Well, despite the best efforts of the distaff side yesterday with an unplanned site mod to the den (which we wrapped up in the wee-hours of the night with the last a/v cable re-zip-tied in place, btw) – plan on seeing some major changes around here with the New Year. Fear not – the favorites will remain and it won’t be going off on a wild-@$$ tangent, just some changes. And afterall, change is good…n’est ce pas ? See you in the New Year…
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Sometimes…inspite of ourselves luck kicks in to save our butts…
Eagle1’s Sunday Ship History narrative this week covers the marriage of ships and radar, opening with a cautionary tale. Mike returns from a prolonged EMCON A period (courtesy Blogger) with a fine post commenting on the Japanese Coast Guard via an article in International Security, and along the way laments the lack of direction his selected…
“Be modest about what military force can accomplish, and what technology can accomplish. The advances in precision, sensor, information and satellite technology have led to extraordinary gains in what the U.S. military can do…But also never neglect the psychological, cultural, political, and human dimensions of warfare, which is inevitably tragic, inefficient, and uncertain. Be skeptical…
For those not so inclined to leap with both feet into the full Appropriations Bills (regular, continuing and sustaining minus the funds for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), here is a Congressional Research Service study of current Defense Authorization and Appropriations bills with analysis of some of the more important parts (like shipbuilding – pg…
Trying to get something that presents a clean look, loads fast and provides quick access to more content. Thoughts? Comments? Brickbats?
NSS, NDS, NOC, NMS, MS – there is a veritable alpha-bit soup of documents out there and trying to make heads or tails of them individually or their relationship to one another. In trying to make sense of this morass, some few years ago we carved out substantive portions of our day to develop a…
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I agree. Change triggers growth. Wish you A Happy and Prosperous New Year 2008.
Beautiful HE2K… Fresh from the factory?
I would like to wish the Family SJS a Safe, Healthy, Fun, Prosperous, and Blessed 2008. Thank you for all of the interest and fun this site has added to my world this year. May God Bless and Keep You All…….SJS, Family, Readers, and Our Troops.
Dutch:
Yep – fresh from the line. Having picked up no less than 5 new a/c from the production line (think a new car smells great? Nothing beats a new airplane) they look great when all shiny and new…
TL:
Thanks and same for you and your kin – as well as for all our other readers…more to follow later tonight 😉
– SJS