Tag: Navy
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Nuff Said
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A giant gun marked with a skull and crossbones and a list of vessels sunk by its shells: Eerie pictures of a German warship and HMAS Sydney which sunk off Australia in 1941 along with 725 crew
From The Daily Mail comes this interesting bit of history…………………… “The first images of two warships which sunk after a deadly battle during World War II have emerged. The wrecks lie 20 kilometres apart from each another about 200 kilometres west of Steep Point, Shark Bay in Western Australia, north-west of Perth, and sunk in…
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A post from The Good Captain
Lex’s Love Of The Navy Explained *********** Things you’ve never seen… By lex, on January 21st, 2006 Unless you’ve been to sea: You’ve never heard the prolonged blast, and the 1MC call of “Underway. Shift colors,” and knew that it meant you wouldn’t be seeing those you love again for at least six months, if…
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Self Explanatory
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Boom
Just for fun, I downloaded a picture of Iowa firing a broadside……………then I played with it a bit.
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From theBrigade: USS Ronald Reagan visiting Pearl Harbor Memorial (25 HQ Photos)
As most of my followers know, I was fortunate to be able to spend a day on this Fine Ship last April 9(2014) with Christopher Goodrich and his Daughter, the WSO. It was, except for the marriage of my children and the birth of my grandchildren, The Best Day since I retired from the US…
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The Navy’s Hidden Crisis – Robert C. O’Brien – POLITICO Magazine
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/navy-hidden-crisis-114943.html#.VNQ2hBmtvqB I realize it is from Politico but it should be cause for concern.
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Small Town
I don’t think this is what Mellencamp was referring to in the song……………………… For so many of us, these were home from time to time and sometimes for long periods……….away
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You might have………
To all who have “been there, done that.” this one’s for you! To those who haven’t, please enjoy! Intruders and Corsairs Rock!
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HOW TO SIMULATE BEING A SAILOR
1. Buy a steel dumpster, paint it gray inside and out, and live in it for six months. 2. Run all the pipes and wires in your house exposed on the walls. 3. Repaint your entire house every month using gray paint. 4. Renovate your bathroom. Lower all shower heads to four and one-half feet…
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Training Squadron 26 Buckeyes
For some who follow they are familiar and we knew them well. North American had a winner here. Tough little jet. The first one fledgling Naval Aviators took to the ship. I did 22 months in VT-26 Airframes, three shifts sometimes six days a week. We had 70 airplanes assigned. Our Mid Shift did about…
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Navy’s new ship’s Capt. Kirk is used to ‘Star Trek’ jokes – U.S. – Stripes
Navy’s new ship’s Capt. Kirk is used to ‘Star Trek’ jokes – U.S. – Stripes. The Zumwalt-class destroyer is floated out from dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine, Oct. 28, 2013. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo R.…
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Mechanics
No further explanation necessary. I are one!
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Drones on carriers draw nearer
Drones on carriers draw nearer From the Bayou Renaissance Man comes this today. “We’ve mentioned the US Navy’s X-47B program before in these pages. It’s a technology demonstrator rather than a prototype of a production aircraft, designed to test the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles on board and in the airspace around aircraft carriers. If…
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USS Thresher SSN-593
USS Thresher SSN-593 Fifty years ago yesterday, The Good Ship Thresher was lost with 129 good and true submariners. I remember this on the evening news from Walter Cronkite. We got one station in the little town in NC Montana that I lived in. The link in the title of the post is to the…
Among The Joshua Trees 