CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday: I find myself going in to this Memoriaol Day weekend a bit weary, but I have no reason to be. I had another one of those conversations that ...
The last full measure ...............Wharf Rat encourages you all to find a service that will honor those who gave the last full measure.
Friday, May 24, 2013
CDR Salamander: Concept of the Day: Reserve Bouyancy
CDR Salamander: Concept of the Day: Reserve Bouyancy: With contracting budgets bringing discussion of the industrial base to the front, remember that intellectual capital is the most important p...
Sometimes you look for material............sometimes it presents itself.........
Sometimes you look for material............sometimes it presents itself.........
CDR Salamander: Concept of the Day: Reserve Bouyancy
CDR Salamander: Concept of the Day: Reserve Bouyancy: With contracting budgets bringing discussion of the industrial base to the front, remember that intellectual capital is the most important p...
Sometimes you look for material............sometimes it presents itself.........
Sometimes you look for material............sometimes it presents itself.........
Monday, May 20, 2013
Future USS Minnesota Successfully Completes Sea Trials
Future USS Minnesota Successfully Completes Sea Trials
Sorry - wharf rat has been away - This is my boat, as I'm the co-chair of the commissioning committee.
Sorry - wharf rat has been away - This is my boat, as I'm the co-chair of the commissioning committee.
This is PCU MINNESOTA - HII Photo
Monday, May 13, 2013
CDR Salamander: So media, had enough yet?
CDR Salamander: So media, had enough yet?: As a long standing member of the "leave-me-alone-small-(l)-libertarian" caucus, I have long given up on what goes for a the 4th ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
![The U.S. Navy's newest attack submarine "Minnesota" successfully completes first sea trials Monday.](http://brainerddispatch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/superphoto/12222881.jpg "The U.S. Navy's newest attack submarine "Minnesota" successfully completes first sea trials Monday.")
Monday, May 6, 2013
CDR Salamander: RDML Kirby ... Takes one for the Team
CDR Salamander: RDML Kirby ... Takes one for the Team: Let's touch base on a topic that is always good to return to now and then - the Navy being top-heavy in a following seas; via Mike Mathe...
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Marines to Test MV-22 Air-to-Air Refueling this Summer
MV-22 as a refueling tanker?
"If approved, this would help the U.S. military's quick response force react to catastrophes worldwide, from humanitarian crises to attacks on America's facilities, senior officials say.
This gives "numerous options" for the Marine Corps aviation to refuel its airplanes, such as the F-35 attack jet, says Col. Kevin Killea, who oversees Marine Corps aviation requirements. The stealthy, long-range fighter jet known as the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter would have the benefit of refueling from an MV-22, which would be "autonomous to the Marine Corps."
"So I don't have to ask anyone to use them. I know I always have them, so I can plan to do that, and that's a pretty good certainty," Killea says.
Commanders of deployed Marine Expeditionary Units currently have to send a request to a higher command for a tanker to refuel its jets. Using MV-22s would bring that responsibility in-house for the MEU to save complication and time.
The MV-22's speed and range also allows it to keep up with modern, stealthy aircraft, such as the F-35. This new capability would extend the range of the JSF from 450 miles to 600 miles, Marine officials say."
This gives "numerous options" for the Marine Corps aviation to refuel its airplanes, such as the F-35 attack jet, says Col. Kevin Killea, who oversees Marine Corps aviation requirements. The stealthy, long-range fighter jet known as the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter would have the benefit of refueling from an MV-22, which would be "autonomous to the Marine Corps."
"So I don't have to ask anyone to use them. I know I always have them, so I can plan to do that, and that's a pretty good certainty," Killea says.
Commanders of deployed Marine Expeditionary Units currently have to send a request to a higher command for a tanker to refuel its jets. Using MV-22s would bring that responsibility in-house for the MEU to save complication and time.
The MV-22's speed and range also allows it to keep up with modern, stealthy aircraft, such as the F-35. This new capability would extend the range of the JSF from 450 miles to 600 miles, Marine officials say."
Saturday, May 4, 2013
CNO: Carrier deployments will last more than 8 months
The aircraft carrier Nimitz transits the Pacific Ocean on its way to the Persian Gulf for an eight-month deployment. (MC2 Robert Winn / Navy)
From Navy Times:
Carrier sailors deploying to 5th Fleet can expect to spend more than eight
months at sea, at least for the next year, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon
Greenert said at an all-hands call Friday at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville
Fla.
“Right now that’s just an estimate, but we think it’s just about right,” Greenert told Navy Times after his talk with sailors. “We’re expecting them to fall between eight and eight and a half [months] I project.”
The carriers expected to be impacted during this near-term increase in deployment lengths will include the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is currently deployed in the Persian Gulf, and also the Nimitz, which is on the way. They will be followed next by the Harry S. Truman and then the George H.W. Bush, all of which, Greenert said, will deploy “heel to toe.”
As more carriers come back on line from their overhauls, he said, things can begin to get back to normal. Carrier deployments had been averaging around seven months.
Carrier escorts will also face longer deployments, but it’s unlikely to involve entire strike groups. Other ships are expected to deploy between six and seven months.
“Right now that’s just an estimate, but we think it’s just about right,” Greenert told Navy Times after his talk with sailors. “We’re expecting them to fall between eight and eight and a half [months] I project.”
The carriers expected to be impacted during this near-term increase in deployment lengths will include the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is currently deployed in the Persian Gulf, and also the Nimitz, which is on the way. They will be followed next by the Harry S. Truman and then the George H.W. Bush, all of which, Greenert said, will deploy “heel to toe.”
As more carriers come back on line from their overhauls, he said, things can begin to get back to normal. Carrier deployments had been averaging around seven months.
Carrier escorts will also face longer deployments, but it’s unlikely to involve entire strike groups. Other ships are expected to deploy between six and seven months.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday: A man's man, a man of God, and someone who really knew, " What would Jesus do ? " ... Kapaun defied orders to evacuate, kn...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Rush to repair WWI cemeteries as centennial nears
Honoring the hero's of WWI
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium — The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch Flanders Fields, dotted by red farmhouse roofs. For the stage of some of World War I's worst carnage, the scene is tranquility itself — but over the whisper of wind floats a whine like a dentist's drill.
A closer look gives the reason for the jarring sound.
Some gravestones are chipped or cracked. A century of wind and weather has worn the surfaces so the names are hard to read. The stones are no longer perfectly aligned.
(read it all)
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium — The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch Flanders Fields, dotted by red farmhouse roofs. For the stage of some of World War I's worst carnage, the scene is tranquility itself — but over the whisper of wind floats a whine like a dentist's drill.
A closer look gives the reason for the jarring sound.
Some gravestones are chipped or cracked. A century of wind and weather has worn the surfaces so the names are hard to read. The stones are no longer perfectly aligned.
(read it all)
Sunday, April 21, 2013
UK MoD reveals future of Invincible-class carriers - Naval Technology
UK MoD reveals future of Invincible-class carriers - Naval Technology
Outstanding - they're going to save 'Lusty'
Outstanding - they're going to save 'Lusty'
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
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