Saturday Matinee: US Naval Aviation – the First 100 Years
From the good folks at the Naval Institute:
From the good folks at the Naval Institute:
Congrats and well done to the Mids for their demolition of the Missouri Tigers this afternoon. 10-4 for only the third time in Navy football history too. Have to say as someone who grew up inthe Big 8 and is a lifelong Husker fan I was pulling for Navy all the way. Guess Mizzou just…
Well, it’s been a short piece since we last heard from our deployed correspondent, Charles, and that from Hong Kong. He checks in today (well, actually a couple days ago but we’ve been a mite bit overtasked at the day job of late.. Yeah, yeah, yeah — whine, whine….) with another underway note: SJS, So…
Guest post tonight folks from CDR Turk; read, think, write – debate. See also the Navy Times article, our work is far from over. Keep the faith – SJS The revolt of the USNI members against the ballot initiative to change the mission statement of the Institute has had an effect. It is interesting to…
OK — entering the homestretch of the Solomons Campaign. Before we get to the final sea battles of that campaign, we need to go back and capture the Battle of Santa Cruz for the pivotal impact it had on the campaign. Part I is presented here with II and III to follow in the coming…
Like the ex-USS Davd R. Ray (DD-971) reported on yesterday, The Horne is also slated to be used as a target for the upcoming RIMPAC ’08 exercise. Fifth ship of the Belknap-class and named for the VCNO during most of WWII, ADM Fredrick J. Horne, she was commissioned 15 April 1967 with then-CAPT Stansfield Turner…
Update: See also “What do I know, I was 19 years old and saw the whole thing backwards?” (h/t Boris the SLUF driver) On this, the 69th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Midway Roundtable has re-posted the full post-battle letter by CDR Stanhope Ring – Hornet’s CAG. Often called the “Lost…