NARA. NARA is capable of receiving classified materials. They have a responsibility of protecting records of the republic for the life of the republic. this clearly is a very important record.

A possible reason for the "no" is that without review they cannot confirm that it does not contain classified materials. There are two avenues of hope - 1. They send it to NARA, 2. someone in congressional affairs is contacted, AND a NSA cleared contractor gets a 1$ contract (e.g. a non-donation donation) to recover it.

Note: I have neither read all the comments, nor the article.

You could, like me, write each of your elected officials in support of it. The more that write, the more the politicians worry about their jobs.

you can read the proposed bill here: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/de...

If you think this is a better idea than nothing - write your Senator: https://www.senate.gov/senator...

If it clears the Senate, you can contact your representative: https://www.house.gov/represen...

So what about USG SIPRNet installs? What about my company's air gapped networks? Is the enterprise edition exempt? Or is this the actual start of the Linux desktop?

Note: I have done NO RESEARCH, including reading the article.

Big exempt, small stomped on.

Oh poor baby.

Not sure what to say, but nice houses near the train station rent for as low as $0.50/sqft/month

I am a software/technology business owner and I have been in Baltimore since the mid 90's.

I can say that the tech industry is growing and maturing in the area and the cost of living is quite low for the proximity to urban lifestyles.

A nice summary is here: https://michaelochurch.wordpre...

rerun article.

See https://ciphershed.org/about

and

https://lists.ciphershed.org/p...

Here is where I think a creative counter suit would be nice. Counter sue for all of the patent/copyright troll's holdings to be released into the public domain.

Using: Verizon and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version: 4.1.5.24

I did a test message from/to my BB too.

RTFA

* FINAL UPDATE: Things are back to normal. RIM Statment to follow. ...

If you have disclosed it (deployed it) more than a yaer before filing, you can not file.