Life is a journey, one step followed by another…
Not many people in this world have heard the phrase, “Launch the Alert 5!” I mean, why would they? Unless, of course, they watched the movie, “Top Gun.” But for those of us who have lived it… it’s more than… Read moreLaunch the Alert 5!
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) I’ve been slacking a bit in my blog writing over the past few months. There’s really not a good excuse, except… as my dad used to say… “I’ve been busier than a one-armed paperhanger working… Read more#162—My Best Day(s) in the Navy
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) What my Recruiter Said – “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” It’s been over 50 years since I walked into the Navy recruiter’s office in Tallahassee, Florida. At the tender young age of 18, I was… Read more#157—Oh, the Places You’ll Go…
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) We weren’t at war… The “official” end of the Vietnam War was April 30, 1975. I’d reported aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), just thirty days prior. She was moored at North Island,… Read more#143—Flight Ops… Around the Clock
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Pinske.
First of all, Merry Christmas to all from Gainesville, Florida. If you don’t know where that is, it’s about 1½ hours from each coast, an hour south of Georgia, and two hours north of Orlando. Right smack dab in the… Read more#133—A Veteran’s Christmas
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) “What the hell took you so long, Chet?” Borne was his usual self—always smiling, cracking a joke, and making light of the moment. He knew the chow lines were often long enough to finish a… Read more#124—Nighttime on the Flight Deck, Part 1: Launch
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “Don’t take criticism from people you would never go to for advice.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “I learned a long time ago that worrying is like a… Read more#123—I Thought I’d Heard Everything, Part 3
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “We do not remember days; we remember moments.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “If I am not me, then who the hell am I?”? Who sang (and what… Read more#114—Those Dastardly “Triggers”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “Knowing is the easy part; saying it out loud is the… Read more#105—See You at the Red Light