USN KA-3B vs. Russian Trawler AGI…

One more round of us vs. them… From a friend who was on the Bonnie Dick when this happened… Frito was a Phantom RIO and loved the guys that flew Texaco… The Russian “Trawlers” (NATO designation: AGI for Auxiliary General … Continue reading

Marines…

This is a poem sent from a Marine To his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you’ll see a letter from him to  his dad at the bottom. It makes you truly thankful for not only … Continue reading

A Flying Tribute…

This one is for all those who served and flew in the military…We may be old, but we DO remember what it was like to climb into those birds and go do our jobs…  You might need a Kleenex too… … Continue reading

The REAL 1%…

This came over the transom via e-mail late this evening… I believe this is BZ‘s Congressman, but in any case, I’m 1000% behind what he has to say… By Buck McKeon… In parks and city squares across the nation, America’s … Continue reading

An "Unusual" .45…

Good friend of mine sent this via email… One of the techs he works with told a story about his wife’s late father, who was a marine in the battle of Iwo Jima, had brought back his pistol from the … Continue reading

Happy 235th Birthday…

Happy Birthday US Navy! Today the Navy celebrates 235 years of tradition unmarred by progress as we used to say… Well, not really… 🙂 The Navy continues to meet new and evolving challenges in an ever changing world environment, often … Continue reading

THE INCREDIBLY STUPID ONE…

I was going to write about what’s going on around us right now, but everything I put on paper was negative, so I decided to put something positive up… Most if not all of you have probably never heard of … Continue reading

The Rest of the Story…

We’ve all, well most of us, have seen the movie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri. Many people do not know the ‘backstory’ of what really happened, nor how James Michener came to write the story in the first place… Here then … Continue reading

Perspectives…

With no disrespect intended to the Jackson family, this reveals the shallowness of our value system in this country. This puts things into perspective: While the focus today, tomorrow and for the next God-knows-how-many-days will be the death of a … Continue reading