Historical
Texas back in the water
No, I don’t mean Friday’s rain (although we got 3″ in as any hours. Typical Texas weather – drought or toadfloater.) Nope, the grand old lady , formerly of the Houston Ship Chanel, the USS Texas (BB35) has left her dry dock and is headed for the balance of her refitting in Galveston. She was […]
Valor Friday
Army Times is reporting on one of the latest uses of new media for the Army. A comic book is being made by the service that highlights the unimaginable bravery of Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers. I’ll be taking a deep dive into Sergeant Rivers for a proper Valor Friday piece next week. Here’s a bit […]
National Museum of the USAF hit by tornado
On Wednesday, the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio was hit by a suspected tornado, right in a restoration hangar. For those of us who love vintage aviation, the photos are heartbreaking. The Warzone has the scoop and all the photos. Among the aircraft you can see laying damaged are […]
Valor Friday
Having been to the USS Midway Museum, I’ve seen the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog landed on her deck by South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly. Major Buang stole the plane, loaded his wife and five children into the nominally 4-seat observation airplane, and flew out to sea. He did so because it was April 1975 […]
Google Gemini’s AI image generator causes Google’s parent company to lose over 70 billion
The growing interest in utilizing AI image generators has led many companies to offer their own versions of the program. Google launched Gemini for this task. How Gemini responded to prompts has led to a lot of attention. However, this attention was not the kind that an organization desires. It’s a good idea to appeal […]
Valor Friday
I’ve talked several times about multi-war veterans. Some of those have earned valor awards for gallantry in action in service spanning several decades. Pascal Poolaw was one such man. You’ll recall he earned four Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts. He did so across three different wars, earned a Silver Star and Purple Heart in […]
Valor Friday
I already had this week’s post locked and loaded when the death of Chuck Mawhinney was publicized last night. Instead, let’s take a brief look at him. He died just a few months after the Marine Corps shuttered the Scout Sniper School. I can’t help but feel that’s symbolic. From Military.com; It wasn’t until 1991 […]
War Grave Protected
Ships Bell, USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) Relic Recovered from U.S. Destroyer Lost in WWI JOHN GRADY The bell of the USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), the only American destroyer sunk during World War I, has been recovered by a special salvage unit with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense at the request of the U.S. Naval […]
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