Passing of Heros (II)

BySteeljawscribe 5 July 200728 March 2010

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.

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Midway 74 Years Later and the Dauntless on My Desk
BySteeljawscribe 4 June 201611 July 2016

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…

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Speaking of Naming Ships…
BySteeljawscribe 29 July 200929 July 2009

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,…

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Air Warfare | history lessons

Welcome Aboard to RememberedSky.com
BySteeljawscribe 23 September 201223 September 2012

The latest to join the milbog/aviation ‘verseÂ is RememberedSky.com – brought to you by a former Crusader/Corsair II naval aviator with 170 combat missions in the A-7 over Vietnam while flying off the USS Midway in the 1972-73 timeframe.Â Consider one of the more recent posts: All days come from one day, as the writer,…

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Reflections

Remembering – Bear Ace 603
BySteeljawscribe 25 March 200925 March 2009

Paul Gallagher, fellow VAW alum,Â dropped by a short bit ago to pass along a remembrance of one of the crews we lost in the early ’90s.Â See, one of the hallmarks of the E-2/C-2 is the (still) relatively low mishap rate.Â Mishaps, and in particular, mishaps that result in the loss of some or…

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history lessons

Independence Day
BySteeljawscribe 4 July 20093 July 2009

Breathes there a soul so dead that these words don’t send a chill through the spine? When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to…

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history lessons | Joint Warfare

Coming This Fall: The Solomon Islands Campaign
BySteeljawscribe 12 June 2009

Shifting from defense to offense. Joint and combined operations – and all the hard lessons learned. Finding out that training, tactics and procedures can trump an opponent’s better technology – and more hard lessons learned. Surviving on the razor’s edge and prevailing. Innovate, adapt – overcome. All of this and more are gathered together in…

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2 Comments

MissBirdlegs in AL says:

5 July 2007 at 11:12

Thanks for the link, SJS.
Doug says:

6 July 2007 at 11:20

Nice tribute to a warrior. I remember reading his exploits in VietNam when I was still in high school.

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