Navy
A Naval Academy course – English literature through the prism of gender and sexuality
One of the English Major classes at the U.S. Naval Academy dives into gender and sexuality aspects of literature. The course syllabus traces this topic from its women’s studies roots through the current developments including themes from LGBTQ, race, CRT, etc. The course description described early Women’s Studies programs as being limited to White middle-class […]
Valor Friday
Last week I looked at a few people who had spent the vast majority of their long lives in the service of this country. That led me to the discovery of a few more with exceptionally long times in uniform. The most famous 19th Century American naval officer, which I criminally overlooked last week, was […]
Extradited!
Fat Leonard ‘Fat Leonard,’ fugitive in Navy bribery case, facing extradition to US By Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Watson The extradition of convicted defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis to the United States as part of the Venezuelan prisoner swap on Wednesday is the latest twist in a decade-long salacious saga and bribery scheme […]
What’s Israel doing right?
We have talked before about the availability of flying F-35s in the US inventory. Here is a study from the Congressional Budget Office giving the raw numbers on F-35s. Cutting to the chase, our average availability is around 40-50% percent, so figure over 50% of the fleet is unavailable for missions at any point in […]
U.S. Navy Lieutenant, who was sentenced in Japan, is back in United States custody
Ridge Alkonis, the U.S. Navy Lieutenant who was sentenced to three years in prison by a Japanese court, has returned to US custody. He was sentenced because of negligent driving resulting in the death of a couple of individuals. A third person was injured in this incident. Alkonis argued that he suffered from mountain sickness, […]
MLK home arson suspect is “decorated US Navy veteran”
So someone allegedly tried to torch the childhood home of The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t know why a person would be inclined to do such a thing, but thankfully some tourists stopped her. Then some off-duty NYPD cops held her until the Atlanta PoPos showed up. I guess Fox News got […]
The US Military is in talks regarding escorting commercial ships in the Red Sea
Houthi militants have been leveraging missile and drone attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthis claim that this is a part of an effort to fight against Israel. There already is a task force, the Combined Maritime Forces, consisting of ships from multiple nations. They’ve been involved with security in this area. […]
Captain James Harney relieved as commander of Amphibious Squadron 5 after hit and run incident
Captain James Harney was involved in a hit and run incident that resulted in a bodily injury. He was driving under the influence of alcohol at that time. Harney was arrested the day before Thanksgiving at the Naval Amphibious Base. Harney was subsequently relieved of his command of Amphibious Squadron 5 (PHIBRON 5). He held […]
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