AGAIN!!! No CR, no budget, and no ‘guarantee’ of continuation of pay… except for the congresscritters… Folks in the military can’t afford to miss paydays. There is never enough ‘extra’ money at the end of the pay period to carry … Continue reading
Lost another friend day before yesterday… Granted, that is the price we pay for getting old, and a lot of us got rode hard and put up wet while we were on active duty. Not all of us made it … Continue reading
One down, and a bunch to go… After less than five years in service, the littoral combat ship Sioux City was decommissioned Monday in a ceremony aboard Naval Station Mayport, Florida. It was the latest early retirement for the costly … Continue reading
Come from the strangest locations… Ben Yalow came up for supper with our crowd and brought another ‘interesting’ book… That he helped the author put together back in the day… Ben said that he and Frank were both fans of … Continue reading
Veterans, make sure you check this out BEFORE you hit 65!!! Tricare for Life (TFL) vs. Medicare Part D. You may already have TRICARE For Life (TFL). Or perhaps you’re eligible to transition to this coverage soon. Either way, you may have … Continue reading
I will be the first to admit I haven’t studied D-Day and Normandy all that much… But this one caught me totally by surprise. I don’t remember EVER reading anything about a sixth beach to be assaulted! h/t Stretch Things … Continue reading
Sigh… The end of an era… Now folks like me truly are dinosaurs. Sixty years ago VP-30 got their first P-3As. And on 23 June, the last ASW variant P-3C UIII left NAS JAX for Davis Monthan and the boneyard. … Continue reading
Another throwback picture from an airshow at NAS Moffett Field… I ‘think’ this was 88… The top of the Hangar 1 is 198 feet, and the average hot air balloon is about 70 feet. IF I remember correctly, they were … Continue reading
Sailors don’t talk about- The culture shock of coming home from the ship and having to relearn how to be a part of society. The moments you spend re-examining yourself in the mirror because you forgot what you really looked … Continue reading
This administration will NEVER take responsibility for F-ing up the Afghanistan withdrawal… Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was pressed by Rep. Jim Bank (R-IN) about the botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan during a House hearing on Wednesday and said he has … Continue reading