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Heavy Seas Rounding the Horn
Three New Orleans-class heavy cruisers of CruDiv 7, USS San Francisco (CA-38), USS Quincy (CA-39), and USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), in some truly heavy seas rounding Cape Horn before the war. With the...
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Another Mandatory Navy Training Opportunity?
In the form of “healthy masculinities”. Taught by the Vanderbilt University Women’s Center, naturally. One has to wonder how many times Ray Mabus and RDML Micro-Aggression USCG sat through this...
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Elizabeth II Eclipses Victoria’s Reign – Long Live the Queen!
As of just after noon today (EDT), Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain. Sixty-three years, three months, and seven days. Her coronation took place...
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They Make a Pill for That Now!
One easy to swallow pill could have prevented the Benghazi lies, the e-mail lies, Chinese campaign finance…. H/T Fran D Tagged: china, history, humor
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It’s Over: Yogi Berra Dies at 90
Sad news on the sports legends front this morning. Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra has passed away at age 90. One of the greatest catchers of all time, Berra was a 15-time all-star in 19 seasons, a...
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Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Whenever a gun grabber discusses Heller vs. DC,...
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The Battle of Agincourt and the AirLand Battle Doctrine
It’s the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, so let us revisit this post form a few years ago. Vastly outnumbered, trapped and in close terrain, facing hunger and disease, your flight to...
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The Naval Battle for Guadalcanal; The Second Act, 13-15 November 1942
As the decimated US Navy force limped away from Ironbottom Sound after dawn on 13 November 1942, the prospects for protecting the Marines on Guadalcanal and preventing the counter-landing of powerful...
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Angles and Dangles, and Then Some
Sequence of Events 15 to 30 Seconds After Loss of AC Power The rate of change of increasing down angle accelerated rapidly from about 15 degrees down to approximately 40 to 45 degrees down; with full...
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Christmas Eve, The Battle of the Bulge, the 8th Air Force, and the Medal of...
The German counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest was deliberately launched during a period when the forecast weather grounded most allied aircraft. Negating the US and British airpower greatly...
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