The lack of funding for maintenance and cutting force structure is coming home to roost… Foxnews.com had a report HERE, the Marines are really in the hurt locker, since they are flying the oldest F-18s in the military. I met LTC (Crash) … Continue reading
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Sarah Hoyt put a post up last Friday that reminded me of something I did back in the late 80s… As Sarah said, there are ‘many’ who care more about the labels on the clothes to show their status within … Continue reading
Sorry, the scheduler didn’t schedule… Having talked to a few Brits that flew the “Shacks” as the Shackeltons were known, their instructors were the guys that few the Sunderlands during WWII. To a man, they said the ‘boys’ that flew … Continue reading
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks… First it was a week of volunteering… And working with a friend, in an ‘unusual’ environment… HERE is his post. But I will take exception to #18, it wasn’t a smile, it was … Continue reading
Can’t Win Them All The old man started to turn onto three-eighty-five south and glanced over to the little grocery store parking lot to make sure nobody was coming out. An older Hispanic male was walking toward the door, and … Continue reading
Sooo… I’m in Jacksonville for the MPA Symposium, and the speakers yesterday morning after VADM Shoemaker were two veterans of VP-21 and VP-44, from WWII. AMMF1C (That stands for Aviation Machinist Mate Flight Engineer 1st Class) Clarence ‘Bud’ Lane enlisted … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday… … Continue reading
Got to have some fun yesterday, got a round of golf in, sucked at it, but broke 100 (hey, I’ll take that, since it’s been 10 months since I played a round), and got some BBQ for lunch. Then spent … Continue reading
When contractors began work on four classrooms of old Emerson High School in Oklahoma City, they knew their work would lead to school betterment, but they never expected it would impact local history. Looking to upgrade the rooms with new whiteboards and smartboards, the … Continue reading
Having spent time both over the Indian Ocean, and on it, the detail in this one is amazing and completely correct for the water colors, and the typical clouds… … Continue reading