Another year around the sun … another year of blog posts. Where does the time go? As we used to say back in my day, “It’s Not Just a Job … It’s An Adventure.”
Here are the five most popular “A Veteran’s Journey” blog posts of 2025:
- #184 – Navy Lingo – A few choice “words” for veterans.
- #190 – Westpac ’75: Coming Home – Cruising home after a 6-month deployment.
- #186 – Westpac ’75: Flight Ops – What it’s like to be on the flight deck during flight ops.
- #192 – You Won’t Hear These Terms in Other Branches of Service – Army, Marines, Air Force have nothing on us sailors.
- #196 – Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept It – memories… share them with your family.
To follow up, here are the five most popular blog posts of all time:
- #126 – World War II: The Bloody Moselle River Crossing – My dad fought with the 80th Infantry Division in Europe. The September 1944 Moselle River crossing was brutal.
- #158 – My Favorite Navy Jets (‘70s version) – We all have our favorites, right?
- #184 – Navy Lingo – A few choice “words” for veterans.
- #190 – Westpac ’75: Coming Home – Cruising home after a 6-month deployment.
- #76 – Set the Mail Buoy Watch … FNG Tasks – All military branches know what an FNG is; the Navy has a few “special” tasks for FNGs.
And, like many other bloggers on this planet, some posts hit closer to home than others. Heres’ my favorite five blog posts for 2025 (yes, there is some overlap).
- #198 – The Weight We Carry – some veterans carry a mental (and physical) weight after leaving the service.
- The Westpac ’75 Cruise Series – a series of blogs about going on an overseas cruise.
- #205 – It’s Become an Obsession … – local Vietnam War soldiers who were KIA.
- #197 – What the Hell Did I Get Myself Into? – signing on the dotted line was easy. Then, came the rest of the time in the Navy.
- #196 – Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept It – memories… share them with your family.
Happy New Year from all of us at A Veteran’s Journey. See you in 2026!
Until we meet again,
Andy
Blog post image: A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo credit: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Pinske.
Andy Adkins is a US Navy veteran (’73-77) and the author of several books (www.azadkinsiii.com), many of which are free downloads (PDF, eBook format). He is currently retired and lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife and life-long soulmate, Becky.