DOD, State Department Present Budgets to SenateBy Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 – Concepts of security are changing, and it is just as important to invest in diplomacy and development as it is to invest in … Continue reading
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This is an EXCELLENT article by James G. Wiles at American Thinker March 08, 2011 ‘Where are My Carriers?’ It was Bill Clinton who famously said that, when an international crisis breaks in some rough corner of the world, the … Continue reading
Thanks for the calls and emails and texts, but I was scheduled to leave for Japan today, so I’m still Stateside and okay. I’ll be heading out next weekend now. Talked to some folks over there, all US personnel appear … Continue reading
Gotta love it when they have TOO MUCH time on their hands… sigh… “Conditional Optimism: Whether the container is “half-full” or “half-empty” at 1/2 Vmax is dependent upon the sign of the change in volume with the change in time … Continue reading
From Red State: The Speaker’s Office and the Senate Majority Leader are blocking a request that Frank Buckles be allowed to lie in state (or in honor as the case may be) in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. … Continue reading
When a male can’t stand it anymore! Priceless shot! +++++++++++ Little Known Facts About MINNESOTAMinnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858 and was originally settled by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searingheat of Wisconsin … Continue reading
I got a chance to watch the Navy test pilots flying the new F-35 JSF this week, and they were doing crashes and dashes… That’s what the Navy calls touch and go landings, when they are practicing Field Carrier Landing … Continue reading
USS REAGAN Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective… BIG!!! When the Bridge pipes ‘ Man the Rail’ there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4.5 … Continue reading
Frank Buckles, the last American Doughboy from WWI is dead. He died Sunday in Charles Town, WV at 110 years old. Mr. Buckles was instrumental the last few years in promoting/speaking about the need for a TRUE WWI Memorial, and … Continue reading
With all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for … Continue reading