The flyover is part of President Donald Trump’s Operation America Strong salute, which he announced last Wednesday. Full article, HERE from USA Today. Frankly, I’m glad to see it and I hope they will do more flyovers in other parts … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
Went down a rat hole on something else and stumbled across an interesting oddity of the differences within a class of ships… particularly DEs in WWII… The DE or Destroyer Escort. First designed in 1942, the USS Evarts, DE-5 was … Continue reading
Cold, wet, nasty weather. My back is ‘talking to me’… Went to bed early last night, but I’ll leave you with this, from a discussion in one of the Navy forums about how ‘successful’ carriers are, and whether or not … Continue reading
Spent all yesterday at the gun show selling some guns for a friend’s dad. I’m too old for that crap. 10 hours on a concrete floor is NOT any fun anymore. But the ‘variety’ of people was interesting! I think … Continue reading
Yesterday I lost a good friend. Author, veteran, shooter, pilot, husband, father. JD Kinman died suddenly yesterday morning. JD was an Air Force veteran, one of my original alpha readers, and I was proud to be his on both the … Continue reading
You don’t have to come back… Unofficial motto of the USCG Rescue units. That big guy in the middle of the picture exemplifies that. He swam at night through 80 knot winds, ripped through a roof without the aid of … Continue reading
Yet more Navy Band having fun, Country Current does it in ‘style’… 🙂 By the way, most of these folks have at least one degree in music, and are all successful performers and writers of music! … Continue reading
And some more sailors… From the Navy Band!!! They don’t take themselves seriously ALL the time… 🙂 … Continue reading
Two Army divers gave a unique World War II sendoff to USS Arizona crew member Lauren Bruner when his ashes were interred on the sunken battleship Saturday, the 78th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Mr. Bruner is one of … Continue reading
Arlington is filling up too fast as WWII, Korea, and Vietnam veterans pass away. From Military Times Veterans groups have opposed the idea of severely restricting eligibility for burial at Arlington National Cemetery coming years to ensure the viability of … Continue reading