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Ever wonder what “they” meant when talking about a painted sky? Wonder no more: PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 22, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) transits through the Persian Gulf. Ramage is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of…
Fun With Code
So — how’d you spend your Sunday? Ours looked very much like this: as we spent the afternoon thinking the sort of thoughts we had left church in the AM foreswearing *ahem* Whomever said code is poetry must’ve been smoking crack…
Submitted Without Comment…
… well sort of. This is just too rich on soooo many levels. Where to start…hmmm, more flags than we have hulls? And since we are approaching the season when “You Know Who” is making up his lists of naughty and nice clients, here is a warning for the naughty ones: Won’t be switches and…
VA Announces ‘Veterans Pride’ Initiative
Will be interested to see how this plays out — similar initiative to have vets salute during the playing of the National Anthem vice placing hand over heart hasn’t seen much participation, ‘least from YHS’ observation. On another note — light blogging this weekend as YHS is off to a friend’s retirement in Norfolk tomorrow…
The Problem(s) With Debris – 2009 Edition
A little over two years ago, China conducted the now notorious direct ascent ASAT shot on the Fengyun-1 satellite which was in a polar orbit. We’ve commented extensively at the time and a year hence on the issues raised by this shot. So where do we stand just past the second anniversary? Well, like rabbits,…