Not quite a shutdown, but definitely light posting for a few. Why? Just check the most recent headlines (and a few still to be written). Will endeavor to get Flightdeck Fridays up and catch up on the weekend – if not otherwise occupited…
– SJS
So, um Scribe — been a little lax in posting this past few weeks, eh? What gives? Well, a little bit of: Mix in a lot of: And of course, all from the AO viewpoint: Â So yea, been a bit busy with the necessary stuff, but that said have been scribbling offline in the wee…
Ever wonder what “they” meant when talking about a painted sky? Wonder no more: PERSIAN GULF (Dec. 22, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) transits through the Persian Gulf. Ramage is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of…
For your Saturday viewing pleasure – and no Lex, those were Canadian Hornets…
“Be modest about what military force can accomplish, and what technology can accomplish. The advances in precision, sensor, information and satellite technology have led to extraordinary gains in what the U.S. military can do…But also never neglect the psychological, cultural, political, and human dimensions of warfare, which is inevitably tragic, inefficient, and uncertain. Be skeptical…
Black Five covers it well here as does John at Argghhh! $223M for a bridge to nowhere, but an additional $7M for troops suffering brain injuries? Nooo… Mere words fail to describe the depths this Congress continues to plumb. Pathetic. Lamentable. Wretched. Piteous. –umm, no, they all seem so…inadequate.-SJS
In case you missed it yesterday, the American al Qaeda Adam Gadahn, home-grown convert to Islamofacism, loosed a video that talks to jihad in America. Now some have likened him to Lord Haw Haw, noted buffoon and erstwhile propogandist of WWII fame. I, on the other hand, think he is more of the Goebbels mode…
