Far East Cynic

I'm not so sure they thought this through……

“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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So what happens to the carrier naming debate now?

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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Random musings………

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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Another blogless day………

Traveling was every bit the pain in the ass I expected it to be…even on JAL. The flight to Korea is a short one however. The Bus ride from Incheon though…..well that is another story. Incheon is a beautiful airport. Normal fal-de ral getting through immigration et al. Then finding

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The part the movie did not show……..

In the process of digging out from my move, I came across this little tidbit from my days back in Nevada. The folks I had working for me loved to “alter” Dilbert cartoons and post them in our coffee break room. Seeing this particular cartoon brought back some forgotten memories.

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Slogans and cliche's…….

The high muckety mucks are outta here!!!!!!! They are on the train to Narita, meeting is over, so now: Like making sausage, getting to the end product is immensely painful, nobody wants to see how its made , but everyone wants a piece of the end product. And, if I

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Slogans and cliche’s…….

The high muckety mucks are outta here!!!!!!! They are on the train to Narita, meeting is over, so now: Like making sausage, getting to the end product is immensely painful, nobody wants to see how its made , but everyone wants a piece of the end product. And, if I

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Sharks in these waters……..

Butt sharks that is. Very busy this week with meetings from the muckety mucks from our higher headquarters. Have been quietly enjoying the adventures in trouser snorkeling from the military folks who still want to get ahead. Its days like today that I really can enjoy my transition to that

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Ground hog day!

Well its ground hog day over here at least. Back in the states its still a few hours before Phil gets dragged out of his warm hole and we learn if there is going to be six more years weeks of war winter. I think its a safe bet there

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The Welfare State-Part II

Made it yesterday. I literally had to imitate OJ ( by running through the airport, NOT by killing my (ex)wife…….), and I made it on the plane to Tokyo with 5 minutes to spare. Now I am back in Japan and back at work. Today was our Secret Santa gift

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