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 on e-mail lists has been interesting to say the least. Why Winter felt compelled to give an
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Can you say deja vu?
And before anyone goes off on an ” Obama is Carter” style rant- I will remind you that another new president was more than willing to offer up a carrier or two to the QDR……9-11 intervened and saved us then. What will save carrier aviation now? NAVY WILL OFFER UP
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The Navy will have no more conventional carriers. USS Kitty Hawk decommissioning in Bremerton About 2,000 people are expected at an invitation-only decommissioning ceremony in Bremerton this Saturday for the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, long known as “America’s Flagship.” While the public is not invited to the event, at
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At Shinegawa station in Tokyo: “He walked off the platform like he saw an invisible step,” said Brice, of Rogersville, Tenn. “He hit the rails and it sounded like something was broken.” Caballero checked for the next train, then jumped to the tracks and hoisted the man up by his
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I am not a Naval Academy graduate and I am quite proud of that fact. However when the Army Navy game approaches I always root for Navy. This year is no different:
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Wars and lechery-nothing else holds the fashion………… Pensacola News Journal October 31, 2008 Blues Angels Pilot, Other Grounded Final 3 shows will fly a plane short as team members face investigation By Troy Moon Two members of the Navy’s Blue Angels have been “removed from duty” with the team over
Continue readingClosing the circle……
I got up early this morning so I would have some time on the way to the airport so I could stop at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. It had been 30 years since I had been there-and I wanted to see how it had changed. A long time ago in
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Today was a really good day. The S.O. and I played golf, then because it was so hot she suggested we go to the pool. Which we did. While there I suggested that I take her out to dinner. So back we come to the apartment, shower, and get dressed.
Continue readingAir show blues!-Part I
There is so little to do in this town, no wonder the air show is a big event.-The S.O. For someone who says she likes it here, the S.O. has made more than a couple perceptive comments along these lines. Maybe I’m not the only one missing Japan. We went
Continue readingEverything you ever wanted to know about a nuclear aircraft carrier….
Can be found in a manga book!
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