Heading out with the S.O. this weekend for some pre Christmas revelry. Golf? -yes. Posting?-probably not. Hopefully we will support this worthy endeavor. However I did come across this little tidbit on the Navy Times web site. As many as nine of the Navy’s 26 three-star admirals could retire by the
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Is this really necessary?
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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From George Bush’s playbook. If Congress won’t give you what you want-just ignore them. The new Prime Minister has drafted a new version of the Special Anti-terrorism law-the one that allows JMSDF oilers (unlike our navy properly manned by Sailors) to refuel coalition ships in the Indian Ocean. Kenji Yamaoka,
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I always loved the bumper sticker that was around in the 70’s, “Gas, grass or ass-nobody rides for free!” . It is a pretty apt description of most male-female interactions in my opinion. Yesterday was a cloudy, cool day here. The S.O. and I had played golf on Saturday and
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Well today was a downer just like I expected it to be. My brain is mush. Worst part of these past few days is knowing that with a little more thought and a lot less ego on the part of those setting up this particular fiasco evolution we could be a
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“Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced today the selection of USS Gerald R. Ford as the name of the first aircraft carrier in what will be the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers.” Ford class of carriers? Oh boy….. I can hear the jokes now: Buy a Ford
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“Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced today the selection of USS Gerald R. Ford as the name of the first aircraft carrier in what will be the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers.” Ford class of carriers? Oh boy….. I can hear the jokes now: Buy a Ford
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Probably not the best time to ask this, but I wonder if this weeks events will mean that the name America, will not get a fair shake with Secretary Winter? Subscribe in a reader
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Another long day. Who came up with this idea? Oh yea, me. Remind me to kick my self. Its been an interesting insight into the way our military does business these days. If I were a Flag officer I would go through my command center and rip out every VTC
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