Saturday, March 19, 2011
Nassau Decommissioning Status
http://www.lha4.com/31_march__2011.html
I didn't know this. I thought the US Congress had passed legislation stating that for every US Navy ship decommissioned, one had to commission.
The replacement for this ship is Precommissioning Unit America LHA 6. PCU America is not set to commission for at least 2 years.
I realize all good things must end, but Nassau is 32 years old, and clearly don't get beat on to the extent that carriers get beat on. I find it hard to believe that there isn't more life in this warship. The carriers who get beat on get 50 years life.
I didn't know this. I thought the US Congress had passed legislation stating that for every US Navy ship decommissioned, one had to commission.
The replacement for this ship is Precommissioning Unit America LHA 6. PCU America is not set to commission for at least 2 years.
I realize all good things must end, but Nassau is 32 years old, and clearly don't get beat on to the extent that carriers get beat on. I find it hard to believe that there isn't more life in this warship. The carriers who get beat on get 50 years life.
Check out Send The Enterprise?
Hi,
I want you to take a look at: Send The Enterprise?
Here are my comments:
Wharf Rat Says:
I’m the biggest fan of USS Enterprise due to her place in history, and the legacy she bears from CV 6. That said, it’s simply not possible to save her, and other nuclear carriers for a whole host of reasons.
There are, and have been, multiple groups that have tried to save a ‘supercarrier’ conventionally powered. That’s a more reasonable, if ultimately impossible, task.
But if a group like this wants to look at a Navy ship for relief efforts, look to USS Tarawa LHA 1. She’s sitting in Pearl right now waiting on her disposition, which clearly is as a target. Now, reasonably, it’s not likely civilans could get her underway, but if they could, she’s got the flight deck, storage space, hospitals, etc. to be the right ship to do this.
The big deck amphibs have been called on, with much less fanfare than the carriers, to arrive at every natural disaster that’s occurred in the last 10-15 years, and are the most flexible assest in the Navy/Marine inventory. This web site is just another that really doesn’t know what they’re talking about. It’s too bad, because the big deck amphibs deserve more credit than what they get.
I want you to take a look at: Send The Enterprise?
Here are my comments:
Wharf Rat Says:
I’m the biggest fan of USS Enterprise due to her place in history, and the legacy she bears from CV 6. That said, it’s simply not possible to save her, and other nuclear carriers for a whole host of reasons.
There are, and have been, multiple groups that have tried to save a ‘supercarrier’ conventionally powered. That’s a more reasonable, if ultimately impossible, task.
But if a group like this wants to look at a Navy ship for relief efforts, look to USS Tarawa LHA 1. She’s sitting in Pearl right now waiting on her disposition, which clearly is as a target. Now, reasonably, it’s not likely civilans could get her underway, but if they could, she’s got the flight deck, storage space, hospitals, etc. to be the right ship to do this.
The big deck amphibs have been called on, with much less fanfare than the carriers, to arrive at every natural disaster that’s occurred in the last 10-15 years, and are the most flexible assest in the Navy/Marine inventory. This web site is just another that really doesn’t know what they’re talking about. It’s too bad, because the big deck amphibs deserve more credit than what they get.
This is from a web cam that other blogs found, streamed by a young Libyan named Muhammad Nabbous
http://www.livestream.com/libya17feb
Muhammad Nabbous was killed as he was reporting on the war in Libya - and he was simply a citizen journalist.
From Information Dissemination and Gahlran who wrote this:
I do not know much about Muhammad Nabbous, or rather I only know him by watching his webcam broadcast over the last few days. He was an intelligent, very tech savvy young man who spoke English very well which made him very popular as he attempted to raise awareness in North America regarding the violence taking place in Libya, and specifically from Benghazi.
Muhammad's activities were particularly interesting to me. While at home in front of his webcam, we would take phone number requests from the thousands of people monitoring his web channel and reach out to loved ones on behalf of those overseas. All phone calls to Libya continue to be blocked by the government, but telecommunications works inside Libya, so to many hundreds Muhammad would function as a lifeline to connect families and provide status updates to those concerned outside Libya.
