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Badgers, Buccaneers and Bears…(Pt 1) (A North Atlantic tale from the "good ole days")

(Note: I am in the process of moving the postings off the old site to this one, beginning with this series) The Playing Field. In his far off conscious he heard it – the incessant ringing of the phone on the bulkhead. Not just any ring either – more like a loud clattering and right [...] [...]

Reflections

Badgers, Buccaneers and Bears…(Pt 1) (A North Atlantic tale from the “good ole days”)

The Playing Field In his far off conscious he heard it – the incessant ringing of the phone on the bulkhead. Not just any ring either – more like a loud clattering and right now it was the most annoying sound intruding into his world. Wearily, he rolled out of the top bunk, carefully avoiding [...] [...]

history lessons

TINS Tuesday — A Whale of a Tale

Close Shave An A-3D returning from a night training hop crossed the ramp of a big CVA with the meatball right on the money. The hook picked up the number two wire after the touchdown and the arrestment seemed normal. Suddenly, the wire BROKE, and the big plane lurched forward with full power on — [...] [...]

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"Lucky" Seven meme

Thanks (not) to Skippy-san for tagging me with this meme… Seven Songs List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your seven [...] [...]

Flightdeck Friday

Flightdeck Friday!

Douglas F3D Skynight Mention “MiG Killer” and Korea in the same sentence and the F-86 justifiably springs to mind. That said, however, the F-86 was chiefly a day fighter and as the B-29’s shifted to night ops to gain presumed protection against the MiG-15, it rapidly became apparent that a night fighter was required to [...] [...]

9/11 Remembered

9/11 Memorials

Pentagon Memorial World Trade Center Flight 93 Memorial Sphere: Related Content [...]

9/11 Remembered

In Memorium: 11 Sep 2001 09:37:25 EDT

9/11 Remembered

The 2996 Project: Colin Arthur Bonnett

“Manners and a Motorcycle: In Memory of Colin Arthur Bonnett”< ?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Age: 39Residence: < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />New York, NY, United StatesOccupation: telecommunications programmer, Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.Location: World Trade Center Colin Bonnett was a gentleman — a Harley-Davidson-riding, bodybuilder sort of gentleman. Born in Barbados, he had been [...] [...]

9/11 Remembered

Remembering Fallen Shipmates – Part II (N513)

(SJS: N513 is the Strategy & Concepts branch, part of the N51 Strategy & Policy Division of N3N5. N513′s personel were the folks who looked at “the big picture” focusing on warfighting concepts and maritime strategies in defense of the US and our Allied partners. This is the branch that in the past had worked [...] [...]