Belated B-Day Greetings
Happy 232nd Birthday Navy!
Belated B-day greetings – been on the road these past few days and am getting ready to leave again…almost like being on active duty again
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NFO’s: 43 yrs and still going strong…
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Sayonara Kitty Hawk
Skippy can provide a learned dissertation on the various forms of “Good-bye” one encounters in the Japanese language, but he will tell you that the one with a note of finality about it is “Sayonara.” YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 28, 2008) The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Yokosuka, Japan for the final time…
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‘We Remember. . . ‘ Nine Years Later
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Outrage
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