Saturday Matinee: Rings Around Rabaul

BySteeljawscribe 27 June 200927 June 2009

Setting the stage for the Solomon Islands Campaign project which kicks off next month…and what better way than with the classic, Victory at Sea:

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Pearl Harbor – 69 Years Later

BySteeljawscribe 6 December 2010

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

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Ave Atque Vale – +1 Year

BySteeljawscribe 6 March 2013

(re-posted from last year) I lost a friend today. We have lost a friend, a father, husband — a comrade in arms. Fellow aviator and blogger-at-arms, Neptunus Lex, was killed earlier today when the F-21 Kfir he was flying in support of Top Gun’s adversary squadron crashed at NAS Fallon. No word on the cause…

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USS Ranger – Sad News

BySteeljawscribe 21 December 2012

For some time now we’ve been hosting a link for the USS Ranger Foundation, a group dedicated to moving the ex-USS Ranger (CVA/CV-61) to a site in the northwest US for establishment as the centerpiece of a maritime museum.Â Contingent on that hope was approval by the US Navy to do so and raising significant…

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Passing of Heros (II)

BySteeljawscribe 5 July 200728 March 2010

If you haven’t already, you need to go to Pinch’s site and read the AAR of the memorial service held for BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret. A rare bird in his time, unfortunately probably more so now. Go. Read. Remember.

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Shashou Jiang: Ballistic Missiles vs. CSGs (Pt II)

BySteeljawscribe 20 January 200730 June 2009

The phrase "assassin’s mace" is the English translation of "shashou jiang," a term of ancient Chinese strategy. "Shashou jiang" was a club with which the "assassin" incapacitated his enemy, suddenly and totally, instead of fighting him according to "the rules." To summarize from Part I – a Chinese strike using Theater BM’s has been conducted…

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PTDO Alert: Calling All Steeljaws

BySteeljawscribe 27 November 2010

Initial planning is underway for a reunion of all Steeljaws next year, most likely in the Norfolk area.Â Open to anyone who was a part of the Figthin’ Bitin’ Steeljaws from 1967-1996 (and I think we’ll even welcome SteelBats as well — and if you have to ask, you weren’t one 😉 ).Â More info…

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