We’ve hosted this event for five years now, and it’s just kept getting bigger… So we started yesterday afternoon putting out the ‘final touches’, even as the early birds started showing up… Yes, the ‘little folks’ participate too! This lonely … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
This is NOT good… The Navy removed the commanding officer of the Japan-based destroyer Howard on Tuesday – less than six months after relieving the previous skipper of the ship. In a brief statement, the Navy said it ousted Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, … Continue reading
IS a thing… Too bad the current administration doesn’t understand that! Biden has been talking tough with Iran for many, many weeks, and Iran has repeatedly proven that it is not deterred by his words. But the moment troops were … Continue reading
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday the death of two Navy SEALs who went missing off the coast of Somalia, according to a press release. News broke Jan. 13 that two SEALs went missing Jan. 11 after a mission to seize a sailboat … Continue reading
Jeff MacNelly was a friend of the military, and especially of the Navy. He did a number of ‘special’ cartoons over the years for those of us who served… This is one of my favorites… Sadly he passed way too … Continue reading
For now, the Reconciliation Monument at Arlington National Cemetery still stands! A federal judge temporarily halted the removal of a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday after a group called Defend Arlington filed a lawsuit. The memorial’s removal was planned for … Continue reading
Army/Navy… Odds and records go out the window for this one every year… And it’s NOT in Philly this year, but up in Boston, so a major change! I won’t get much done tomorrow… … Continue reading
The military announced late Wednesday it was grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off the coast of Japan. Full article, HERE from Military Times. The … Continue reading
A day that will live in infamy… We are down to the last few survivors of the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, and sadly, that day seems to be receding from our collective memories… I know it will never recede … Continue reading
There was a major fire early yesterday morning in Tustin, CA… The north blimp hangar at the old MCAS Tustin caught fire and burned. h/t to GL for the photo. During World War II, seventeen large hangars were built to … Continue reading