It has taken me a little while to get around to this but I did not let want to let it pass by without a comment. Long time readers here may have noticed that the number of posts about my former employer and lifelong vocation, the United States Navy-has dropped.
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Le Trap.
A great memory of mine was the opportunity to fly from a French Aircraft carrier-and get to experience the way they do business. Over at another blog, about three years ago, I wrote about the experience. I thought the story might use a retelling over here. The article was written
Continue readingAre you guys happy now?
Well, DADT has been repealed. As I noted previously this was inevitable, if not now, then at sometime in the future. So can we please now tell Andrew Sullivan to STFU about it? The fact that I have to resignedly accept this development-does not mean that I like it. I
Continue readingFDNF at work (and play)
The song sucks-but its nice footage of the mighty war Hummer at work.
Continue readingThe end of Second Fleet?
Could be. More strangely, the lobbyist and his boss both declined to comment on the supposition just days after being widely quoted on the topic. The Navy said, essentially, “No comment.” But naval analysts and a retired admiral who commanded Atlantic Fleet surface forces say they’re hearing exactly what the
Continue readingWe suck…….
I work with two other retired Navy guys. Because of where we work we have insight into a lot of current Navy news and events. Plus-all of us travel to Navy facilities. We have a saying when we read something particularly atrocious -and for some reason we are reading a
Continue readingHow to help the SECDEF……
Cut the number of flag officers down to size. ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search of at least $10 billion in annual savings needed to prevent an erosion of U.S. combat
Continue readingA pet peeve……
Something that occurred to me-and has bothered me for a long time, is the idea that somehow one generation of serving military is somehow superior to another. I hate to break it to you-but in the Navy, for a LONG TIME, a lot of great Sailors were out there doing
Continue readingPitch Lock……
I’ve waited a while to write about this as I wanted to put some space between the event and the commentary. A lot of readers are probably already familiar with the basics, namely the tragic loss of LT Steve Zilberman, USN of Columbus, Ohio, in an aircraft mishap in the
Continue readingSome observations and a sea story…..
Warning notice! This is a Navy focused post. An event this week has me waxing nostalgic that I was lucky enough to have served during the supposedly barbaric era of the 70’s and 80’s when the Navy was predominately male, a lot of fun to serve in, and focused on
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