Sunday, October 16, 2011
PCU Minnesota & Chad Greenway
The Wharf Rat was there - but I was just on the left out of the picture. These Sailors were from PCU Minnesota SSN 783 and the man in the red shirt was the COB Randy Reid.
Monday, October 10, 2011
PCU Minnesota SSN 783's Videos
The Wharf Rat is chair of this contest - and anyone with a Minnesota connection can participate (and we are loose with that definition. Time is short so get the word out - go to www.ussminnesota.org to participate.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
making history
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2011) Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Kristopher Smith gives the thumbs up for pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk to lift an F-35B Lightning II off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. The aircraft is undergoing testing aboard Wasp. (U.S. Navy photo By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Rivard/Released)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
A first - making history!
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 3, 2011) An F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Natasha R. Chalk/Released)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Corps asking Navy to extend Peleliu’s service - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Corps asking Navy to extend Peleliu’s service - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
I saw a picture once w/two Tarawa class big decks in Pascagula finishing construction in 1979. It's only because of money we can't do that now.
You can't tell me there are cost advantages to building them together
I saw a picture once w/two Tarawa class big decks in Pascagula finishing construction in 1979. It's only because of money we can't do that now.
You can't tell me there are cost advantages to building them together
From Our New Chief of Naval Operations - Wharf Rat likes what he's hearing!
Tenets
The key considerations we should apply to every decision
Warfighting First: Be ready to fight and win today, while building the ability to win tomorrow
Operate Forward: Provide offshore options to deter, influence and win in an era of uncertainty
Be Ready: Harness the teamwork, talent and imagination of our diverse force to be ready to fight and responsibly employ our resources
Guiding Principles
The starting point for developing and executing our plans
The key considerations we should apply to every decision
Warfighting First: Be ready to fight and win today, while building the ability to win tomorrow
Operate Forward: Provide offshore options to deter, influence and win in an era of uncertainty
Be Ready: Harness the teamwork, talent and imagination of our diverse force to be ready to fight and responsibly employ our resources
Guiding Principles
The starting point for developing and executing our plans
- Our primary mission is warfighting. All our efforts to improve capabilities, develop people, and structure our organizations should be grounded in this fundamental responsibility.
- People are the Navy’s foundation. We have a professional and moral obligation to uphold a covenant with Sailors, Civilians and their families * to ably lead, equip, train and motivate.
- Our approach should be Joint and combined when possible. However, we own the sea, and must also be able to operate independently when necessary.
- Our primary Joint partner is the U.S. Marine Corps. We must continue to evolve how we will operate and fight as expeditionary warfare partners.
- At sea and ashore, we must be ready to part with Navy roles, programs and traditions if they are not integral to our future vision or a core element of our mission.
- We must ensure today’s force is ready for its assigned missions.
- Maintaining ships and aircraft to their expected service lives is an essential contribution to fleet capacity.
- Our Navy Ethos defines us and describes the standard for character and behavior.
- We must clearly and directly communicate our intent and expectations both within and outside the Navy.
- I believe in the “Charge of Command.” We will train and empower our leaders with authorities commensurate with their responsibilities.
Race relations better in the South? Economic growth in the South? Read this article and see if this doesn't make sense. (sorry to digress from US Navy issues, but this article rings true)
Southern Like Me? click the link and read it all
"It’s quite a story, actually. Americans, black and white alike, are moving in record numbers to a part of the country where taxes are low, unions are irrelevant, and people love their guns and their faith. And yet we have heard hardly a peep about this great migration from our nation’s public intellectuals.
Why? Because their ideological prejudices won’t permit them to admit the obvious. They’d prefer to focus their research on the pre-1970s South because they are more comfortable with — and more invested in — that old narrative, while this new one marches on right under their noses. And their keyboards.
And so it is with a sense of puzzlement that this Jersey boy turned Mississippian watches the decision making of President Obama. Millions of Americans may have voted for him in 2008, but millions have been voting with their feet, and he doesn’t seem the least bit interested in understanding why.
Last December, gun manufacturer Winchester moved one of its plants — and 1,000 jobs — from East Alton, Ill., to my small town of Oxford. Joseph Rupp, who runs the company, explained: “While I am disappointed that employees represented by the International Association of Machinists chose to reject a proposal that would have allowed us to remain competitive in East Alton, we look forward to expanding our existing operations in Mississippi.”'
"It’s quite a story, actually. Americans, black and white alike, are moving in record numbers to a part of the country where taxes are low, unions are irrelevant, and people love their guns and their faith. And yet we have heard hardly a peep about this great migration from our nation’s public intellectuals.
Why? Because their ideological prejudices won’t permit them to admit the obvious. They’d prefer to focus their research on the pre-1970s South because they are more comfortable with — and more invested in — that old narrative, while this new one marches on right under their noses. And their keyboards.
And so it is with a sense of puzzlement that this Jersey boy turned Mississippian watches the decision making of President Obama. Millions of Americans may have voted for him in 2008, but millions have been voting with their feet, and he doesn’t seem the least bit interested in understanding why.
Last December, gun manufacturer Winchester moved one of its plants — and 1,000 jobs — from East Alton, Ill., to my small town of Oxford. Joseph Rupp, who runs the company, explained: “While I am disappointed that employees represented by the International Association of Machinists chose to reject a proposal that would have allowed us to remain competitive in East Alton, we look forward to expanding our existing operations in Mississippi.”'
Saturday, October 1, 2011
GREEN BAY, Wis. (Sept. 28, 2011) The littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Fort Worth (LCS 3) transits through the Menekaunee Bridge in Green Bay, Wis. Fort Worth is undergoing builder's trials at the Marinette Marine Corporation Shipyard before delivery to the U.S. Navy in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Marinette Marine Corporation/Released)
Navy explores longer sub deployments - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
Navy explores longer sub deployments - Navy News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
How about spending more to build more subs?
When we were building 688 boats, we were building up to 3 per year.
This one per year, and now even two per year is only slowing the decline, not stopping it.
How about spending more to build more subs?
When we were building 688 boats, we were building up to 3 per year.
This one per year, and now even two per year is only slowing the decline, not stopping it.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Christian Pastor Faces execution for not recanting his faith - IN IRAN
Christian Pastor faces execution for simply being a Christian in Iran - this is outrageous
Folks - thanks for coming to Wharf Rats place.
Please understand this - if we stand by and let this happen, we are cowards.
If we continue to let Iran be a bad actor in world affairs, then we are cowards.
I'm tired of this country, that has definitely caused US deaths in Iraq due to supplying weapons to bad guys in Iraq. I'm tired of no one standing up to these fruitcakes.
It is time.
Folks - thanks for coming to Wharf Rats place.
Please understand this - if we stand by and let this happen, we are cowards.
If we continue to let Iran be a bad actor in world affairs, then we are cowards.
I'm tired of this country, that has definitely caused US deaths in Iraq due to supplying weapons to bad guys in Iraq. I'm tired of no one standing up to these fruitcakes.
It is time.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Libya Conflict Left UK Military Under Considerable Strain | Defense & Security News at DefenseTalk
Libya Conflict Left UK Military Under Considerable Strain Defense & Security News at DefenseTalk
Only because of unsustainable domestics spending.........
Only because of unsustainable domestics spending.........
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