Final log entry for the Steeljaws:
“My pennant is hauled down and stored. All records are in order. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO is hereby disestablished on this 14th day of March in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred Ninety Six”
(signed)
Commanding
He Is Risen 1. Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the…
From the Fleet…around the world and always on watch. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and peace and prosperity in the new year to come. – Steeljaw Scribe
Comes word via ‘Phib that the undertaker’s list is out – and it is a long and grim one indeed. When the Ensign and commissioning pennant are hauled down for the last time and the final crewmember walks off the brow, the countdown clock begins – to a museum, the breaker’s torch or the…
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with…
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
I have not crossed so far into these “seasoned” years that I don’t remember a time when traditions in college football meant something. I grew up in the Big 8, where every single conference member’s home field was no more than a day’s drive (at the national mandatory speed limit of 55 mph) from one…
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“Sic transit gloria mundi.”
Has it been oh so long? Three of the four squadrons I served in, and one complete Air Wing all gone…
Time to haul out the squadron video we made once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away…
VR,
Andy
Hard believe they axed the Fighting, Biting Steeljaws. It was a shock when I found out. The best squadron alone with all the carriers I cruised on. Man now I know how the dinosaurs felt.
It wasn’t without a fight, but the bean counters had their (myopic) way. Still lots of Steeljaws about these parts and we’ll always host a cold one when we meet.
w/r SJS