What happened on June 26?

The radio monitoring world is nerdy rather than political, and when ideology shows up it's almost always right-wing: crew-cutted middle-aged white guy thinking. But in general, it's off the table.

This week, however, Monitoring Times' "Utility World" blog asks the interesting question: What happened on June 26?

The short version, for those who TL;DR or aren't interested in radio geekery: the transmissions being heard indicate either an unusually large exercise, or preparations for war.

THEY MADE THE CHICKENS GAY

33mhz inflicted a Muppet Sandy Duncan Disaster on me, so I retaliate with my favorite music clip from the 1970s:

Rum, sodomy, & the lash! Plus chickens.