Passing of Heros (II)
If you haven’t already, you need to go to Pinch’s site and read the AAR of the memorial service held for BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret. A rare bird in his time, unfortunately probably more so now. Go. Read. Remember.
If you haven’t already, you need to go to Pinch’s site and read the AAR of the memorial service held for BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret. A rare bird in his time, unfortunately probably more so now. Go. Read. Remember.
The next offering comes via CINCLAX – and is a truly detailed review of the ground action in New Georgia as we begin to move – slowly, hesitantly and with great inefficiency (at first) from the precarious foothold established at Guadalcanal. The Japanese will come to learn, as did the Germans on the other side…
The Navy *is* doing it right with Destroyers: Navy Christens New Guided Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Jason Dunham, Aug. 1, 2009, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Designated DDG 109, the new destroyer honors Cpl. Jason L. Dunham,…
In every battle there is a moment when the combatants, and the world, seem to catch their breath. It is a fleeting moment, lost in the blink of an eye. But in that same blink, everything changes. Such moments are borne of desperation, of courage, of plain dumb luck. But they are pivotal – for…
From 1923 to 1940, the US Navy conducted 21 “Fleet Problems” as it sought to understand, exploit and incorporate new technologies and capabilities while developing the tactics, training and procedures to employ the same should war present itself – which by the 1930s was beginning to look more and more likely to the discerning observer….
As I’ve noted elsewhere – one of the great things about running a blog are the contacts you make from around the world about the darnedest things. Some few years back I put up a post in the MIA section about the return of 2ndLt Ray Packard, a rookie P-38 pilot thrown into a battle…
As we move deeper into the Centennial celebrations focused on US Naval Aviation, there are those amongst us who think it consists primarily of blue airplanes from WWII flying form with Hornets in throwback blue…and miss a whole other part of our heritage, that provided by the USCG. Aviators from the USCG have been flying…
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Thanks for the link, SJS.
Nice tribute to a warrior. I remember reading his exploits in VietNam when I was still in high school.