Muhammad would also conduct other activities as a citizen journalist, for example, last night while I was monitoring his channel there were around 20-30 explosions inside Benghazi. The young man connected one cell phone to his webcam, grabbed another cell phone and his camera, and drove around to various checkpoints to investigate the explosions while live streaming audio descriptions to those watching. He would hold the camera with one hand, drive with the other, hold the cell phone in his lap and describe all activities.
During these times media would often tune in and report through Twitter what was being said and done during this young mans live investigations. Once he would return home after his investigations, he would upload the video to the same channel and people could watch these investigations that would add video to the audio for more context to explain events unfolding in Benghazi. It really has been incredible to observe this citizen journalist in action inside a war zone, in particular a city under siege like Benghazi.
This morning Muhammad Nabbous was shot and killed during one of these investigations. The channel is always being viewed by thousands of people, and it is remarkable the outcry of inspiration and mourning taking place in chat this morning after his wife confirmed the young mans death.
Muhammad Nabbous was killed as he was reporting on the war in Libya - and he was simply a citizen journalist.
From Information Dissemination and Gahlran who wrote this:
I do not know much about Muhammad Nabbous, or rather I only know him by watching his webcam broadcast over the last few days. He was an intelligent, very tech savvy young man who spoke English very well which made him very popular as he attempted to raise awareness in North America regarding the violence taking place in Libya, and specifically from Benghazi.
Muhammad's activities were particularly interesting to me. While at home in front of his webcam, we would take phone number requests from the thousands of people monitoring his web channel and reach out to loved ones on behalf of those overseas. All phone calls to Libya continue to be blocked by the government, but telecommunications works inside Libya, so to many hundreds Muhammad would function as a lifeline to connect families and provide status updates to those concerned outside Libya.
Muhammad would also conduct other activities as a citizen journalist, for example, last night while I was monitoring his channel there were around 20-30 explosions inside Benghazi. The young man connected one cell phone to his webcam, grabbed another cell phone and his camera, and drove around to various checkpoints to investigate the explosions while live streaming audio descriptions to those watching. He would hold the camera with one hand, drive with the other, hold the cell phone in his lap and describe all activities.
During these times media would often tune in and report through Twitter what was being said and done during this young mans live investigations. Once he would return home after his investigations, he would upload the video to the same channel and people could watch these investigations that would add video to the audio for more context to explain events unfolding in Benghazi. It really has been incredible to observe this citizen journalist in action inside a war zone, in particular a city under siege like Benghazi.
This morning Muhammad Nabbous was shot and killed during one of these investigations. The channel is always being viewed by thousands of people, and it is remarkable the outcry of inspiration and mourning taking place in chat this morning after his wife confirmed the young mans death.
U.S. Launches Cruise Missiles Against Qaddafi's Air Defenses
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/19/france-fires-libyan-military-vehicle/
Wow - why here and not other places? We are not consistent.................
Wow - why here and not other places? We are not consistent.................
‘No-fly’ may not stop Gadhafi, Schwartz says - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
‘No-fly’ may not stop Gadhafi, Schwartz says - Air Force News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
I tend to agree - no fly doesn't mean anything to the troops/tanks on the ground. It should be no fly/no drive............
Can I hear an amen?
I tend to agree - no fly doesn't mean anything to the troops/tanks on the ground. It should be no fly/no drive............
Can I hear an amen?
World leaders launch military action in Libya - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
World leaders launch military action in Libya - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
This may be the reason that aircraft was shot down. Now --- who shot it down?
This may be the reason that aircraft was shot down. Now --- who shot it down?
Fighter jet 'shot down' over Benghazi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12794589
The question remains - who controlled the aircraft? Rebels or loyalist...........................no one knows just yet.
The question remains - who controlled the aircraft? Rebels or loyalist...........................no one knows just yet.
U.S. military ready to help Japan if asked - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
U.S. military ready to help Japan if asked - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
I hope the Japanese government asks for the help........................
I hope the Japanese government asks for the help........................
One-Third of a French Fry Short of a Big Mac Meal - from Powerlineblog.com
How can we put the current debate over the federal budget into a tangible perspective that anyone can understand? This morning I read a post by Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute in which he criticized the Washington Post's characterization of the $6 billion cut in the most recent continuing resolution as "slashing" the federal budget:
The arithmetic is pretty simple, due to the extensive nutrition information that McDonalds makes available online. A Big Mac Extra Value Meal has three components: a Big Mac, a large order of french fries, and a medium soda. The McDonalds site tells us that a Big Mac has 540 calories, a large fries has 570 and a medium Coke has 210, for a total of 1,320 calories.
