WWII poster…

I’m going to do something a bit different here… I got an email via the mil-email string that linked to a bunch of WWII posters, and in the run up to the elections, I’m going to run a series of … Continue reading

Snow Day???

Not everyone got one… Last week at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers… Nuff said… … Continue reading

Who is the face of GI Joe???

A bit of a trivia question… Anybody have any idea??? Here’s a hint… … Continue reading

Feedback…

Appears there is lots of ‘negative’ feedback from the left over the movie Lone Survivor… Here’s a clip from Judge Jeannie and Chris Heben (former SEAL). It’s a pretty good fisking of the left’s whole argument… It IS an outstanding movie, doesn’t … Continue reading

More Stearmans…

The 2014 New Years Video… I can’t embed it, but here’s the link… And Mr. Kinsey deserves a BIG tip of the hat for what he does to support Naval Aviation… This was a couple of years ago, but thank … Continue reading

One to think about…

Received this via the mil-email net… For those who were there… As we face a new year, I recall visiting with three old friends, a few years back, at a park in the nation’s capital.     It seems like only yesterday … Continue reading

Sometimes the engraving is dead on…

At Christmas met one of the daughter’s neighbors who is 94, lives by himself and is a Korean War vet.  He figures he outlived most if not all of his enemies, and is quite the character, but said he ‘was’ … Continue reading

Thank you…

To Morill Worcester and Wreaths Across American… Our mission, Remember, Honor, Teach, is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies a specified Saturday in December at Arlington, as well as veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states … Continue reading

Fifty one years later…

A relief is onstation… As the P-3 ‘sunsets’ as the platform of choice for ASW in the Navy, there’s a new player in town…   The first two P-8 Poseidon aircraft are onstation in Kadena Okinawa as of yesterday…   … Continue reading

A Chance Encounter…

Frequent commenter Toejam sent this via email, and posted with his permission… I was shopping at a local(North Carolina) “Harris Teeter” supermarket today. As chance would have it I pulled into a parking space next to a 7 year old … Continue reading