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Welcome USNI Blog Visitors
If you’ve arrived from the USNI Blog (or not…), welcome and please take some time to look around. At the top you’ll find some of the major topics we cover here — Flightdeck Friday, which focuses on the lesser known aspects of all matters related to naval aviation, Reflections – which is an ongoing recollection…
Airplan: 5-11 Sep
Several years back I had the extraordinary privilege to get to know a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack who had been assigned to one of the gun turret crews onboard the USS Nevada (BB-36). As a junior "hinge" (O-4/LCDR) I was both captivated by the re-telling, first hand, of the accounts of that morning, and…
Rx for Beltway Ennui
Take one of these: Add your betrothed of near 25 years; Mix with a warm pre-spring evening (courtesy of DST)Apply over two-lane, county blacktop: Take as often as necessary. Caution – May Be Habit Forming…– SJS
Russian SLBM Developments
After ten years in overhaul/upgrades (Sevmash and Rossiiskaya Gazeta ) – meet the “Dmitriy Donskoy”(“Дмитрий ДонÑкой”), a Project 941 class SSBN: It is probably worth noting this is the same shipyard that is responsible for the ongoing overhaul of the INS Vikramaditya (neè Adm Gorshvov) carrier for the Indian Navy – which is also well…
Cockpit Conversations
So Scribe — what do pilots and NFOs talk about when things are quiet on a flight? – Lots of stuff, but some conversations you *don’t* want to hear…
Three Sayings That Ensure Your Saturday is Shot…
"Yes M.O., the elevator actuator needs to be changed…" "XO, Department Head meeting, my office, 5 minutes…" "Honey, I’d like to change the den around after we take the tree down – and I’d like the entertainment center on the other side…" *sigh*