Thinking Blogger Award

Envelopes (sorry, no checks) are inbound…
– SJS
Envelopes (sorry, no checks) are inbound…
– SJS
In Grand Style — presented herewith, Duck Dogers in the 241/2th Century (one of my all time favorites): (h/t: Chap)
After being off scene/tactical for the last 1.5 months thanks to “he who styles his hair w/hand gernade” (note: if you think the days of port/starboard watches are behind you when you enter the private sector — think again) the scribe is back and in a new location. Reflections and other items of longer content…
…And it is an interesting read, informing the potential rationale behind some recent decisions, such as the Navy stepping away from the DDG-1000: Future Challenges Risk An underlying assumption in our understanding of the strategic environment is that the predominant near-term challenges to the United States will come from state and non-state actors using irregular…
So … Luna Rossa smoked BMW Oracle to win the best-of-9 series, 5-1, sending the American team home and guaranteeing that for the first time in 24 years, there will be no American team in the finals… Congratulazioni Luna Rossa, la squadra migliore vinta!
(Part I here)Vital statistics:Built: 7 Aug ust 2006Delivered: 23 August 2006Mileage by 27 August 2006: 730 …yeah, it’s all that …–SJS
The promise of 3.5 days away from the pressing business of the day job filled your correspondent with all manner of hope to catch up on writing and posts, which we will confess, has been a bit thin of late (blame *that* on the SM-3…but I digress). So it was while wending my way through…