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Intramural Warfare – 2009 Budget Edition
The three maritime services get together and hammer out a strategic vision that ties them together, informing their future planning for training, equipping and manning. They show up in Congress, testify before the HASC (all three together for the first time) and are generally well received. Certainly not eviscerated like the CSAF who was told…
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So, um Scribe — been a little lax in posting this past few weeks, eh? What gives? Well, a little bit of: Mix in a lot of: And of course, all from the AO viewpoint: Â So yea, been a bit busy with the necessary stuff, but that said have been scribbling offline in the wee…
Scratch Hong Kong off the Liberty Port List…
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Maybe it was growing up in Nebraska with tornadoes as part of our springtime ritual. Maybe it was time spent in Boy Scouts and Civil Air Patrol. Perhaps it was coming of age in the shadow of SAC headquarters, knowing there was a big red “X” on some Soviet targeting map. Whatever the reason, we…