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Project Valour-IT: Straight Talk Express
26 Nov update: Two days left folks; today and tomorrow – let’s make it count!! Let’s set aside the competition for a minute and talk straight to the heart of the matter. Fact is, the need is great and growing. Our wounded warriors number in the tens of thousands, the majority of which would benefit in…
Announcements, announcements…
As promised we have a couple of announcements that will impact the frequency of posts here over the coming year. Naval Institute Blog:Â We were asked to join a panel consisting of several other bloggers – some we knew and served with on active duty, others from milblogs and other venues since, that will be…
Brit Humor, JSF and carriers
(h/t The DEW Line) This was just too good not to pass along…’Phib, figured you’d especially appreciate the comment at 0:25…
Chronicles of Naval Aviation: The Angled Flight Deck
Occasionally questions arise from those unfamiliar with Naval Aviation and, just as occasionally, we shall endeavor to address them here. One item that, certainly today, seems to be self-evident is the need for an angled deck for carrier operations. Like many other features of modern day CV/CVNs (e.g., armored flight deck), the angled flight deck…
Ooops…
Pentagon confirms accidental Patriot launch WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US Patriot missile was accidentally launched in Qatar and landed in an unpopulated farm area, causing no injuries, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday. "I can tell you it’s been described as an accidental discharge," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, adding that the incident was under investigation. "Those things…
If ‘Code is Poetry’…
This is some butt-ugly free verse we’re up to our elbows in… We “updated” to WordPress 2.7 and, of course, not everything is working (over in the sidebar, admin page, etc), so bear with us – we’re working it ***UPDATE Â Â If you have “WP Automatic Upgrade” installed as one of your plugins, deactivate it. Â That…