President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. On 31 Aug 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson … Continue reading
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Find some place else to stay next time… Air Farce bases have some ‘stupid’ internet policies- Block any thing about weapons (e.g. blogs, firearms companies, NRA, etc), and this is the pop up Your page is blocked due to a … Continue reading
Here we go again… Take two, plus some pics. Reconfiguration is complete more or less… Different CONEX boxes, different cable reels and other toys. And creating welding 101 🙂 In the right center you see some folks squatting on the … Continue reading
Alternate title- Well, THAT was just special… Sigh… Pushed it a ‘bit’ late leaving the work site, so we decided to take the Expressway back up to where we were staying. Now the tropical storm eye wasn’t quite here, but … Continue reading
Well, here we go again… Trying to get 10lbs in a 5lb bag, er… ship… This is a working ROV on the ship we are working with; it’s not the cutesy little things you see on TV, this one is … Continue reading
To each and every Mother, thank you for being there for us, bearing us, nurturing us, and most of all, putting up with us… And a special thank you to those Blue Star and Gold Star Mothers out there. Without … Continue reading
USS Michael Murphy, DDG-112 was christened today, 7 May, 2011 at Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. Adding to the significance of the date is that this was also his birthday. Lt Michael Murphy would have been 35 years old. … Continue reading
Sorry for the light posting and commenting… We took a bit of a different approach into Tokyo this time, as far as I could tell from listening to the controllers, this is the ‘new’ standard approach… On the road for … Continue reading
Looks like the US got him yesterday with a SOCOM team (update- SEALS supported by 160th SOAR) on the ground in Pakistan! Been waiting for familial DNA comparison, apparently it came through tonight! Best news I have heard since 9/11! … Continue reading