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USS Nimitz is the lead ship of her class, and what is known in the vernacular as a “mature” ship, having been commissioned since 1975. The ship has already completed her mid-life reactor complex overhaul and refueling. The last of the Nimitz class is George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), delivered to the Navy only two [...]  Where to begin? On Friday, October 13, 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels, armed with ten carriage guns… No. That’s probably too far back. On Friday, May 29, 2009 I mustered with 14 other bloggers – there, I said it! – at Naval Air Station North [...] God help me, it felt like going home. More later. Friday afternoon motivation (on a timed release). Much is made in the east about the dreadful history of European colonialism, the bitter legacies of humiliation and dysfunction that empires leave when they withdraw. But who is the victim, and who the victimizer? Paul Fregosi in his book Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries calls [...] These Silicon Valley folks tweet like a meth addict tweaks. Follow the show (while connectivity lasts) at twitter.com/neplex Hard though it may be to believe, your correspondent, with seven sea service deployment medals and countless days at sea regretting his ignoble fate, has taken a day of paid-time-off. Not to spank the golf ball through the Elysian fields of Torrey Pines, nor yet to polish a paragraph or two on the Endless [...] What do you call the Iranian city bordering both Pakistan and Afghanistan? A bad neighborhood. Ms. Pelosi is in China with an entourage preaching the gospel of reduced carbon footprints: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right. Speaking at Beijing’s elite Tsinghua University, Pelosi continued the theme of her five-day China trip — that [...] In case you were wondering whether we were indeed returning to the old days, read this news of Teh Blue Angles: Money woes force Navy flying team to practice less The U.S. Navy is cutting the practice schedule of its elite Blue Angels flight demonstration team to save money, the military announced Wednesday. The [...] |
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