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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Happy Birthday Navy!
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
Continue readingChump change
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
Continue readingI'll give you something to get mad about.
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
Continue readingI’ll give you something to get mad about.
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
Continue readingCan 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
Continue readingEnd of an era…….
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
Continue readingSailors save the day………
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
Continue readingBeat Army!
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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