Meanwhile, the federal budget is currently around $3.8 trillion, which means that a $6 billion cut represents one 633rd of the total. What would be an equivalent cut in a Big Mac Extra Value Meal?
One variable is not readily available online; that is, how many french fries are there in a large order? To answer that question, I went to a nearby McDonalds at lunch time, paid for a large order of fries, and counted them. There were 87. (I counted fries regardless of size, but did not count the hard bits in the bottom of the container.)
This allows us to complete the calculation. If there are 570 calories in a large order of fries, and 87 fries per order, each french fry, on the average, contains 6.5 calories. One 633rd of the total calorie content of a Big Mac Extra Value Meal is 1,320/633, or 2.1 calories. That equals almost exactly one-third of an average sized french fry.
So, consider: if you were to go on what the Democrats consider a starvation diet, and "slash" your calorie intake to exactly the same degree that the Republicans' $6 billion cut has "slashed" the federal budget, you would do the following. Go to McDonalds and order a Big Mac Extra Value meal. Eat the Big Mac. Drink the Coke. Eat 86 of the 87 french fries. Carefully take the last fry and bite off two-thirds of it. Put the remaining one-third of one fry back in the bag.
If you seriously think that you have just "slashed" your diet, you are a Democrat. Most likely, an overweight Democrat.
Federal spending has soared by more than $2,000,000,000,000 during the Bush-Obama years, pushing the burden of government up to $3,800,000,000,000, yet the reporters who put together this story said that an agreement to trim a trivially tiny slice of 2011 spending would "slash the budget."That struck me as a pretty good analogy. I wondered: if you do the math, what part of a Big Mac Extra Value Meal would a $6 billion budget cut represent?
As Charlie Brown would say, good grief. This is the budgetary equivalent of going on a diet by leaving a couple of french fries in the bottom of the bag after bingeing on three Big Mac meals at McDonald's.
Meanwhile, the federal budget is currently around $3.8 trillion, which means that a $6 billion cut represents one 633rd of the total. What would be an equivalent cut in a Big Mac Extra Value Meal?
One variable is not readily available online; that is, how many french fries are there in a large order? To answer that question, I went to a nearby McDonalds at lunch time, paid for a large order of fries, and counted them. There were 87. (I counted fries regardless of size, but did not count the hard bits in the bottom of the container.)
This allows us to complete the calculation. If there are 570 calories in a large order of fries, and 87 fries per order, each french fry, on the average, contains 6.5 calories. One 633rd of the total calorie content of a Big Mac Extra Value Meal is 1,320/633, or 2.1 calories. That equals almost exactly one-third of an average sized french fry.
So, consider: if you were to go on what the Democrats consider a starvation diet, and "slash" your calorie intake to exactly the same degree that the Republicans' $6 billion cut has "slashed" the federal budget, you would do the following. Go to McDonalds and order a Big Mac Extra Value meal. Eat the Big Mac. Drink the Coke. Eat 86 of the 87 french fries. Carefully take the last fry and bite off two-thirds of it. Put the remaining one-third of one fry back in the bag.
If you seriously think that you have just "slashed" your diet, you are a Democrat. Most likely, an overweight Democrat.
Lockheed Martin's first LCS cracks, Navy says (San Diego Daily Transcript)
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s first new warship for operating close to shore developed a crack as long as six inches through its hull during sea trials, prompting a U.S. Navy investigation of the design.
The Navy is analyzing the crack on the USS Freedom, which is homeported in San Diego, to determine if changes are required for future Lockheed Martin hulls, Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman Christopher Johnson said Thursday in an e-mail. This includes reviewing "the design, construction drawings and welding procedures," he said.
During a heavy-weather ocean trial on the USS Freedom in mid-February, he said, sailors discovered a six-inch horizontal hull crack below the waterline that leaked five gallons an hour. Inside the hull the crack measured three inches. It originated in a weld seam between two steel plates.
