If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short one – the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. – Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, 1951 Radar specialist, scientist, visonary and author. One of the great pillars…
On February 4, 2003 President George W. Bush delivered the following memorial speech at the Memorial Service in honor of the STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Crew–David M. Brown, Rick D. Husband, Laurel B. Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William C. McCool and Ilan Ramon. The service was held at National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the…
This is an entry I would have preferred not to have published, but there are limits to what we can control in life, and apparently I have passed one of those limits. — Andy Olmstead Andy Olmsted was a blogger who wrote for several blogs including Winds of Change and had a column in…
Received in the mail the other day: IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1253-07 October 26, 2007 ——————————————————————————– Navy Crew MIA From Vietnam War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of five U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been accounted-for and will be returned to…
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Noted Flying Tiger, former Naval Aviator, Army Air Corps and USAF Pilot, and combat ace Hill passed away this past Thursday at the age of 92. Lex has the full account here. A life filled with accomplishments in service to his country and to a people facing a vicious onslaught, he epitomized the American volunteer…
…another chapter in the Long War against terror is written: The toll: * Seventeen American Sailors dead: Hull Maintenance Technician Second Class* Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, 21, of Mechanicsville, Va. Electronics Technician Chief Petty Officer* Richard Costelow, 35, of Morrisville, Pa. Mess Management Specialist Seaman Lakeina Monique Francis, 19, of Woodleaf, N.C. Information Systems Technician Timothy…
Several years back I had the extraordinary privilege to get to know a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack who had been assigned to one of the gun turret crews onboard the USS Nevada (BB-36). As a junior "hinge" (O-4/LCDR) I was both captivated by the re-telling, first hand, of the accounts of that morning, and…
One of the hallmarks of the E-2/C-2 is the (still) relatively low mishap rate. Mishaps, and in particular, mishaps that result in the loss of some or all of the crew were relatively rare events. In the early 1990’s though we had a spate of losses that spiked the rate. In one relatively short period…
