#FBF On Nov. 29, 2000, history was made when the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System became the first U.S. chemical agent disposal facility to complete its destruction mission. #JACADS Photos courtesy of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity | PEO Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives

Back in the ’60s, the U.S. nearly nuked… itself. ☢️🇺🇸 Johnston Atoll was America’s nuclear playground, part of Starfish Prime, where they launched warheads into space just to see what would happen. But the first test? A full-blown nightmare. 🚀 The rocket started breaking apart mid-air. ⏱️ The range officer had seconds, literally seconds to hit the destruct button before the warhead armed itself. He did. Barely. Radioactive debris still rained down on the troops below. Because if that device h

Airborne booby brigade! Red-footed and masked boobies glide on the Pacific Ocean wind currents at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is home to 14 species of seabirds, including boobies, frigatebirds, terns, petrels, noddies and shearwaters. Johnston Island is also home to one of the largest red-tailed tropicbird colonies in the world, with over 12,000 pairs nesting there. Due to its location in the central Pacific Ocean, about 800 miles southwe