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
Category Archives: honoring our military
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
This was one of the reasons we always hauled ass when we heard a Soviet sub surfacing… In the video, a Norwegian Lockheed P-3 Orion reconnaissance aircraft can be seen dropping a sonobuoy in front of the Russian nuclear submarine, … Continue reading
Intarwebz is fixed! Turns out it was a broken wire in the can on the pole. Probably caused by all the winds the last few days banging the can back and forth. And thankfully, we’ve gotten over 2 1/4 inches … Continue reading
The Lost 52 Project is an organization dedicating its time and resources to finding these lost subs. This month, the Navy History and Heritage Command verified the discovery of the Grayback, which the Lost 52 Project found 1,427 feet below … Continue reading
I’m a day late, but Happy Birthday to the US Navy! And a bit of throwback… From 1945, the capture of U-505 by the USS Guadalcanal off the Azores. It’s 19 minutes long, but was filmed during the operation and … Continue reading
Wow… How time flies… One of the folks on the mil-email chain posted a business card from back in the day for a Hong Kong tailor everybody used to use… Granted this was ‘years’ ago… But apparently as of the … Continue reading
Cubi Point, 1975… From the bounce pattern! Left turn on takeoff, looking out over Olongapo at Subic Navy base and the main gate. Downwind. USS Kitty Hawk at the carrier pier, with Cubi off to the left, and Grande Island … Continue reading