Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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It’s Offical: AFRICOM

February 6th, 2007 No Comments

In testimony before the Senate today, SecDef Gates announced:
“The president has decided to stand-up a new unified, combatant command, Africa Command, to oversee security cooperation, building partnership capability, defense support to non-military missions, and, if directed, military operations on the African continent,” Gates said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The command will enable [...]

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A Tale of the COD (Wherein Doc Newton Is Proved Right - Again)

February 6th, 2007 No Comments

So there we were, all bundled into the back of the COD — the AIRLANT eval team headed back to Norfolk after “evaluating” the ship/air wing lo these past 3 days. Not being fond of COD flights to begin with, YHS had managed to snag a seat on the last row, or if looking at [...]

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