Some things you learn by reading. Some thngs you learn by watching Somethings you learn by doing. But some knowledge is only gained from years (decades) of watching, doing, learning. Carrier ops is one such area – and if you think differently, read this…
Assassin’s mace (English adaptation of the Chinese phrase ‘shashou jiang’) — one periodically hears of the term used, usually in combination with advocacy for avoiding the same through transformational (forces)(TTP)(platforms)(weapons)(networks) – pick any, none, or all. Most recently, the ASBM the Chinese are purported to be developing has served as the poster child for Assassin’s…
The latest revelation of well known public research facilities with a hidden Cold War mission comes from the merry ol’ – England’s Jodrell Bank telescope, to wit: London, Nov 23 (ANI): The creator of the giant space telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK has disclosed after 50 years that the telescope was…
Photo essay (click on image) of the sinking of the Explorer, the first passenger ship to make the Northwest Passage. (h/t Fred Fry)
9 July 1962. At Johnston Atoll, a scrap of coral in a remote part of the Pacific, a Thor IRBM stands on the pad as launch preparations are carried out. Loaded with test equipment, its prime payload is a W-49/Mk-4 RV payload. The target, however, is not to be found on a map or chart….
The small town of Bedford, VA lies in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia. Tracing its roots back to the earliest days of the country when it was established in 1782 as the town of Liberty, Bedford’s chief clam to fame lay in having served at one time as a Thomas Jefferson’s personal retreat (Poplar…
11,000 tons gross displacement. 622.5 ft long. 45 aircraft – that was the USS San Jacinto (CVL 30). Sixty-five years ago, on a September morning, a young naval aviator launched his Grumman TBF Avenger from her deck on a mission to strike facilities at Chi Chi Jima. Forty-five years later he was raising his hand,…
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Before I clicked on the link, I did a double on the picture..something was wrong…then realized float coat too new, and hair tooo gray. then saw the star…what the hell is he doing there? reliving old days? Kinda looks like tim keating
Indeed one and the same:
” PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2008) Adm. Timothy J. Keating, right, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, acts as a landing signal officer (LSO) on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). LSOs are naval aviators who observe landing aircraft and communicate with the pilots to help safely land the aircraft. Kitty Hawk will be taking part in the ‘Rim of the Pacific’ exercise off Hawaii in July with units from Australia, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. This will be Kitty Hawk’s last exercise before returning to the U.S. mainland for decommissioning in early 2009. Kitty Hawk will be replaced by USS George Washington (CVN 73) this summer as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier operating from Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)”
Yup, he’s aged a bit since I was last briefing him as N3/5 in the 5 sided puzzle palace. Then again, we all have. I looked at some pics of me before Pentagon, and after Pentagon, holly crap I had a lot more grey when I left.
Good man though, would have loved to work for him more directly.
Grey hair? Heck, at least you still *had* hair 🙂
-SJS
Thats funny there, don’t care what anyone thinks. I think the DNI left with a lot less that what he came in with along with some of the other briefers. I try not to sweat the small stuff and only worry about crap I have influence on. At the Pentagon, not much other than my brief.
claudio
Doesn’t post Nav employment come with a Hair Club for Men membership?
Doesn’t post Nav employment come with a Hair Club for Men membership?
…just another disappearing “fringe” benefit…
– SJS