Christmas Lights – Navy Style

BySteeljawscribe 18 December 2011

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

“Can You Hear The Thunder?”

BySteeljawscribe 17 April 200830 March 2010

Next year, this time, is the 45th anniversary of an icon — the Ford Mustang. Most folks ’round these parts know of YHS’ particular fondness for the breed going back to his misspent youth and first encounter w/a ’67 variety and affection for the ’07 version presently in our stables. In celebration of the upcoming…

Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Navy

Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy

BySteeljawscribe 6 October 20106 October 2010

Project CADILLAC (Part I) Ed note: Everything has a beginning and that beginning is usually quite humble compared to present conditions.Â Consider, a small spring at the headwaters of the Madison River in Montana is the source of the mighty Missouri River which itself empties into ol’ man river — the Mississippi, all of which…

9/11 Remembered | Reflections

Remembering Columbine – 10 Years Later

BySteeljawscribe 20 April 20098 September 2010

It began as an ordinary, early spring day – teachers going about their business of teachingÂ students; students doing what normal high school students are wont to do.Â At 1140, it dramatically, tragically changed with 12 students and a teacher dead and 23 others physically wounded – many more emotionally scarred. Two years, four months…

Reflections

Praise and Thanksgiving

BySteeljawscribe 26 November 200925 November 2009

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…

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USS BATAAN/MV-22 AVIATION MILESTONE

BySteeljawscribe 22 November 200922 November 2009

So the MV-22 has run through some rough patches in its long development and fielding and now that it is on its first operational deployment, a little good news has come across the (email) wires and is worth sharing: On NOV 6, BATAAN made history on their deployment. In addition to the maiden deployment of…

Reflections

A Christmas Homily – 2010

BySteeljawscribe 24 December 201024 December 2010

Christmas comes at a time of year where we, perforce, count our blessings, tally our losses and generally reflect on the year past. We find this action common across national boundaries and racial divides and, all too commonly, it ends there. The accountantâ€™s take of the past year and if the blessings outweigh the losses,…

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