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
Category Archives: honoring our military
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
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
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
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
0622 am Oct 23, 1983 marked a historic event for the Marines… And NOT in a good way. The Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed on this day 30 years ago, causing the highest loss of life (218) in … Continue reading
B. Boxer compares Pubs to wife beaters and abusers… And ‘I’ always thought equal treatment under the law was one of the foundations of America, but I guess that doesn’t apply to obummercare… Seems that everybody but us ‘little people’ … Continue reading
Still nothing productive out of DC… Turns out the Senate FINALLY passed the bill to pay death benefits to the military and now Obummer refuses to sign it. He said Fisher House is doing it so why should he sign … Continue reading
By LCDR Tom Sousa… An obituary for Navy Tradition (USN, retired) — 1775-2013: In a press release from Washington D.C., the Navy Department announced the death of Navy Tradition today after a long illness. Navy Tradition was born into a … Continue reading