Navy | Reflections

Christmas Lights – Navy Style

BySteeljawscribe 18 December 2011

From the Fleet…around the world and always on watch.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and peace and prosperity in the new year to come.

– Steeljaw Scribe

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USS Bonefish – 21 Years Later
BySteeljawscribe 24 April 200923 April 2009

Every so often, we as seagoers are reminded that the mundane may rapidly transform into the perilous, even without a human enemy. Such moments can bring out the best and worst in our nature. Twenty-one years ago today routine operations onboard the USS Bonefish (SS-582) and USS Carr (FFG 52) uderwent such a change. A…

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USNI: Taking Our Institute Back – Following the Numbers Salamander Style
BySteeljawscribe 5 April 2011

There is a saying in politics that if you really want to find out what is going on, follow the money. The current Chairman of the USNI Board of Directors has cited the need for the Institute to gain financial stability as the prime motivator behind their actions leading up to the mission change. Following…

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Reflections: Of Youthful Exuberance and the Search for Speed.
BySteeljawscribe 5 February 200723 February 2015

Prologue This past weekend Your Humble Scribe (YHS) was engaged in fleet maintenance of the various assorted vehicles assembled under his garage’s roof. Whilst pausing between oil changes (and silently cursing the designers and engineers who placed oil filters cheek-to-jowl with exhaust headers) he gave reflection to the variety of speedmobiles that have graced said…

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A Christmas Homily
BySteeljawscribe 24 December 2009

Christmas comes at a time of year where we, perforce, count our blessings, tally our losses and generally reflect on the year past.Â We find this action common across national boundaries and racial divides and, all too commonly, it ends there.Â The accountantâ€™s take of the past year and if the blessings outweigh the losses,…

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Progress – However You Measure It
BySteeljawscribe 1 August 2010

Couple of items of note form the past week re. the future fleet: VAW-120 Receives First Fleet E-2D Advanced Hawkeye NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) — The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Navy’s newest airborne early warning and control aircraft, was delivered to the fleet July 29 at Naval Station Norfolk.Â Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations,…

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How Lieutenant Ford Saved His Ship
BySteeljawscribe 28 December 200628 February 2010

Thereâ€™s a different label we can attach to former president Gerald Ford, one that has been overlooked for 62 years: war hero.By ROBERT DRURY and TOM CLAVINPublished: December 28, 2006 (New York Times)East Hampton, N.Y. FOR Americans under a certain age, Gerald Ford is best remembered for his contribution to Bartlettâ€™s â€” â€œOur long national…

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