Another one from the mil email string- Many pilots are ex-military/military reservists… An Airline Captains Announcement “The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it….the American flag flies from the last breath of each military member who … Continue reading
Sonobuoys were the main way we tracked subs back in the day. I really hate to think how many TONS of those damn things I handled, one at a time, over the years… Weighing 15 to 39 lbs, we carried … Continue reading
The Navy (and all services) are still paying the price for sequestration under Obama… It has been five years since the attack submarine Boise returned from its last patrol, and this whole time she has been waiting on some loving care and … Continue reading
This one came over the transom from the Mil email net… To understand a Military Veteran you must know: We left home as teenagers or in our early twenties for an unknown adventure. We loved our country enough to defend … Continue reading
Why do we say that? One of the reasons is that this was a cowardly attack on US soil against innocent civilians… I lost three friends in the Pentagon Navy Ops Center. Captain Larry Getzfred, AW1 Joe Pycoir, and Jack … Continue reading
Is in the books… RIMPAC is a Navy exercise held off Hawaii every other year, and brings militaries from the Pacific countries over to do cooperative exercises at sea. They are culminated by the sinking of a decommissioned ship that … Continue reading
Just my .02, but based on what I’m seeing/hearing, I think the Bonnie Dick is done for… Some pics from various sources tell the story. Forward mast collapsed due to superstructure melting out from under it Holes burned through from … Continue reading
This one came across the transom from the mil email group… We Are Veterans. We left home as teenagers for an unknown adventure. We loved our country enough to defend it and protect it with our own lives. We said … Continue reading
Unlike a number of other locations/organizations… As the number of active COVID-19 cases among its patients declined slightly in late May, VA announced a three-part plan for resuming operations at its facilities in the coming months. The effort will largely … Continue reading
Just a reminder, there weren’t any ‘safe spaces’ back then. D-Day was June 6, 1944, but that was just the FIRST day… Battles continued in and around the Normandie area through the end of June as more and more troops … Continue reading