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Petition to Name a Ship After LT John W. Finn, USN

Many of us do not know how we will react when suddenly called upon to perform the extraordinary in desperate and lethal conditions.  We train and plan, but until the bullet flies or the fire burns close at hand, all we can do is speculate. On the morning of December 7th, 1941 there was no [...] [...]

history lessons

A Memorial Day Compendium

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we [...] [...]

Maritime Strategy

The Naval Operations Concept 2010 — Implementing the Maritime Strategy

  Three years ago this coming October the new maritime strategy (“A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”) was published to some acclaim and much criticism. The new maritime strategy proposed a sea-change in missions and direction of the maritime services (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) in light of the emerging post-Cold War world. [...] [...]

history lessons

A Gathering of Eagles

…Well, Mitchells more precisely… Forty B-25′s gather in celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. (h/t Rich R.) Sphere: Related Content [...]

Navy

Vedi Napoli e Poi Muori*

(*See Naples and Die…) Twenty-three years since I last tred the cobblestones of bella Napoli and in the intervening years much has changed — and much hasn’t.  In town for business, there was little time to sight see over the course of a two day session, but the little I was able to partake reminded [...] [...]

space

And Then There Were Two…

Atlantis Lifts Off Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. The third of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, this was the last planned launch for Atlantis. The Russian-built Mini [...] [...]

history lessons

Putin Snubs US And Brit VIP Delegations

That whole warm, feel good evolution that was the 65th anniversary celebration of the defeat of Germany? The one where US and British troops participated in the parade for the first time, ever? Turns out someone still has an axe or two to grind: Vladimir Putin has snubbed both the Prince of Wales and the [...] [...]

Navy

SECDEF and the Doctrine of Sufficiency

These past few weeks SECDEF Gates has turned to the perennial question of “how much is enough?’ and in the process, has on a couple of occasions called out Navy for its overwhelming capacity in certain areas – subs and aircraft carriers immediately come to mind.  That carriers get highlighted is not surprising – they [...] [...]