The ship returned to its home port in San Diego, avoiding rough seas, after the commanding officer judged the leak rate "manageable," Johnson said.
Smaller cracks that indicated welding "defects" showed up in the welds of the vessel's aluminum structure during sea trials last year, Johnson said in his e-mail.
Initial analysis of the second Lockheed-built vessel, the USS Independence, showed improved welding, he said.
A spokesman for Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Keith Little, said the company "is working closely with the Navy to confirm the root cause" and has made all necessary repairs to the ship. "We are also supporting the Navy in additional testing along the hull to confirm this crack was an isolated anomaly," Little said.
The USS Freedom is the first of 55 Littoral Combat Ships planned. The Navy accepted the $645 million vessel in September 2008; its maiden voyages included drug seizures in the southern Caribbean and sea trials.
Steve Taylor, a spokesman for U.S. Representative Todd Akin, a Missouri Republican who is chairman of the House Armed Services seapower panel, said the Navy had not told the lawmaker or staff about the cracks issue. The problem was not disclosed by Navy officials during a March 9 subcommittee hearing on shipbuilding.
"Congressman Akin is very interested in any indication there are cracks or cracking," Taylor said. "It is of interest to the committee."
"This presents a new potential oversight issue for Congress," said Ronald O'Rourke, naval analyst for the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Johnson said in his e-mail that repair of the hull crack was completed March 12.
In 2005, the estimated cost of the Freedom was put at $215 million, according to CRS. Since then, cost estimates for the first two vessels have more than doubled.
Johnson said that several years ago the Navy conducted an "early fatigue analysis" on the Freedom that "identified high-stress areas" in the aluminum superstructure. The areas were fitted with instruments to collect data and to monitor for cracks.
Cracks showed up late last year in the predicted areas. The measuring instruments remain in place, and the Navy implemented some design changes to the superstructure "to correct high stress and fatigue issues," Johnson said.
Lockheed, based in Bethesda, Md., and Marinette Marine Corp. of Marinette, Wis., are working together on one model. It is based on a steel monohull and aluminum superstructure.
The other design is an all-aluminum trimaran being developed by the Mobile, Ala.-based U.S. subsidiary of Australia's Austal Ltd. and General Dynamics Corp. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is providing combat systems designed at its Pittsfield, Mass., facility for the Austal vessel.
Littoral Combat Ships are designed to operate closer to coastlines than existing surface vessels, such as destroyers, for missions such as clearing mines, hunting submarines and providing humanitarian relief.
The Navy on Dec. 29 awarded contracts for the construction of as many as 10 Littoral Combat Ships to each team.
The Lockheed Martin team received a $491 million contract that could be worth as much as $4 billion when all options are exercised. Austal won a $465 million contract that could reach as much $3.78 billion if all options are exercised.
Contracts for a second vessel each were awarded Thursday. Lockheed Martin received a $376 million job and Austal a $368 million contract
This isn't good news........................
Friday, March 18, 2011
Bataan Amphibious Ready Group To Deploy
Bataan Amphibious Ready Group To Deploy
This is a significant development.................................
This is a significant development.................................
FullBore Friday from Cdr Salamander's Place - I agree!
With the news of this week, there is only one Fullbore I can think of - the Japanese engineers and workers who have made the call.
Why do they do it? For the same reason so many of the people in the military make FbF - they do it for their friends, co-workers, and neighbors - but more than anything else, they do it because it is the right thing to do and it must be done.
What would you do?
Despite the dangers, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported staff from TEPCO and other industry firms were volunteering to join in efforts to stabilize the reactors.
Keiichi Nakagawa, associate professor of the Department of Radiology at University of Tokyo Hospital, put it starkly: "I don't know any other way to say it, but this is like suicide fighters in a war."
Experts note, though, that radiation levels drop quickly with distance from the complex. While elevated radiation has been detected well outside the evacuation zone, experts say those levels are not dangerous.Like the Soviet engineers and workers in Chernobyl - they go in knowing what they are doing.
Why do they do it? For the same reason so many of the people in the military make FbF - they do it for their friends, co-workers, and neighbors - but more than anything else, they do it because it is the right thing to do and it must be done.
What would you do?
