Steeljaw Scribe

“Be modest about what military force can accomplish, and what technology can accomplish. The advances in precision, sensor, information and satellite technology have led to extraordinary gains in what the U.S. military can do…But also never neglect the psychological, cultural, political, and human dimensions of warfare, which is inevitably tragic, inefficient, and uncertain. Be skeptical [...]

(BBC - 6 Oct 08)  China cancels US military contact:
China has cancelled military and diplomatic exchanges with the US in protest at a $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms, US officials say.
A number of senior level visits and military-to-military exchanges due before November would not go ahead, the US defence department said.
The sales include [...]

Some number of years ago I had the honor of making the acquaintance of a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  A young seaman then stationed on the battleship Nevada, he related his story, his memories.  And as he talked about the aching beauty of that peaceful Sunday morning - of standing at quarters [...]

At present there is a slanderous attack underway over at a certain blog (we won’t link directly to it for obvious reasons, rather, Galrahn 0has assembled a good summary and parry over here  ). We call it slanderous because it is an attack, by name, on a current CO in an operational billet was [...]

Lead ship of the next class of LHA’s:
Navy Names New Amphibious Assault Ship America
The Navy’s newest class of large-deck amphibious assault ship, LHA 6, will bear the name USS America, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced while speaking at [...]

Like the ex-USS Davd R. Ray (DD-971) reported on yesterday  , The Horne is also slated to be used as a target for the upcoming RIMPAC ‘08 exercise. Fifth ship of the Belknap-class and named for the VCNO during most of WWII, ADM Fredrick J. Horne, she was commissioned 15 April 1967 with [...]

Now you see her…

Soon, you won’t:
Familiar Destroyer Will Be Sunk In Naval Exercises
(KITSAP SUN 25 JUN 08) … Ed Friedrich
Frequent drivers along Sinclair Inlet are probably wondering what happened to the big Navy ship that used to be moored in the bay. That was the destroyer David R. Ray, and it was towed away Friday [...]