This one comes with a few memories… Cafe Acores, George the Crook, Fast Eddies, Matteus Rose, goat cheese and fresh bread, beautiful filigree silver and gold jewelry… Oh yeah, and winds that would blow your ass sideways… There was a … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
October 4-5 2014 South of Manassas, VA Link HERE. Any of the DC area folks interested, let me know the day you’d prefer and maybe we can get some folks together. A $10 donation requested to help maintain the equipment. Looks like … Continue reading
I ‘do’ have some patches… In answer to an email question, here are two theater made patches from VP-4 that are on my flight jacket… This is the ‘skinny’ Skinny Dragon logo. And our Crew 1A (Alpha status, meaning we … Continue reading
Twelve humanoid shapes shambled across the dark concrete in a line, other than the occasional mutter nothing is heard… Footsteps sound on a metal ladder as one of the shapes climbs into darkness, and with a clank a darker spot appears in … Continue reading
And back around to the Coast Guard… I couldn’t find any details on this one, but it’s an interesting one for the ‘history’ perspective it brings in. The Coast Guard’s official history began on 4 August 1790 when President … Continue reading
I didn’t know this, but apparently there were also recruiting ‘postcards’… Not just recruiting posters… Here’s one from the Air Corps, I ‘think’ this might have been one of those! It was one of the last done by Howard … Continue reading
I put the challenge up this morning at 0700, and y’all did your part by 1700… So here’s mine… If we can get 25 more folks, I’ll do it again… American Snipers is stepping forward to try to help out. … Continue reading
DaddyBear started it, and I’m continuing it… If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve seen the reports that a former Navy guy, who was a professional wrestler with a penchant for feather boas, who then became governor of a northern … Continue reading
It’s the Marines turn again… 🙂 It was done by Beck Engraving in Philly in 1942… The only thing I could make out about the artist is I ‘believe’ it was done by Capt Guinness, apparently an active duty Marine. … Continue reading
7 minutes long, but worth it… Hand Salute to that young man! h/t JP … Continue reading