While WE aren’t with him on this trip, we thought you’d like a little perspective on SJS as lead driver…
– SJA #1 & #2
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You guys are going to be in so much hot water when the boss gets back…. SJA#3
RTB today from our Midwestern sojourn. Some news we will be posting on the morrow – in the meantime an update on the Vikramaditya (“Brave as the Sun”) via Barents Observer shows that it has been floated from dry dock (or beaching as was the case):
Medvedev and Putin have declared intentions to undertake an ambitious re-armament program cross all the armed forces, funded by profits realized from petroleum. Yet, if an opinion piece in today’s Washington Post rings true, the challenge they face in finding the manpower to build and man those forces may be considerable. Consider: • Three times…
For those not so inclined to leap with both feet into the full Appropriations Bills (regular, continuing and sustaining minus the funds for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), here is a Congressional Research Service study of current Defense Authorization and Appropriations bills with analysis of some of the more important parts (like shipbuilding – pg…
Away out here they got a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Tess, the fire Joe, And they call the wind Maria Maria blows the stars around And sends the clouds a’flyin’ Maria makes the mountains sound Like folks were up there dying – ‘Maria‘Â from Paint Your Wagon Growing up…
Well, the 2nd annual Veteran’s Day blogathon for Valour-IT is complete, with just the non-designated donations and those sent by snail still to be counted. The goal of $180K overall was exceeded and am hearing via the grapevine that maybe final contributions may exceed $210K. Three out of the 4 teams met their goals with…
Setting EMCON Charlie until after Christmas and various guests are departing the pattern/outbound. ’til then, limited posting (Flightdeck Friday returns next week).– SJS
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Good Grief! It’s going to be a very long fortnight! 😥
Veritas et Fidelis Semper
Reminds me of the time my family thought it would be a good (“fun”) idea to vacation to Florida cross-country from Nebraska in a minivan.
Let’s just say it wasn’t a very good idea…
We’ve all seen that face at some point. The real fun will come years from now when you find yourself yelling at the backseat while trying desperately not to laugh!