Preserving a piece of US Maritime History - invaluable

The USS Olympia is a cruiser that fought in the Spanish American War in 1898 and has been preserved in Philadelphia. She's a one of a kind ship, a national historic monument, and in danger. She needs approximately $10-15 million in repairs to keep her a viable museum for years to come. If you have the resources, or connections to those resources, please consider helping. (full disclosure - there is no financial benefit to me to ask the question - we need to save this ship for posterity). Please contact me at 612-599-1935 or bdskon@fedex.com if you have additional questions.

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Space clutter a growing concern for Pentagon - News - Stripes

Space clutter a growing concern for Pentagon - News - Stripes

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participates in an ammunition on-load with the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77).
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 21, 2012) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participates in an ammunition on-load with the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julia A. Casper/Released)
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participates in an ammunition on-load with the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participates in an ammunition on-load with the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). 

Katy Perry - Part Of Me - the Marines PR machine

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

CDR Salamander: The Biden Challenge

CDR Salamander: The Biden Challenge: Being that we have an eclectic international crowd on the front porch, I am going to strip away all nationalism in this by actually letting ...

This is a great post over at Sal's place...............please read what the VP said, then apologize to former VP Dan Quayle as fast as you can.

Lawmaker wants to keep, upgrade cruisers - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

Lawmaker wants to keep, upgrade cruisers - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

The cruiser Port Royal returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Feb. 13 following an eight-month deployment to the western Pacific. The ship is one of seven cruisers the Navy plans to retire in the next two years.