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Back to reality. Fun time is over, the symposium is done, and heading home. But it was great to see old friends and see the kids who are now shouldering the burden. Hats off to them! And prayers that they … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
We had our heritage dinner last night… With a bit over 300 folks attending… One of the most arresting speakers was a young twenty something Afghani woman who escaped from Afghanistan in the airlift last year. She one of over … Continue reading
Ev Littlefield, who was one of my early blog readers passed away last week. A former Navy man, trained as a jet engine mechanic (ADJ) even though he’d grown up on the water. He was a pilot and maintainer of … Continue reading
Military forms of address… Granted I’m older than I lot of the kids, but back in the day the reply all and PSA were ‘slightly’ different… And this was the comparison made back in the day off Lebanon… They were … Continue reading
Odd little known fact is that the US Navy had TWO carriers operating in the Great Lakes in WWII… One of my cousins actually got his carrier qual (CQ) on the Sable. HERE and HERE are the wiki pages for … Continue reading
The actual memorial was yesterday, 36 years since Challenger was lost. I’m old enough to remember all the way back to Mercury and all the losses. Our crew participated in the searches for Challenger’s astronauts off the coast, praying but … Continue reading
Yes, P-3s DID fly in formation occasionally… Nuff said… … Continue reading
We did an anthology about PTSD, and it seems to be ‘stalled’ for lack of a better term. The reviews are excellent, but we only have 20. We need a minimum of 50 for Amazon to start pushing it, so … Continue reading
On Dec 7, 1941, Japan performed a sneak attack on the US at Pearl Harbor, the attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships (two of which were raised and returned to service later in the war) and damaged four more; other … Continue reading
From Rudyard Kipling… I went into a public-‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer, The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.” The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die, I outs into … Continue reading