From the desk of PMA-231:
(a little early, but it fits the subject –SJS) Eighty-four Years Ago — The First Tailhooker! On October 26, 1922 LCDR Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN made the first arrested landing aboard the USS Langley, a converted coal collier (ex-USS Jupiter) and the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, underway off Cape Henry, VA. Already an accomplished aviator…
…Attend this event for sure: All part of the official rollout for 21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era.  Meet the author – get some perspective on another aspect of Mahan beyond his seminal work. And while you’re there – how about picking up a copy to be signed by the…
A new feature wherein YHS dips into his photo-locker of some 40+ years. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. The Battle “E” Bluetails (VAW-121) — 6+months into deployment, 3 more to go. We *thought* we were leaving the next day for only our 2nd port visit that deployment — Perth, Australia. Iraq…
Sunday, 17 May 1942. PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, 7th Air Force): The 7th Air Force is placed on alert in anticipation of a possible attack on Midway. For the next 10 days the old B-18’s on hand are used on sea searches to supplement the B-17’s. VII Bomber Command receives an influx of B-17’s during…
*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval…
SJS, From our ship’s newspaper though the folks back home might get a laugh out of this: Sailors Rescue a Nocturnal Creature MC3 Damian Martinez When the words foreign object debris (FOD) come to mind the last thing someone thinks about is an owl. On the morning of March 17 on board USS Harry S….
