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Speaking of Ethos and Fighting Spirit…

BySteeljawscribe 7 November 2008

Try eleven battle stars in eleven years…
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(h/t CO, USS Higgins (DDG 76) )

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“Fire on the Flightdeck!”: 14 Jan 1969
BySteeljawscribe 14 January 200814 January 2008

14/0819L Jan 1969: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) is conducting workups in preparations for combat operations off North Vietnam with CVW-9 embarked. First event for the day has just been launched and respot for second event is underway. USS Bainbridge and Rogers are in company. Aft of the isalnd, the exhaust from an "huffer" (jet starting unit) has…

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USS Franklin (CV-13) Reunion, 18-21 Mar 2010
BySteeljawscribe 23 February 201023 February 2010

Fifth ship of the Essex class — fifth ship to bear Benjamin Franklin’s name… On the 19th of March, 1945, her crew would write a story for the ages as they were tested in the crucible. Today, like so many of their generation, the already small band of survivors of that day continue to dwindle….

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Out of the Box Thinking and Execution 68 Years Ago: The Doolittle Raid
BySteeljawscribe 18 April 201018 April 2010

Sixty-five years ago. . . . . . Guts, determination, innovation & courage were defined (and well before Joint was “cool”) (Courtesy Mary R. over at USNI’s blog — General Doolittle describes the Tokyo raid) Conceived in the dark aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid had its genesis in the idea of…

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Remembering D-Day: The Bedford Boys
BySteeljawscribe 7 June 2009

The small town of Bedford, VA lies in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia.Â 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…

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Australia Picks Spanish Design over US for New AAW Destroyer
BySteeljawscribe 22 June 200728 March 2010

Continuing the woes of the US shipbuilding industry is the latest example of its inability to compete from a price/schedule standpoint internationally. The Australians announced yesterday that they were selecting a Spanish design for the F100:

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Remembering USS COLE (DDG-67) Ten Years Later
BySteeljawscribe 12 October 201021 May 2015

12 October 2000 . . . . . . When another chapter in the Long War against terror was written in the blood of the free: The toll: * Seventeen American Sailors dead: Hull Maintenance Technician Second Class Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, 21, of Mechanicsville, Va. Electronics Technician Chief Petty Officer Richard Costelow, 35, of Morrisville,…

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xformed says:

8 November 2008 at 11:37

Just read the entire story. Remarkable….and included one of my heros, John Bulkeley.

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