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
Category Archives: honoring our military
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
A bit of a trivia question… Anybody have any idea??? Here’s a hint… … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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