1937-2017… 80 years of maritime patrol squadrons is ending this week… In a way, it’s fitting that it’s ending what started at in 1937 with Fleet Air Wing 2 and ends with Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2 as the bookends. … Continue reading
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Anybody recognize this ship??? Commissioned in 1913, she was the first turbo-electric ship in the Navy. Still not sure? More below the break… … Continue reading
As anyone who follows Virtual Mirage knows, the Chinese continue to build out military bases in the Spratley and Parcels Islands in the South China Sea. This video gives a deeper explanation including the infamous 9 dash line and Cabbage … Continue reading
Our friend Alma Boykin has a new novel out and it’s… Steampunk!!! Click the cover to go to the Amazon page to get it! The blurb- Antalia — Where queens and Huntresses rule. Antalia — Where magic is anathema and … Continue reading
My friend Peter, over at Bayou Renaissance Man is up for a literary award! Quoting him here- I was happily surprised to find that my first Western novel, ‘Brings The Lightning‘, has been nominated for the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance‘s Book … Continue reading
Haven’t done a car lately, and a side conversation today got me thinking about Hurst branded cars… Back in the 60s/70s, if you had a 4 speed, and could afford it, you put a Hurst shifter on it. Hurst also … Continue reading
I almost hit a woman yesterday in OKC when she blindly stepped out into traffic while fiddling with her phone… So it’s kinda ironic that I get this in a email last night… PLEASE get off the damn phones if … Continue reading
Hyperbole or just plain old tantrums??? The President is giving an address to Congress tomorrow night and the Dems/Media are continuing to meltdown… Some are supposedly going to not attend, some supposedly are going to crowd the aisle then turn … Continue reading
If you’re an engineer that is… 🙂 ENGINEER IDENTIFICATION TEST You walk into a room and notice that a picture is hanging crooked. You… Straighten it. Ignore it. Buy a CAD system and spend the next six months designing a … Continue reading
The unsung (on purpose) heroes of the intelligence world… Many sailors and airmen have been lost on ‘missions’ that never existed, or were never actually attributed, their deaths noted as ‘training accidents’ in some cases… Today, I’d like to draw … Continue reading