Archive for October 19th, 2019
Alfred Mahan, US Navy, Officer and Shipwrecker
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a naval historian, widely regarded as an expert in all things Navy, but he was, in fact, more inept on board a ship than a recruit at Great Mistakes on the first day. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/10/14/alfred-thayer-mahan-and-his-vain-quest-to-keep-ships-straight/ Not only was CAPT Mahan a poor seaman, he was also afraid of being run into and […]
US and Korea to Hold Talks
Korea and US will hold defense talks in Hawaii next week. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20191018000691 South Korea and the United States plan to hold a new round of negotiations on sharing the cost of the upkeep for the 28,500-strong US Forces Korea in Hawaii next week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday. Seoul’s top negotiator, Jeong Eun-bo, and his […]
We Have A Dreadnought or Two
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron 103 launches Aug. 27 off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which was operating in the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Singley/Navy) I did not know that an aircraft carrier was so intimidating to the […]
More News About Syria
The US military is destroying ammo left behind in Syria. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2019/10/17/us-airstrikes-destroy-ammo-left-behind-in-syria/ Two U.S. F-15E fighter jets launched airstrikes Wednesday to destroy ammunition that was left behind when American forces abandoned a cement factory south of Kobani, Syria. The factory had served as a coordination center for the U.S.-led coalition and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State group. – […]
Saturday Feel Good Stories
Two inept thieves rob a Gary, IN, bank and get caught. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/men-charged-with-bank-robberies-in-gary-and-hammond/article_43b5e123-de42-554c-8800-aa85c0e7190d.html HAMMOND — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged two men with robbing three Lake County banks in the last five weeks. Anthony Day and Omarr Williams, who police arrested Tuesday, are named in federal armed robbery charges alleging they took a total of […]
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