The other shoe drops: As the Navy’s unprecedented response to Haiti’s post-earthquake humanitarian crisis entered its third week, the sudden spike in operational tempo showed no sign of slowing. More warships, Military Sealift Command and Maritime Administration vessels were on station or en route to help answer a desperate call
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The BS flag….
Needs to be raised on this: SurFor chief: Manning needs mean new duties By Philip Ewing – Staff writer Posted : Monday Jan 18, 2010 8:01:05 EST The Navy’s top surface leader said sailors can expect to see changes in which paygrades do certain jobs on ship as the
Continue readingTell me again there is no double standard….
UPDATE!!!: A pretty interesting comment thread on this incident can be found here. Its 100+ comments! Worth the time to read. I stand by my assessment and the one that was found in the comments here “a predetermined female success story”. Navy: Cruiser CO relieved for ‘cruelty’ By Philip Ewing
Continue readingHow to get through the year……
Or at least how to get through cruise…….. Courtesy of the World Famous Hack Eagles. (Anybody notice that over on the working man’s coast-you don’t see no stinking videos?).
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Phibian posted this. When I saw it-I just had to send it far and wide. This is so true of my Navy, and a lot of other places in DOD. Are they listening? Nope. Sign No. 1: Conspicuously posted vision or value statements are filled with vague but important-sounding words
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As previously noted, I stopped at the Naval Academy while on my way home from Wallops Island. As they were getting ready for their parade. I thought I would stay and watch it. I have not been to USNA for a very long time. Outwardly, it looks as historic and
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Fly Navy! The best always have!
Continue readingReturn to the cradle……
Back to the grindstone today-work on a Monday is……….work on a Monday. However, I was finally able to get my pictures downloaded after I had to reload the camera driver. First time I have ever had that happen to me. Somehow the driver became unrecognizable to Vista. So I had
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With all the money the Navy is blowing on F-18’s and F-35’s and LCS’s these days-they could buy the whole E-2 fleet a couple of times over: The E-2D Hawkeye is over budget, but the Navy needs it anyway, defense officials told Congress this month. Since 2003, the E-2D program’s
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Warning notice! Unhinged rant follows. Profanity alert! I’ve watched the uproar concerning the decision by outgoing SECNAV Winter to give an award with some interest. The flurry of activity on the blogosphere and e-mail lists has been unusual, to say the least. Why Winter felt compelled to give an award
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