“And Now For Something Completely Different…”

BySteeljawscribe 7 October 2008

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat:
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Flightdeck Friday: “Big E” Edition – Update!!

BySteeljawscribe 30 November 20121 December 2012

BREAKING NEWS…Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus has just announced that the next Ford Class Carrier, CVN-80 will be named USS Enterprise during his speech at the inactivation ceremony for CVN-65. Long live the name Enterprise! The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is slated for decommissioning tomorrow in a ceremony at NOB Norfolk, bringing…

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TINS* Tuesday: Riderless Horse

BySteeljawscribe 3 October 200628 February 2010

Reveille came early at 0400 for the A-7B pilots of a light attack squadron deployed aboard an attack carrier. Briefing was scheduled at 0445 with the first launch at 0600. Two of the four scheduled Corsair IIâ€™s completed the launch and, after the mission was completed, returned for an IFR recovery. The two pilots separated…

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The Next USS America: LHA-6

BySteeljawscribe 30 June 200830 June 2008

Lead ship of the next class of LHA’s: Navy Names New Amphibious Assault Ship America The Navy’s newest class of large-deck amphibious assault ship, LHA 6, will bear the name USS America, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced while speaking at the USS America Carrier Veterans Association reunion in Jacksonville, Fla. This ship…

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Midway – 67 Years Later and Controversies Still Abound

BySteeljawscribe 8 March 2009

Background: In the course of writing for this blog I’ve had occasion to meet up with a number of folks who’ve “been there/done that” in a historical context.Â By default many have been from Vietnam, a few from Korea andsome of whom have been by proxy from WWII, but late last year I had the…

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USNI Ballot: Incompetence is One Thing — Deceit is Another

BySteeljawscribe 1 March 20111 March 2011

From comments posted to an article in Foreign Policy (online) yesterday against changing the USNI’s mission statement: As you are aware, since last summer I have had many misgivings about the direction of our board actions. I was skeptical about the â€˜advocacyâ€™ word going into the mission statement from the first. With the way this…

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Abolish SECDEF and OSD?

BySteeljawscribe 15 October 2007

Interesting proposal in the most recent Joint Forces Quarterly centers on abolishing the position of Secretary of Defense and OSD. The full article is here. Salient points include: The office has too broad a span of control; JCS advice is too often limited or distorted; It has proved to be a source of unending conflict within…

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