“That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and officers as usual in other regiments, that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken that no person be appointed to office or enlisted into said battalions, but…
Try eleven battle stars in eleven years… Endicott Get your own at Scribd or explore others: History Military/War korea WWII (h/t CO, USS Higgins (DDG 76) )
Since blogmeister Lex is feeling a bit retro these days while pondering on taildraggers and props, we consider it our civic duty to facilitate the process, being a prop kind of guy ourself. So, without further ado, this week’s installment of FF: —– —– —–
Ecce: Â UNCLASSIFIED// NAVADMIN 318/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/NOV// SUBJ/NAVY ETHOS// 1. IN THE 2007-2008 CNO GUIDANCE, I DIRECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVY ETHOS THAT WOULD REFLECT THE VALUES INTEGRAL TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ACTIVE AND RESERVE SAILORS AND NAVY CIVILIANS, NO MATTER THE ASSIGNED UNIT, COMMAND, OR COMMUNITY. 2. AFTER GATHERING INPUT ACROSS THE…
So we’ve been dragging our feet on this series for one of a number of reasons (some minor, some of import, one of which we hope to be able to announce in the near future) and have fallen behind. Next on the schedule was the BVR discussion (Beyond Visual Range) and it was while doing…
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. We – the…
The ‘MIA Returned’ series of posts has sort of grown on its own accord and as such, has become one of our favorties. For new readers, whenever the remains of American servicemen are recovered and positively identified through a complex and rigorous DNA process, the DoD’s POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) issues a short announcement of that fact,…
Combine AIS1 with the web and what do you get? How about an ability to track a ship, live, from anywhere you have access to a computer and the web? One such site is here: Live Ships Map. An example of what you can do is demonstrated below: AIS Web Tracker2 – Upload a Document…