Thursday, March 17, 2011
PACOM could evacuate 87k Americans from Japan - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
PACOM could evacuate 87k Americans from Japan - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Worst case scenario? Getting closer to a worse case scenario?
Worst case scenario? Getting closer to a worse case scenario?
U.N. approves no-fly zone over Libya - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
U.N. approves no-fly zone over Libya - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
What's your opinion? Gates said we had to take down the air defenses first if this is done.
Are the Europeans willing to do this? Actually fire a shot?
Personally - take out Gadhafi's government is a good thing. I'd rather have chaos there than have Gadhafit in place.
What's your opinion? Gates said we had to take down the air defenses first if this is done.
Are the Europeans willing to do this? Actually fire a shot?
Personally - take out Gadhafi's government is a good thing. I'd rather have chaos there than have Gadhafit in place.
Blue Angels Announce Changes to 2011 Show Schedule
Blue Angels Announce Changes to 2011 Show Schedule
I highly suggest you head to an airshow with the Blue's if you can make it.
I highly suggest you head to an airshow with the Blue's if you can make it.
Navy stops moving sailors to Japan - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Navy stops moving sailors to Japan - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
This is significant. I have recieved personal word that all DOD dependents are to be moved out of Japan.
What's the real story on radiation?
This is significant. I have recieved personal word that all DOD dependents are to be moved out of Japan.
What's the real story on radiation?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Weather hampers U.S. relief flights over Japan - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Weather hampers U.S. relief flights over Japan - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Another obstacle to helping the great people of Japan.
Another obstacle to helping the great people of Japan.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Frank Buckles, last U.S. WWI vet, laid to rest - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Frank Buckles, last U.S. WWI vet, laid to rest - Air Force News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
This is the post that means the most to me. It is an honor to post this article.
Thank you veterans for your sacrifice.
This is the post that means the most to me. It is an honor to post this article.
Thank you veterans for your sacrifice.
JSF Likely Far More Expensive Than Aircraft They’re Replacing | Air Force News at DefenseTalk
JSF Likely Far More Expensive Than Aircraft They’re Replacing Air Force News at DefenseTalk
I highly doubt any aircraft can replace the A-10 Warthog.
Come on - anyone here ever see them go low and slow? How about video of the cannon? How about the high speed pass that means they're there before you see them?
The A-10 is one of the greatest aircraft in the inventory - bar none. This is one aircraft that should keep being produced. I suspect the infantry and the marines would agree.........................
I highly doubt any aircraft can replace the A-10 Warthog.
Come on - anyone here ever see them go low and slow? How about video of the cannon? How about the high speed pass that means they're there before you see them?
The A-10 is one of the greatest aircraft in the inventory - bar none. This is one aircraft that should keep being produced. I suspect the infantry and the marines would agree.........................
US Marine Corps buying 80 F-35C fighter aircraft | Air Force News at DefenseTalk
US Marine Corps buying 80 F-35C fighter aircraft Air Force News at DefenseTalk
Lot's of news coming out of the DOD.
Question - if the vertical takeoff/landing model don't materialize, what happens to all the big deck amphibs and carriers with the ski jumps on the bows???
Someone going to try and grab the Harriers now retired from the British fleet? I'd find a way to hang on to those aircraft. The Spanish, Italians, Indian's all use the ski jump - maybe they want them? What happens when the Harriers are finally put to bed?
We need the F-35B.
Lot's of news coming out of the DOD.
Question - if the vertical takeoff/landing model don't materialize, what happens to all the big deck amphibs and carriers with the ski jumps on the bows???
Someone going to try and grab the Harriers now retired from the British fleet? I'd find a way to hang on to those aircraft. The Spanish, Italians, Indian's all use the ski jump - maybe they want them? What happens when the Harriers are finally put to bed?
We need the F-35B.
Japanese Officials Scramble to Contain Nuclear Power Plant Crisis
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/15/japanese-nuclear-panic-rises-agency-says-radiation-leaking-atmosphere/
Wow - my thoughts and prayers are with them.
Wow - my thoughts and prayers are with them.
