It’s time for the Littoral Combat Ship, better known in the Navy as the Little Crappy Ship to be a thing of the past… The Yemeni rebel’s attack on the MV Swift last week should be making people stop and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Navy
The Navy is building two new AGORs (Oceanographic Research Ships), one will go to Woods Hole, and one to Scripps… AGOR-27 is named for Neil Armstrong, a Navy Veteran and the first man to land on the moon. This is … Continue reading
A continuation from yesterday… The guys who seemed to get away with doing the least, always seemed to be first in the pay line and the chow line. General Quarters drills and the need to evacuate one’s bowels often seem … Continue reading
This one came over the transom via the mil-email chain and via JP… Some random and rambling thoughts accumulated from various quarters over the years. A bit of introspection from an “older” sailor. A sailor will walk 10 miles in … Continue reading
Hangar 1 at NAS Moffett Field was actually constructed to house the USS Macon, which was built inside the hangar… HERE are links to the construction… Fast forward to the 1970s, and this is one corner of Hangar 1 on … Continue reading
WSF’s comment about Air Force security reminded me of an incident that happened to us back in the day (well, actually TWO incidents)… Incident One- Back in the 70s we land at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and they put us on … Continue reading
Via Borepatch, you really need to read this one… http://idrivewarships.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/a-sailors-dying-wish/ It just proves the ‘real’ traditions of the Navy are alive and well in that they truly take care of shipmates, young AND old… RIP EM2 Cloud, the kids are … Continue reading
The Navy and Marines are doing their jobs and once again responding to a natural disaster… WASHINGTON (NNS) — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and other U.S. Navy ships to … Continue reading
Everyone who’s knowledgeable about Navy operations has known this for a while, but now even the Submarine Commanders are publically admitting to the shortfall in US submarines… There are not enough fast-attack and guided-missile submarines in the Navy’s arsenal to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to the Navy, 238 years and still hanging in, in spite of the current administration… Some traditions DO continue, thankfully… Traditionally, the oldest sailor and the youngest sailor share in cutting the ‘birthday’ cake. I happened to be … Continue reading