To those ‘little’ provisions slipped into the Defense Appropriations Bill… It’s not enough that they are taking pay from retirees (that they promised to fix)… NOW they are trying to slip Commissary closures in too… The budget proposal would reduce … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
The ‘hand towels’ in the hotel here are bigger than the BATH TOWELS in Japan… Sigh… And the Aussie military has apparently dumped Land Rover as the provider of choice for light vehicles, and have bought Mercedes trucks/utility vehicles… The … Continue reading
The 2014 New Years Video… I can’t embed it, but here’s the link… And Mr. Kinsey deserves a BIG tip of the hat for what he does to support Naval Aviation… This was a couple of years ago, but thank … Continue reading
In the some ‘stuff’ never changes category… Bicyclist the world over seem to think they ‘own’ the road, and South Australia is having some big bike race/to do this week… Soooo, this morning on the way to my meeting, I’m … Continue reading
This one has been flopped over the transom from both the mil-email chain and some readers- A bit of history, and some interesting commentary here- While primarily pointed at the Army, this also applied to all services and the Navy … Continue reading
Probably one of the most iconic photos ever taken from space, happened accidentally… Historically, all the Apollo missions were on VERY specific timelines, required to collect data pretty much every waking minute. Very little thought or time was given to … Continue reading
Really tired of all the news, and crap out there, so some humor for Friday… Why we miss Rodney Dangerfield- His dryly delivered one liners were hilarious… My wife only has sex with me for a purpose. Last night she … Continue reading
I’m heading out again, somewhere over the pond… So I’m going to throw PP under the bus… PP was having one of THOSE mornings… Her first text- That moment you blindly stumble to the coffee pot for the first amazing … Continue reading
WSF’s comment about Air Force security reminded me of an incident that happened to us back in the day (well, actually TWO incidents)… Incident One- Back in the 70s we land at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and they put us on … Continue reading
On the road again… Light blogging and commenting for a week or so… Quick update on the book. Second round of edits are completed, book is out to selected beta readers, and starting to filter back. Working on finalizing the … Continue reading