A Bleg…

Bryan Stow is a San Francisco area paramedic who was attacked after a San Francisco Giants – Los Angeles Dodgers game on March 31. Bryan sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury and remains hospitalized in serious condition. Several fund raisers have … Continue reading

The Green Thing, and other comments…

Got this from JP… I grew up on the tail end of this era, and we didn’t have fat kids OR adults; just sayin… In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren’t … Continue reading

Centennial Retro Paint Jobs…

I was asked via email to put up the retro paint jobs on the P-3’s so here they are… The P-8 in the previous post is the ‘current’ paint scheme, e.g. haze grey (must have gotten a good deal on … Continue reading

100 Years or 1911 was a REALLY Good Year…

Naval Aviation has been around for 100 years, starting with young Lt Theodore Ellyson in 1911 learning to fly those new fangled flying machines… Just like the venerable 1911 pistol, neither one got off to an auspicious start, but both … Continue reading

Another Report from Japan…

Presented for your information… From one of the folks directly involved in the liaison with the JMSDF… It’s not formatting correctly, but you get the idea… Here are five things I would like to say, after 24 days: (1) Japanese … Continue reading

Dragon Leatherworks Talon Holster Review…

Dennis at Dragon Leatherworks worked with me on a Talon holster for my C&S 1911 and it came in last week. Let me say first off, the work is outstanding!!! All the seams are even, the stiching is excellent with … Continue reading

It’s the "Little" Things…

Had to go to dinner with the boss and a bunch of other PHDs, luckily there were two other retired Navy types, so we weren’t too outnumbered… But… After 8 years, I found out my boss actually WAS a Rocket … Continue reading

From the pointy end…

Straight from the Seventh Fleet operations off Japan. Received from a friend of afriend on the Ronald Reagan. The writer is an oceanographer on the RR. Be proud or our folks; this is what the military does that never makes … Continue reading

Veteran’s Golf Course…

Fantastic idea, and it’s truly nice to see that people like Jack Nicklaus are supporting it…And they have made accomodations with the specialized carts, and actually planned the course where it can be used by the folks, including driving on … Continue reading

The Last Good Democrat…

Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation’s history as any of the other 32 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what … Continue reading