To the reader of this and other blogs, the concept of strategic communications (or stratcom) is not an unknown one. Indeed a quick search over at Sal’s place, ID or USNI will yield threads on examples of stratcom utilization, if not the the subject itself. Not long ago we touched on one interesting example in…
(re-posted from last year) I lost a friend today. We have lost a friend, a father, husband — a comrade in arms. Fellow aviator and blogger-at-arms, Neptunus Lex, was killed earlier today when the F-21 Kfir he was flying in support of Top Gun’s adversary squadron crashed at NAS Fallon. No word on the cause…
For some time now we’ve been hosting a link for the USS Ranger Foundation, a group dedicated to moving the ex-USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61) to a site in the northwest US for establishment as the centerpiece of a maritime museum. Contingent on that hope was approval by the US Navy to do so and raising significant…
BREAKING NEWS…Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus has just announced that the next Ford Class Carrier, CVN-80 will be named USS Enterprise during his speech at the inactivation ceremony for CVN-65. Long live the name Enterprise! The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is slated for decommissioning tomorrow in a ceremony at NOB Norfolk, bringing…
Earlier today, at a Change of Command and Retirement ceremony hosted onboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), Admiral John C. Harvey turned over the conn to Admiral William E. Gortney, bring to close a distinguished career spanning some thirty-nine years — a period that saw dramatic change in the Navy’s missions, force structure and…
Go ahead, admit it – the habit dies hard. Before every summer you swear that you are finally going to read “—” and by golly, this is the summer to do it. Well, Labor Day is a mere 20-days away and I’ll bet you’ve barely put a dent in the reading list. Fear not however,…
A common thread about life at sea and flying from/working on an aircraft carrier is ‘hurry-up-and-wait;’ mostly because your time, your life is run by others. Whether it is Marshall trying to get everyone checked in for the last night recovery (only to wait until the ship finally turned into the wind) or stopping by…
` Join us for Midrats this Sunday, 22 July 2012 on blogtalk radio, where the topic is missiles – ballistic and cruise; and your humble scribe is the guest. Seven months into this year and we have seen much on this front. Pick a theater and you will find ballistic and cruise missiles are at…
As announced over at Soldier’s Angels: Calling All Angels… This is a big one! For seven years, Project Valour-IT has been supplying voice-controlled and other adaptive laptops to severely wounded heroes who need to stay connected while they recover, or who are building a new life as they transition out of the military. That’s over…
* Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace The Bad Old Days Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails Let’s go backwards when forward fails And movie stars you thought were alone then Now are framed beside your bed Don’t throw the pa-ast away You might need it some rainy…
