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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“And Now For Something Completely Different…”

BySteeljawscribe 7 October 2008

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat: —– —– …timeless…

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A Night to Remember – 21st Century Edition

BySteeljawscribe 26 November 200728 March 2010

Photo essay (click on image) of the sinking of the Explorer, the first passenger ship to make the Northwest Passage. (h/t Fred Fry)

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Postcards from Deployment: A Sailor’s Thoughts

BySteeljawscribe 28 January 200828 March 2010

So – life as a Sailor in this modern Navy — you’ve caught glimpses here and at other spots like Lex’s, Pinch, and Yankee Sailor. But that’s the view from Officer Country. Southern logs in this week with some thoughts across a wide-range of topics from the enlisted POV. We’ve said it before and will…

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Flightdeck Friday: Valour-IT Video Edition

BySteeljawscribe 29 October 200930 October 2009

Team Army and Marines are yucking it up, figuring they’ve got this thing cinched in the early going and Chairforce entertains delusional dreams of finishing 3rd . . . sooooo, time for a little motivation: Well, that’s a start… Better, but not quite on topic (especially where DC and football are concerned – maybe it…

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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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Flightdeck Friday: A BMD Primer

BySteeljawscribe 3 March 2012

Every now and then I get a chance to reach escape velocity from my day job and do something really fun or different.Â Recently that entailed presenting a BMD overview to a couple of classes that were part of the Naval War College’s Non-Resident Seminar program (of which YHS is a graduate).Â And like any…

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