Sadly, one of the last few survivors of Pearl Harbor has passed away… https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1867348183233228969 With his death, I ‘believe’ there are around fifteen actual survivors left. Fair Winds and Following Seas to Robert Fernandez, one of the Greatest Generation! … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
Is STILL biting the Navy in the butt… Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy often are unavailable due to maintenance, according to a government watchdog. How the Navy currently manages those repairs means jarheads will continue … Continue reading
Really??? With all that’s wrong with the military in the reign of POTATUS the First under his Secretary of Defense, doofus Lloyd Austin, the one thing the military needs above all else has been the one thing consistently jacked up … Continue reading
They’re trying… The VA is once again trying to expand telehealth. Veterans Affairs leaders plan to eliminate all co-pays for telehealth services and award grants for telehealth clinics in rural areas, part of ongoing efforts to expand virtual care options within the medical care … Continue reading
Do what it takes to get the job done, then and now… Maintainers slogging back to the hangar after working on a bird in a snowstorm in Kef, 1983. To understand a veteran you must know: We left home as … Continue reading
Gleaves Class Destroyer- This particular one is the USS McCook. See below for more… We all know of the heroism of the Troops that hit the beaches on D-Day, June 6. What many people don’t realize is the Navy, in … Continue reading
During WWII… June 3-6 1942 was the Battle of Midway in the Pacific, the first ‘win’ for the Americans against the Japanese… HERE is the Navy combat narratives from the battle. Midway was also where the US lost the USS … Continue reading
Who didn’t come back… Unlike those buried in the cemeteries, Sailors went down at sea, with no markers. ‘In Waters Deep’ In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep…beneath the wave… The … Continue reading
I know there are a lot of jokes out there, but there is also the reality of the good military wives who stand by their men through an entire career. This is for them! A Military Wife Lots of moving… … Continue reading
Fun times on the road… Kinda sorta… Got a chance to go to the Naval Aviation Museum in P’cola for the first time in 10 years, LOTS of changes, and a nice tour by one of the employees (thanks to … Continue reading