The wintry apocalypse has arrived in the nation’s capitol and its environs: (as of 1200L EDT) Locally: 12-13″ and we’re only half-way through the event (forecast 20-24″). Having been in NoVA/DC for previous events (12-15″ at the time) I can predict with fair certainty that Monday will be an utter mess traffic-wise. I know I’m…
Overnight: 25-26 October During the night, crews on the Hornet positioned aircraft on the flightdeck if the prospects of a night strike by moonlight made themselves present. In the meantime, PBY Catalina’s, using the first crude airborne radar sets, continued to try to locate the Japanese fleet in the darkness. Shortly after midnight, one PBY…
Joining the milblogsphere through 18 Dec: On Wednesday 16 December 2009, many milblogs — including This Ain’t Hell, From My Position, Blackfive, Miss Ladybug, Boston Maggie, Grim’s Hall, and those participating in the Wednesday Hero program — are going silent for the day. Some are choosing to go silent for a longer period of time….
From all the ink-stained wretches here, wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and safe and prosperous year to come: Christmas Lights @ Yahoo! Video
OK — entering the homestretch of the Solomons Campaign. Before we get to the final sea battles of that campaign, we need to go back and capture the Battle of Santa Cruz for the pivotal impact it had on the campaign. Part I is presented here with II and III to follow in the coming…
Submitted without comment: . . . except to ask where’s the NOC?
A program update on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye was provided today at the AEW and Battle Management conference in Amsterdam. Providing the update was Northrop-Grumman’s VP for AEW &BM C2 programs, Jim Culmo and Hawkeye/Greyhound Program Manager, CAPT Shane Gahagan, USN. Culmo noted that the company is on-track to deliver three pilot production E-2Ds to…
With the neck down in platforms, officer accession and student naval aviator (SNA) training pipelines, there is a certain homogenization characterizing Naval Aviation today. Not that that is all bad mind you, especially when one considers the reduction in mishap rates and capabilities today’s anchor-winged warriors bring to the fight. Still, for those of us…
When snowglobes reappear! (hint:Â Watch for the mermaid and Santa early on) Almost finished with some other projects that have had us burning the candle at both ends and the middle – should be back to regular posting later this week so in the meantime, kickback and have fun with the snowglobe 🙂 – SJS
Winter arrived a bit early to Occupied Territory and the Scribe’s abode today: So, as we stood at the front door contemplating the slate of reading and writing projects we could get knocked out over the course of the day, a voice frome the rear piped up: “Sweetheart, today would be a good day to…
