So I’m at a friend’s house, and she comes out with this… It’s a Ka-Bar… But… It’s not a Ka-Bar… Or is it??? PAL? Yep, it’s actually a PAL Blade Co, USMC issued 1219C2 USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife!!! And it’s stamped … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
This one came over the transom via the Mil-email chain… And yes, the Navy and Air Force did ‘occasionally’ cooperate… Magic Stone 466–SAM Hunter-Killer Mission – Gary Barnhill During a F-105 Thunderchief (aka “Thud”) combat tour out of Takhli, … Continue reading
So I come home to find a nice little box in the mail… I wonder it could be, then remembered a conversation I’d had with John Shirley about his ‘new’ knife that he had developed and worked to get picked … Continue reading
Thoughts and prayers for the Marines who died in Chattanooga, and those who were injured. It’s time to STOP making bases and other facilities ‘soft’ targets for shooters… The only GOOD point is the SOB that shot them is dead! … Continue reading
This one came over the transom last night via the mil-email string… As we get older and we experience the loss of old friends, we begin to realize that maybe we bullet-proof Pilots won’t live forever. We aren’t so bullet-proof … Continue reading
Maxine gets it… We need to show more sympathy for these people. * They travel miles in the heat. * They risk their lives crossing a border. * They don’t get paid enough wages. * They do jobs that others … Continue reading
Setting the way back machine… Thanks to Tina for this one, she donated it to this old sailor… If you ever wondered how they learned semaphore in the Navy, this is one of the ways… Sending the letter Y on … Continue reading
One of those places that ‘literally’ was for the birds… Any guesses??? … Continue reading
I was reminded yesterday that 40 years ago we were in the middle of Frequent Wind… Officially only two days long, that was the final evac/mass exodus from Vietnam by any that could get out, any way they could get … Continue reading
A Vietnam memorial few know about… It’s hidden away in a mountain meadow in Colorado, visited by few. It covers from 1945 to the end of the Vietnam war in 1975. You can go HERE and flip through the pictures … Continue reading