Perspectives of Earth from the ISS

BySteeljawscribe 13 November 2011

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael KÃ¶nig on Vimeo.

Holiday Lights – of a Different Kind

BySteeljawscribe 23 December 2013

Â While stationed in Norfolk (on active duty) one of our family traditions come Christmas was to head up to the Naval base after Christmas Eve service and take in the sights of the ships dressed out in holiday lighting. Â From sub to destroyer and big deck amphib and carrier, almost all were dressed out…

Reflections

Wise Men and Women Still Seek Him

BySteeljawscribe 21 December 200728 March 2010

Here is my wish for you and your loved ones – for a warm, Spirit-filled Christmastide; prayerful for our countrymen who go in harm’s way and for wisdom on the part of our leaders in their decisions. Hope for the year to come — hope for peace, salvation for the lost and safety and prosperity…

Reflections

Reflections: Watching a War Start

BySteeljawscribe 25 September 200720 April 2015

We noticed that Iran chose the recent occasion of the 27th observance of the start of the Iran-Iraq war to parade their latest thumb-nose Israel (and the rest of the world). While subject missile, and some other observations, are in the process of being written, we too recalled the occasion of the start of said…

Reflections

Twenty-five Years and Counting…

BySteeljawscribe 8 August 20076 August 2008

It started with a letter (the old fashioned kind — pen and paper) that began "You don’t know me but we have a mutual friend…" It grew into a whirlwind relationship with precious time grabbed between squadron dets, workups and deployments and culminated on a humid Virginia Beach evening in August, twenty-five years ago by…

Reflections

Old School

BySteeljawscribe 19 March 2011

Folks that have been following these postings for the past half-decade have pretty well figured I’m old school about a few lot (everything if you ask the scriblets… – SJS) of things like Planes Cars and firearms Well, today was a little more old school as we took the M1 to the range for…

Reflections | space

“That’s One Small Step for A Man…” Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012)

BySteeljawscribe 25 August 2012

Sad word today that Neil Armstrong – Naval Aviator, test pilot and first man on the Moon, has passed.Â Neil Armstrong typified the “quiet professional” whose coolness in extremis events were exemplified in flying the X-15 and especially so on orbit as commander of Gemini VIII when things suddenly went very, very wrong (@ the…

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