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“…how science could go off the rails.”

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We’re going to depart from the normal topics usually found in these pages because of a most compelling article we found in yesterday’s Washington Post’s Health section highlighting an upcoming documentary on PBS.  Fair warning – this is an emotionally compelling article and content.   The documentary, titled, "The Lobotomist" is a look at how, as…

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Pearl Harbor – 69 Years Later

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“AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL” Sixty-nine years ago those words ushered in a period of unbelievable agony, trial, effort and sacrifice.  What was once before was forever changed afterward.  Jack-booted thugs bent on their “Final Solution” strode cobblestone streets of the land distantly remembered as the forebear of a new nation,…

Naming Ships — Here We Go Again…
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Naming Ships — Here We Go Again…

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I have held my peace for the past 24-hours as a kind of “counting to ten” mindful of one of blogging’s first principles regarding blogging while angry.  Time’s up — I’m not angry, I’m royally POd. Still. “The selection of Gabrielle Giffords, designated LCS 10, honors the former Congresswoman from Tucson, Arizona, who is known…

Channeling “Streetfighter”? The PLAN’s Houbei FAC
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Channeling “Streetfighter”? The PLAN’s Houbei FAC

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“In the information age we substitute mass for speed, a high degree of simultaneity for sequential action,” he said. “And access is highly valued: access to information, access to ideas, access to the domains of conflict. The Streetfighter concepts are meant to secure access and achieve high speed. That is, to be able to alter…

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National Museum of Naval Aviation – Some Thoughts and A Call to Action

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There are 12 “official Navy” museums in the US – and of these, all but one, the US Navy Museum onboard the Washington Navy Yard in Washington DC, are privately funded. This includes the National Museum of Naval Aviation (NMNA) located on NAS Pensacola, FL where I recently spent some time getting re-acquainted with exhibits…

This Date in Naval Aviation History – Pacific Theater and Guided Missiles

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12 Jun 1944: In the first deployment of a guided missile unit into a combat theater, elements of Special Task Air Group 1 arrived in the Russell Islands in the South Pacific.  (ed: and in case you’re wondering – yes, there was a Flightdeck Friday on the subject. – SJS)