Not that anyone will be held responsible, but at least there IS a hearing going on! Congress revisited the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the current threat level from the country where the United States was at war for 20 years in a pair … Continue reading
For you veterans…Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras! If you get the Agent Orange paperwork (and I’ll bet it’s similar for burn pits, etc.), before you start, dig out your military records and your medical records, you’re … Continue reading
This is some VERY useful info for my Veteran Friends! Active duty listen up as well. VA ER authorization phone number 1-844-724-7842 Call that number within 72 hours of your visit. VA Urgent Care 1-800-698-2411 Call that number before you go and … Continue reading
Back before the ‘peace dividend’ of the end of the cold war, there were TWENTY-FOUR active duty P-3 squadrons scattered between NAS Moffett Field, CA; NAS Barbers Point, HI; NAS Brunswick, ME; and NAS Jacksonville, FL. This is a picture … Continue reading
More than once I’ve wondered ‘why’ some things were classified for XX years… And THIS is one of them! 70 frickin years??? The Navy awarded the Navy Cross to retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams last week for downing four Soviet MiG-15 aircraft … Continue reading
A Pearl Harbor survivor, former Navy band French horn player died earlier this week after an extensive career serving his country and volunteering in his community. Chief Warrant Officer Francis “Frank” Emond passed away on Tuesday at 104 years old. … Continue reading
Sequestration impacts are dogging the US Navy… I’ve talked about how far underfunded ship maintenance was before in these pages… The cruiser Chosin and destroyer Stout were both deemed unfit for combat operations by the service’s Board of Inspection and … Continue reading
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, … Continue reading
It’s Army/Navy week… for the 123rd time, with the game on Saturday. Granted the USAF has already won the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, but it’s still Army/Navy… The U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen have taken to the skies in an early assault on … Continue reading
Welp, so much for actually HELPING our young junior enlisteds that are married and having to live on the economy… The Basic Needs Allowance that was finally passed to help the lower ranks was supposed to go into effect in … Continue reading