SJS,
As I write this we are in the process of pulling pier side to a major US Naval Base on the Eastern seaboard. My squadron is being offloaded here and on the way home to our families and loved ones. At the same time we are on loading about 1500 tigers. A tiger is a [...]
Postcards from Deployment: “The Song That Never Ends”
June 1st, 2008 1 Comment
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Postcards from Deployment: Homeward Bound (I)
May 15th, 2008 3 Comments
Southern’s latest missive arrives following liberty call in Rhodes as the Truman CSG is headed home. Having spent some time batting about the Aegean Sea in an LST for a midshipman cruise and liberty in Athens (a very long time ago - and yes, there is a story courtesy our airwing buds from [...]
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Postcards From Deployment - Not So Fast Folks…
April 23rd, 2008 2 Comments
SJS,
I am sure that most of have heard of the new offensive where the Iraqi Army is trying to replace the various anti-government militias in cities such as Baghdad and Basra. So that has lead to us being extended here on our current line period. They have extended us twice because of the need for [...]
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Postcards from Deployment: “Strange FOD”
March 24th, 2008 8 Comments
SJS,
From our ship’s newspaper though the folks back home might get a laugh out of this:
Sailors Rescue a Nocturnal Creature
MC3 Damian Martinez
When the words foreign object debris (FOD) come to mind the last thing someone thinks about is an owl. On the morning of March 17 on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), an [...]
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Postcards From Deployment: “This is a Drill, This is a Drill …”
March 17th, 2008 4 Comments
(ed. Online Damage Control school/library here. - SJS)
SJS,
So it has been a couple of days since we pulled back out of our home away from home. I know, I know, I was just there; but the powers to be decided to vary our sked up so we showed back up. Spent the time in [...]
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Postcards from Deployment: Christmas in the Sandbox
December 24th, 2007 4 Comments
Greetings come today from our guest correspondent, Southern Air Pirate who is overseas with the Truman CSG which finds itself inport, Dubai, for the holiday. As one who seemed to have consistently drawn the Christmas deployment card whilst on sea duty, herr Scribe can well relate to the ‘joys’ of a Christmas spent on the [...]
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