The Warrior Code
“Talk to me Goose” Navy Call Signs Explained
How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns A Super Hornet pilot gives us an inside look at how Naval Aviators get their often colorful but unflattering callsigns. BEN KOHLMANN Let’s reminisce about fighter pilot callsigns and how they come about. I’ll start with mine: ‘The Professor,’ eventually shortened to ‘Prof.’ How I got it: […]
Code Talker Turns 106
Navajo Code Talkers Using American Indians who were fluent in both traditional tribal languages and English to foil enemy eavesdropping began in World War-I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad. In World War-II the US military formally developed a policy to recruit and train American Indians to become code talkers. The Navajo (or Diné) code talkers […]
Routine Training Mission Claims 9
HH-60 Blackhawk Tragic, fatal flight mishap in Kentucky. Army Black Hawk helicopters crash, killing 9 service members: official Crash between two Army HH60 Black Hawk helicopters happened during training mission near Fort Campbell in Kentucky By Lawrence Richard , Liz Friden , Greg Norman | Fox News An Army official confirmed to Fox News on […]
The Festival of John Moses Browning
Today we celebrate the birthday of John Moses Browning, and his Gospel. Sit you down and harken. The Holy Gospel of JMB As translated from the original ancient manuscripts by Friar Frog. 1) In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, “Thou […]
Day of Infamy
On this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII America responded with overwhelming force that annihilated Imperial Japan, Nazi German war machines in less than four years By Kerry J. Byrne Imperial Japan launched a devastating Sunday morning surprise attack on the U.S. Navy and other […]
Veteran’s Day
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans Day to […]
Happy Birthday Marines!
247 Years Young 10 November 2022 A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS 70 years ago, Army Major General Frank E. Lowe was quoted as saying, “The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight.” That testimonial rings as true now as it did then, […]
Supersonic Flight 75 Years Ago
BG Charles (Chuck) Yeager, USAF On 14 October 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first pilot in history to break the sound barrier. Four rocket engines shot his X-1 aircraft, Glamorous Glennis, to more than 700 mph breaking the sound barrier above what now is Edwards Air Force Base. Security clamped down immediately on the event, […]
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