Wistfully, with the resigned sadness that comes from confronting a decision that comes down to what you have to do weighed against what you want to do-I have been going through all my stuff in preparation for the upcoming move. ( Destination TBA-but probably back to the land of my
Category: Military
Nihon no news………..
If you are in the US or Japanese Navy, yesterday was just not a good day. On the US side: Lions and tigers and metal detectors oh my! That’s right, make sure you have a clean pair of boxers on if you are going through the gate of Yokosuka Naval
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I think the Aegis and Furuno radars have been explained to death on NHK this evening. Here is why: MINAMIBOSO, Chiba — A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Chiba early Tuesday, splitting the fishing boat in two and leaving a father
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Run! In the opposite direction as fast as you can! Here is a little tidbit I came across in my surfing. Remember this picture and these words-the next time one of those briefing teams from the Bureau of Naval Personnel comes around and tries to tell you what a “good
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Interesting, that this happens right after Stars and Stripes runs an article where the powers that be congratulate themselves on how the curfews have worked. TOKYO, Japan (CNN) — A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa has been detained in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, the
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Russian Bear bombers on the prowl that is. Back in the day, yours truly was awakened from romancing his cruise sock to race to the alert bird, gear in hand-with the goal of getting airborne in 30 minutes of less. The Russians were coming! The Russians were coming! Usually we
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I came across this little dissertation over at the League of Disgruntled Majors . This post is dedicated to my long suffering friends on a certain aging, round bottom vessel, the only amphibious ship in Yokosuka, who are long suffering under the leadership (and I use the term loosely) of one
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Lots to blog about, no energy to do it. However I was interested to see GI Korea explain why we just wasted 12 weeks of our lives working on a pointless project. At the time, the project director said that we HAD to get this thing done before the Korean
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Navy Times has been digging around about the recent return to communism change in liberty rules on USS Kitty Hawk. Its not a pretty story. In a nutshell , the leadership thinks that treating Sailors like children is somehow a productive way to improve conduct ashore: So you’ve got liberty
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Only a moron would thnk that working till 5:30 pm when you have a dinner commitment with Koreans is a good idea…….. As for what we got done today? Well here is the story in three panels: You want it bad, you get it bad!
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