Thought For The Day
(Courtesy Chap)
(Courtesy Chap)
No. 956-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 02, 2007 Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public/Industry(703) 428-0711 Flag Officer Announcements Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nominations: Navy Adm. Gary Roughead has been nominated for reappointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as chief of naval operations, the Pentagon,…
Those of us who spent anytime in Hampton Roads became intimately familiar with the “joys” of two significant landmarks – the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and the more recent cousin, the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. The HRBT, as it is called in polite company, is the link from Norfolk to the Peninsula, unless, of course,…
No, not for the Scribe or his clan, but for Pinch and his intended Nova Scotian bride-to-be. Drop by and pass along your best wishes!– SJS
( For all who chipped either effort or money or both at the fund drive for Valour-IT, this is the result of your dedication to supporting our troops and, in this case, the sailors in particular.) Eight Sailors injured SANTA RITA, Guam (Dec. 1, 2006) – Eight Sailors assigned to the repair ship USS Frank…
Away out here they got a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Tess, the fire Joe, And they call the wind Maria Maria blows the stars around And sends the clouds a’flyin’ Maria makes the mountains sound Like folks were up there dying – ‘Maria‘Â from Paint Your Wagon Growing up…
Crane-off an E-2. Now for the small-boys, it’s not as big a deal as they are more practiced at it given t he numbers in their squadrons, but also just because, well, they’re smaller, more compact and don’t have this big ol’ airframe feature called a dome in the middle to deal with that calls…
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