Navy
Court stuff
Well, the biggest item has to be that Trump’s suit against George Stephanopoulus settled without a trial, and ABC got socked with a cool $15 million which goes to the Trump Library (if and when it gets built. Can Don read?) Trump filed a defamation suit against Stephanopoulos after he asserted that Trump was found […]
World’s most loved Naval Aviator gets medal
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro feels a need…a need for speed. He knows that while everyone has a gun, there can be only one at the top. Del Toro has given one of the service’s highest civilian honors to Tom Cruise. Maverick has gotten the Distinguished Public Service medal reports Breitbart. He’s gotten […]
They just approach things differently
I keep seeing all these articles on China’s rapidly increasing capabilities. Now, in the past, manufacturers called the Chinese the best thieves on the planet – not innovators at all, but let a prototype or plan each them and they would “liberate” the designs, and have a version of the product hitting the market […]
Sad update
In doing the updates, came across one items which I feel deserves its own place. Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack. Fernandez was […]
How to play dumb and become a hero
April 6, 1977, the USS Canberra was cruising the Gulf of Tonkin and firing at targets on shore. Unbeknownst (always wanted to use that word) to the crew, a young sailor had been blown overboard by the muzzle blast from a 5 inch gun. Douglas Brent Hegdal was from South Dakota, and had never seen […]
125th Army vs Navy Game!
A former Marine invites a fellow Devil Dog to the festivities. JD Vance confirms Daniel Penny will attend Army-Navy game after acquittal in subway chokehold trial Penny was found not guilty in the May 2023 death of Jordan Neely By Paulina Dedaj Vice President-elect JD Vance confirmed Friday that Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran found […]
China production, US production, and more on the F-35
Looking at American defense manufacturing today, and it ain’t pretty. China has unveiled a new method of smelting iron which gives an incredibly fast yield – typical blast furnaces can take up to six hours per batch. A new iron making technology developed in China is set to significantly impact the global steel industry. Developed […]
Monday, Monday… short bits
First up, a familiar name from the ’80s – Major General Richard Secord of the Air Force has died, age 92. Major-General Richard Secord, who has died aged 92, was a highly decorated US Air Force bomber pilot who worked with the CIA organising covert operations, directing the only successful rescue of prisoners during the […]
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