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1948 vs. 2009… For those who like aviation! That just sends a chill down the spine… And for 90, he sure is spry, and I have no doubt he could start that F-8 up and fly it today, no questions … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
Thank you to those who have gone before us and given their all for us… Hand Salute! Ready, Two. Let me leave you with this: Who are the Veterans?…”Veterans are Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Brothers, Sisters, Friends and Lovers. They … Continue reading
The flyover is part of President Donald Trump’s Operation America Strong salute, which he announced last Wednesday. Full article, HERE from USA Today. Frankly, I’m glad to see it and I hope they will do more flyovers in other parts … Continue reading
Went down a rat hole on something else and stumbled across an interesting oddity of the differences within a class of ships… particularly DEs in WWII… The DE or Destroyer Escort. First designed in 1942, the USS Evarts, DE-5 was … Continue reading
Cold, wet, nasty weather. My back is ‘talking to me’… Went to bed early last night, but I’ll leave you with this, from a discussion in one of the Navy forums about how ‘successful’ carriers are, and whether or not … Continue reading
Spent all yesterday at the gun show selling some guns for a friend’s dad. I’m too old for that crap. 10 hours on a concrete floor is NOT any fun anymore. But the ‘variety’ of people was interesting! I think … Continue reading
Yesterday I lost a good friend. Author, veteran, shooter, pilot, husband, father. JD Kinman died suddenly yesterday morning. JD was an Air Force veteran, one of my original alpha readers, and I was proud to be his on both the … Continue reading
You don’t have to come back… Unofficial motto of the USCG Rescue units. That big guy in the middle of the picture exemplifies that. He swam at night through 80 knot winds, ripped through a roof without the aid of … Continue reading
Yet more Navy Band having fun, Country Current does it in ‘style’… 🙂 By the way, most of these folks have at least one degree in music, and are all successful performers and writers of music! … Continue reading
And some more sailors… From the Navy Band!!! They don’t take themselves seriously ALL the time… 🙂 … Continue reading