From Jane's Navy Updates
USN and USMC halve minimum distance for amphibious stand-offs
The US Navy (USN) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have revised the minimum stand-off distance from a contested shore for amphibious operations from a minimum of 25 n miles to 12. The change is due to improvements in the USN's mine countermeasure (MCM) capability and early success of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead said on 2 March
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 09 March 2011]
US Navy faces budget crisis as talks continue in Congress
The US Navy is facing a USD4.5 billion operational and maintenance (OMN) shortfall and the potential delay of several ship starts as a result of an ongoing budget fight in Congress. Having failed to approve the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) budget last year due to a stalemate between hard-line conservatives and supporters of President Barak Obama's administration, Congress has instead passed two continuing resolutions (CRs) that will fund the Department of Defense at 2010 levels
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 09 March 2011]
The US Navy (USN) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have revised the minimum stand-off distance from a contested shore for amphibious operations from a minimum of 25 n miles to 12. The change is due to improvements in the USN's mine countermeasure (MCM) capability and early success of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead said on 2 March
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 09 March 2011]
US Navy faces budget crisis as talks continue in Congress
The US Navy is facing a USD4.5 billion operational and maintenance (OMN) shortfall and the potential delay of several ship starts as a result of an ongoing budget fight in Congress. Having failed to approve the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) budget last year due to a stalemate between hard-line conservatives and supporters of President Barak Obama's administration, Congress has instead passed two continuing resolutions (CRs) that will fund the Department of Defense at 2010 levels
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 09 March 2011]
More Marines to fly carrier-variant JSFs - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
More Marines to fly carrier-variant JSFs - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Sounds like a plan....................
Still hard to believe it's another 4 years before they become operational.
Wish the F-22A was still in production.
Sounds like a plan....................
Still hard to believe it's another 4 years before they become operational.
Wish the F-22A was still in production.
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Blue Angels haven't figured out which way is up!! (US Navy photo)
Which way is up??? Maybe the camera is upside down! Get to a US Navy Blue Angels Airshow this year!
CBO Testified on the Navy’s Shipbuilding Plans | Navy News at DefenseTalk
CBO Testified on the Navy’s Shipbuilding Plans Navy News at DefenseTalk
We need more cash just to maintain the fleet.
Entitlements are hurting our ability maintain the fleet size.
We need more cash just to maintain the fleet.
Entitlements are hurting our ability maintain the fleet size.
Seventh Fleet repositions ships after contamination detected
Seventh Fleet repositions ships after contamination detected
Probably not a big deal, but I appreciate the abundance of caution.
Probably not a big deal, but I appreciate the abundance of caution.
Survivor’s new book recalls battle at Iwo Jima - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Survivor’s new book recalls battle at Iwo Jima - Air Force News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Each time I think of Iwo Jima I think of the heroism that occurred there, and the waste of Japanese and American lives because Japanese leadership gave orders that were worthless, and winless.
Each time I think of Iwo Jima I think of the heroism that occurred there, and the waste of Japanese and American lives because Japanese leadership gave orders that were worthless, and winless.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Scrapping the Hero Of Benghazi - The Continued Decline of the Royal Navy
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/01/scrapping-the-hero-of-benghazi
Britania used to 'Rule the Waves'.
Now even the French have more ships, and the Italians have more carriers. They're not dumb enough to scrap naval aviation.
The first responsibility of government is defense. That's not a conservative or liberal position. It just is.
Britania used to 'Rule the Waves'.
Now even the French have more ships, and the Italians have more carriers. They're not dumb enough to scrap naval aviation.
The first responsibility of government is defense. That's not a conservative or liberal position. It just is.
Funeral held for Frankfurt shooting victim - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
Funeral held for Frankfurt shooting victim - Air Force News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times
My condolences to the family of this brave man, who gave his life in service to our country.
I've heard many on the milblogs state they want to see our service members armed regardless of what country they are in.
I agree.
My condolences to the family of this brave man, who gave his life in service to our country.
I've heard many on the milblogs state they want to see our service members armed regardless of what country they are in.
I agree.
Seahawks off the Reagan flying in supplies - note the devastation
US Navy Photo 110312-N-0000X-003
It's times like this that it shows how vital it is to have forward deployed naval forces in the 7th Fleet.
It's times like this that it shows how vital it is to have forward deployed naval forces in the 7th Fleet.
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