--- title: "Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week" date: "2026-10-16" modified: "2026-10-16" authors: - name: "Tyler Rogoway" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md" url: "https://www.twz.com/news-features/bunker-talk-lets-talk-about-all-the-things-we-did-and-didnt-cover-this-week-211" categories: - "Bunker Talk" - "News & Features" --- # Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week ![230919-N-RP467-1122 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 18, 2023) – Navy Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conduct radiological search procedures at a training bunker onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story as part of a training evolution, Sep. 18. EODMU 6 provides operational EOD capabilities for the location, identification, rendering safe, recovery, field evaluation and disposal of explosive ordnance, including chemical and nuclear weapons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mailani Jones/Released)]() *Petty Officer 2nd Class Mailani Jones-Thornton* Hey guys, just wanted to talk about a cool thing that happened last Sunday. We won Best Military Aviation Submission at the 2026 Defense Media Awards in Washington, D.C., for [“What The F-47’s Canards Say About The Rest Of Its Design.”]() This is the biggest deal in our little corner of journalism. Not just that, but we were nominated in many categories: - Tyler: Best Defense Electronics and Best Missile Defense - Tyler and Joe Trevithick: Best Rotorcraft - Howard Altman: Integrated Maritime, AI Integration, and the John Morrocco Award for In Depth Reporting - Thomas Newdick: Training, Simulation and Readiness, and Missile Defense - Jamie Hunter: Best Multimedia - Hope Seck: National Security Space - Joe Trevithick: Space and Mobile Combat Systems A big thanks to the committee and the Defense Media Awards! ![]() Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn’t cover. We can also talk about the stuff we did or whatever else grabs your interest. In other words, it’s an off-topic thread. This week's caption reads: *VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 18, 2023) – Navy Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conduct radiological search procedures at a training bunker onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story as part of a training evolution, Sep. 18. EODMU 6 provides operational EOD capabilities for the location, identification, rendering safe, recovery, field evaluation and disposal of explosive ordnance, including chemical and nuclear weapons.* PRIME DIRECTIVES: - If you want to talk politics, do so respectfully and know that there’s always somebody that isn’t going to agree with you. - If you have political differences, hash it out respectfully, stick to the facts, and no childish name-calling or personal attacks of any kind. If you can’t handle yourself in that manner, then please, discuss virtually anything else. - No drive-by garbage political memes. No conspiracy theory rants. Links to crackpot sites will be axed, too. Trolling and shitposting will not be tolerated. No obsessive behavior about other users. Just don’t interact with folks you don’t like. - Do not be a sucker and feed trolls! That’s as much on you as on them. Use the mute button if you don’t like what you see. - So unless you have something of quality to say, know how to treat people with respect, understand that everyone isn’t going to subscribe to your exact same worldview, and have come to terms with the reality that there is no perfect solution when it comes to moderation of a community like this, it’s probably best to just move on. - Finally, as always, report offenders, please. This doesn’t mean reporting people who don’t share your political views, but we really need your help in this regard. ## Author Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day. ### Author social links [Twitter]()