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

Urf…

There are just some mornings that chewing through the straps/falling out of bed is just NOT worth it… Ran into an old shipmate (now retired Rear Admiral) in the elevator last night at the hotel, he was on his way … Continue reading

There ARE still people that care…

From Johnny Jet’s travel blog… Delta Flight 2255 from Atlanta to Los Angeles seemed to be an ordinary flight with the exception of Candy, who was the most loving flight attendant I’ve ever encountered. Besides using her southern charm to … Continue reading