Somebody we know…

Has a new book out! 🙂 I’m waiting on my hard copy, and it should be available on Kindle shortly… The direct link on Amazon is HERE. You can go to Brigid’s blog HERE and get a snippet of why … Continue reading

Interesting…

Apparent today the MDNG have finally been issued live ammo! Just heard a news report that they have actually been allowed to load mags with live rounds and they are in full battle rattle today. And apparently a ‘known’ rabble … Continue reading

UF steps up…

Most have heard about the ZTB idiots that got drunk and spit and pissed on the flag and wounded warriors in Florida two weeks ago. The University of Florida did the right thing! The University of Florida closed a fraternity … Continue reading

Memories…

I was reminded yesterday that 40 years ago we were in the middle of Frequent Wind… Officially only two days long, that was the final evac/mass exodus from Vietnam by any that could get out, any way they could get … Continue reading

TBT…

A Vietnam memorial few know about… It’s hidden away in a mountain meadow in Colorado, visited by few. It covers from 1945 to the end of the Vietnam war in 1975. You can go HERE and flip through the pictures … Continue reading

Museum wrap up…

Pointy noses… More from the Pacific Aviation Museum… These are in order of photography, not chronology… This one’s for Juvat and MSgt B! F-15A one each! It had two major advances, a HUD that could actually be seen in all … Continue reading

Baltimore burning???

First the Mayor says it’s okay to ‘give the protesters room’, and told the cops to back off. They Gray family asked for ONLY peaceful protest over the death of their son, apparently at the hands of the police (no … Continue reading

More Pics from Ford Island…

This series is the helicopters that are in the museum… The venerable H-3, flown by multiple services, this one happens to be in Navy markings. They did both SAR and submarine hunting with these birds, along with being used as … Continue reading

Little things…

Sometimes it’s the little things that gets to one… Seeing the big flag at IAD yesterday morning brought a smile, and perked me up. Sadly, the camera didn’t catch the morning hues. It was pretty! (And frikkin COLD! 80’s to … Continue reading