Memorial Day

Memorial Day

It is perhaps fitting that on the calendar, Memorial Day precedes two signatory battles in our history — Midway and D-Day because each in their own way epitomize what Memorial Day is all about.  Established to recognize those who gave their lives in the Civil War, it has grown to encompass all those who gave…

♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫
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♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫

♫♬…When the Drone is Called Up Yonder I’ll be There…♬♫ (with apologies to James M. Black)  😀 First the news and a congratulatory note to the Navy-Industry team behind today’s launch of the X-47B off the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77): Of course, as any end-of-deployment flyoff crew knows, it is a heck of…

Catching Up: The Latest on the ex-USS Ranger, Reviews and More…
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Catching Up: The Latest on the ex-USS Ranger, Reviews and More…

Been a very busy winter and spring here in the Scribe’s household – between the demands of customer support during the Great Musudan Snipe Hunt and mom corporate’s demands for a tech writer, our days/nights/weekends have been filled with briefs, drafts (*not* of the liquid variety) and teleconferences measured in hours, not minutes; our time’s…