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Sea & Sky

BySteeljawscribe 14 March 2010

Sometimes you come across a photo that is just so perfect, that nothing else need be said.

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070808-N-0684R-069 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2007) - The guided missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) steams into the sunset as storm clouds set in during exercise Valiant Shield 2007. Preble is part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group. The John C. Stennis, Kitty Hawk and Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups are participating in Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in recent history. Held in the Guam operating area, the exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ron Reeves (RELEASED)

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Forty-Six Years Ago — A New Age Took Wing…
BySteeljawscribe 23 October 200628 February 2010

The W2F-1 Hawkeye (later re-designated YE-2) first took flight on 21 October 1960. We’ve come a long way to this (E-2C Hawkeye 2000) And the future looks bright: Northrop Grumman has completed assembly of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and battle management test aircraft fuselage. System components are now being added into…

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Postcards
BySteeljawscribe 8 January 200728 February 2010

A new feature wherein YHS dips into his photo-locker of some 40+ years. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. The Battle “E” Bluetails (VAW-121) — 6+months into deployment, 3 more to go. We *thought* we were leaving the next day for only our 2nd port visit that deployment — Perth, Australia. Iraq…

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Project Valour-IT 2009: Entering the Final Stretch
BySteeljawscribe 8 November 2009

Three Days to go…and it’s time to press. Current status by team (it ain’t pretty) Neat stuff up for auction here (yes, we’ve bid — and would *really* like an autograph by the author…) Folks – and I’m especially calling out our sea service buds, we need to see some serious action in the funds…

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VALOUR-IT Fundraiser, 2010 Edition Underway!
BySteeljawscribe 30 October 2010

And we’re off…! The 2010 edition of the Project Valour-IT fundraiser is underway and once again, Team Navy is one of the participating teams. But what, you may ask, is Valour-IT?Â What is it all about? The short story is Valour-IT, an IRS-certified non-profit, non-political, volunteer organization provides technology aidsÂ to wounded Soldiers, Marines, Sailors…

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“Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is Not A Drill.” *
BySteeljawscribe 5 December 2016

*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor (In Congress, December 8, 1941) Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and…

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The Solomons Campaign: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24-25 August 1942
BySteeljawscribe 13 August 200911 August 2009

Today Steve Ambrose joins the project with the battle of the Eastern Solomons. Â A former S-3 NFO, Steve has a wonderful blog that runs the gamut from hand-crafted wooden canoes to an on-line novel about life at sea (‘On The Line‘). Coral Sea was the scene of the first carrier vs carrier battle where…

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23 March 2010 at 15:44

Fantastic – thank you for sharing this

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