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history lessons

Saturday at the Movies: Midway

No, not that one — this is original footage shot by John Ford and his cameramen at Midway during the attack.  This version of the classic film has been cleaned up and redone in hi-res – quite a feat considering the state of film at the time.  Be sure to watch in HD and full [...] [...]

Navy

Flightdeck Friday: Valour-IT Video Edition

Team Army and Marines are yucking it up, figuring they’ve got this thing cinched in the early going and Chairforce entertains delusional dreams of finishing 3rd . . . sooooo, time for a little motivation: Well, that’s a start… Better, but not quite on topic (especially where DC and football are concerned – maybe it [...] [...]

Reflections

Prayer Request for a Prayer Warrior – Update

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of [...] [...]

Navy

VALOUR-IT Fundraiser, 2009 Edition Underway!

And we’re off…! The 2009 edition of the Project Valour-IT fundraiser is underway and once again, Team Navy is one of the participating teams. But what, you may ask, is Valour-IT?  What is it all about? The short story is Valour-IT, an IRS-certified non-profit, non-political, volunteer organization provides technology aids  to wounded Soldiers, Marines, Sailors [...] [...]

history lessons

65th Anniversary of Leyte Gulf

With a woosh and a crack the whip played its tune… “Ok!  Focus!!!” she commanded in menacing tones, “This is not about SJS’s conscripts.  This is about me.  I am looking bad on Twitter.  The Army killed on the D-Day commemorations and we have bupkis going here!”  Again the whip played its stinging dance on [...] [...]

Air Warfare

A JSF Program Re-Structuring on the Horizon?

DoDBuzz is reporting new cost estimates for the JSF program are going to jump by over $17.1B.  Apparently the concurrent nature of the program lies at the heart of the massive revision upwards of program costs.  So much so that Nunn-McCurdy is starting to be invoked: “Unfortunately, DoD has put all its eggs in the [...] [...]

Flightdeck Friday

Flightdeck Friday: 23 October 1972 and The End of Linebacker I

23 October: The U.S. ended all tactical air sorties into NVN above the 20th parallel and brought to a close Linebacker I operations. This gesture of good will in terminating the bombing in NVN above the 20th parallel was designed to help promote the peace negotiations being held in Paris. During May through October the [...] [...]

Maritime Strategy

Thoughts on ‘A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower’ Two Year’s Later: Author’s Response

Bryan McGrath, lead author of CS21 (as it is coming to be called in shorthand) stopped by in the comments section in the previous post to leave the commentary now shown below.  I opted (head nod to Peter S. per our earlier discussion) to elevate it to a post of its own for wider dissemination [...] [...]

Maritime Strategy

‘A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower’ Two Years Later: Three Questions

Two years ago this week, the CNO, CMC and USCG Commandant released the naval services’ new maritime strategy – A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, at the International Seapower Symposium being hosted by the Naval War College in Newport, RI. The release of a new maritime strategy was significant given the length of time, [...] [...]