I have long maintained that the Navy has some serious problems that it refuses to address up front. Its biggest problem is not, despite the opinion of others, its coming need to replace its SSBN's. That's a problem-but its a distant one. The nearest problem for the US Navy is
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No obvious favoritism here
Nothing to see here folks, move along. Don't ask yourself the obvious question of , "would a man have been allowed to serve beyond a DOPMA limits in grade?" Of course not. Vice Adm. Michelle Howard was nominated for reappointment to the rank of vice admiral today by President Obama, a
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It was raining in Tel Aviv when I went up to Jerusalem. Since Jerusalem is in the hills-it was raining worse when I got there. Very unsual for Israel-where they have sunshine 310 days a year. So I did not start off with the intent to go to the Memorial,
Continue readingThe beauty of a man who can master the language.
As is no secret to many who have read here a while, you know that I am a big fan of Herman Wouk. While I was in Israel last week-I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem is the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. I had not visited Yad
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Well, sorry for the lack of postings. Was in Israel all last week-and on the road again tomorrow. So for your viewing pleasure, here are a pix from Jerusalem. I was trying to shoot a picture of Jaffa Street when this girl decided to jump in front of the camera- so I
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Greetings from Sunny Istanbul! My furlough appears delayed, at least for the present-so I am on the road again, enjoying free beer and food in the massively awesome Turkish Airlines lounge here in Istanbul’s Airport. Heading back to the land of milk and honey-for not so sweet dealings. Last year
Continue readingWe have crossed over into the Alternate Universe.
In Star Trek, there is a story line about the alternate universe. One where the Enterprise serves the Terran Empire-and not the Federation. It would seem that the US Navy has crossed over into that universe. In the alternate universe of Star Trek, treachery is the norm and people move
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I was on the computer last night, surfing, when the S.O. ran into tell me the news was on with pictures of Boston. That it was all horrific-goes without saying. All I could think about was two things-one, how truly awful it must have been with flying metal all around
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The S.O. dragged me 447km round trip yesterday to buy a cast iron dutch oven. Don’t even ask how much it cost. On the plus side, she seems to have re-learned the idea of gratitude sex-for now. We will see how long it lasts. In the meantime here are some
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Margaret Thatcher died today, at the age of 87. As a result, thanks to our British satellite system, we have been watching voluminous coverage of the memories of her life. What strikes me the most is how very different it is from the gushing American coverage. It speaks volumes about
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