No, not THAT kind of naps…These NAPs are Enlisted Naval Aviation Pilots…The Navy, Marines and Coast Guard have a LONG tradition of Enlisted pilots dating back to 1916. HERE is the early history of the program. I was lucky enough as … Continue reading
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William the Coroner passed away on Oct 30, for those who never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, he was big, bluff and quite a character; always pretty upbeat, even when he was having some physical problems, he … Continue reading
Defense News has some detail on projected job losses in the Defense industry in the US and in our partner countries, and it’s NOT good…This is the high side… The AIA-sponsored report, released Oct. 25, was written by Stephen Fuller, … Continue reading
Youngest daughter is here for a couple of days, so I did what any good daddy does, I took her to the range 🙂And took a bunch of different guns since she wanted to try different ones…Pistols- Clockwise from top … Continue reading
This is just frikkin HILARIOUS!!! If you ever flew low-levels in the old days, you can appreciate BOTH sides of this one… We ‘used’ to train like we were going to fight, now days, not so much… All I can … Continue reading
NOAH TODAY In the year 2011, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Oregon and said: “Once again, the earth has become evil and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 … Continue reading
Daddy Bear, like a lot of us, is totally fed up with the Occupy (whatever) and the media coverage…He lets it all hang out HERE, and I’m applauding and agreeing! And he didn’t even resort to four letter words!!!Go read, … Continue reading
Grey-Haired Brigade They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are “Baby Boomers” getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time. We walk a little … Continue reading
This was attributed to one of my former classmates in AOCS, he transferred over to the Air Force Reserves after his hitch in the Navy…And if memory serves, it sounds like he hasn’t changed much…In all honesty I have to … Continue reading
And my ritual humiliation… Sigh…Met up with a friend at the range this morning to help him sight in a new Remington ADL in .270, after that, he drug me over to the shotgun range, and once again I got … Continue reading