A good analogy for the last two weeks… sigh… Planned for… Got… And the Prius was outta gas only 40 miles left on the battery, the bike had a flat tire, and the airplane got wet… But kudos to the … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
During sequestration, among other things cancelled were all ‘honor flights’ for sporting events, and fly overs at burials including at Arlington Cemetery. When Major Howard V. Andre Jr. and Major James E. Sizemore, were buried side by side in 2013 at … Continue reading
To all those who are flying, maintaining, and supporting the search efforts out of RAAF Pearce for MH370… HERE is a report from BBC World as they tagged along on one event. This is truly a multi-national effort, with US, … Continue reading
Probably the ‘iconic’ Navy recruiting poster, this one actually saw use in both WWI and WWII. It was done by Howard Chandler Christie, who had created the ‘Christie Girl’ Christy first attracted attention with his realistic illustrations and several articles … Continue reading
1943 Army one, tying back to the Revolution… And they did, and we won… … Continue reading
This one’s for Danny and all the Coasties out there… 1943 US Coast Guard recruiting poster. … Continue reading
Nuff said… h/t MSgt B and The Feral Irishman for finding this and posting it… … Continue reading
As reader Stretch reminded me, there was more to the article by Vin Suprynowicz titled One Marine, One Ship written in 2000. This is the part of the story about the USS WASHINGTON… The U.S. Navy had lost so many ships in … Continue reading
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
Not everyone got one… Last week at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers… Nuff said… … Continue reading