Things That Make You Go ‘Hmmmm…’: US Flag Vessel Forced to Take Evasive Action
(Didn’t see this one get much play in the open press…)
US Flag Vessel Forced to Take Evasive Action to Avoid Ramming
(Didn’t see this one get much play in the open press…)
US Flag Vessel Forced to Take Evasive Action to Avoid Ramming
In between remembering Midway and the 65th Anniversary of the landing at the beaches of Normandy, another anniversary quietly passed – that of the 42nd anniversary of the attack on the Liberty (AGTR-5) on 8 Jun 1967, by air- and naval forces of the state of Israel. In the attack, which lasted for almost an…
Sixty-five years ago Guts, determination, innovation – courage were defined (and well before Joint was “cool”) Conceived in the dark aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid had its genesis in the idea of CAPT Frank Lowe, USN who predicted that Army twin-engine bombers could be launched form a carrier under the right…
OK, so here’s the line-up for this w/end: Flightdeck Friday — what can YOU do with 4300 hp worth of radial engine? A plane only Tim Allen could love is up for tomorrow’s posting… Saturday — We hear again from Hobbes and his buddy and for good measure, with all the Tomcat sunset stories making…
So — go vote today, let the blogsphere/media hyper-focus on every jot/tittle/nuance of this micro-trend or that and await the divisions of lawyers to be deployed in the expected post-election challenges. Because on Nov 12th there still will be a Marine in Balboa missing a hand;A Soldier in Brooke Army Hospital with an amputated arm;A…
YHS’ take – as long as there are destroyers in the Navy, one should be named Spruance… Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter has announced the names for the U.S. Navy’s two newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers to honor two American heroes famous for their naval service. DDG hull number 110 will be named…
* 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…