WASHINGTON (CNN) — China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday. Senior Navy officials said that Beijing denied permission for the USS Reuben James, a Navy frigate, to make a holiday port call for sailors at the end…
Muffle your drums, play your pipes merrily, Play the death march as you go along. And fire your guns right over my coffin, There goes an unfortunate lad to his home. As reported on over at Galrahn’s and Lex’s places, the London Telegraph published a damning report this weekend regarding the critical state the…
When last heard from, Southern Air Pirate was sampliing the joys of liberty in Naples. His latest missive recounts the experience of transiting the Suez Canal beginning in Port Said as the Truman CSG presses on to relieve the Enterprise CSG. To help set the stage, see the map below (click to enlarge): Well we…
