A tip of the hat to occasional reader James C., who – having read of your host’s issues landing his aircraft at night without any attitude displays – saw fit to ship him not one but two gooseneck flashlights.
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The foul-deck thingie: A descending Navy fighter jet’s close encounter with two sailors on the USS George Washington’s flight deck did not result in disciplinary action, but a video of the incident is being used for safety training throughout the Navy, officials said Friday. The 11-second video, which was captured by a ship camera [...] So: Your correspondent is nigh out the door and on his way to Ventura County, for to continue his ground training culminating in getting that bugger actually airborne, hopefully. With a full bag o’ gas and the ejection seat pins removed this time. Which means that he will not be in Reno for Tailhook [...] Today I took the day off. Played golf in the morning (80 at Torrey Pines North), flew twice in the afternoon, took the Hobbit out to the cinema, then out for appetizers and adult beverages. Message ends. Which your host is on the road for the next cuppla, and will be mostly off the grid, leaving the keys in it for your use and don’t make me come down there. As a discussion sparker, I’d like to leave you with a few things: Hollywood actor Gary Sinise has been an unexpectedly [...] Back at Navy, way back in the way back when, I had a teammate on the sabre team, a year senior to me. He was a lefty, whose defensive prowess – I carried many a stripe on my back and forearm the blazing speed of his ripostes – taught me a great deal about [...] Yah, yah, I know. But it was late last night that herself and I got home, and a cruel hard day it was for your host wedged in between a USD football player of consequential mass and a strange, fidget of a man wearing headphones who insisted on fighting me for the armrest. And! [...] Through the email pipe (Team): Hello Neptunus Lex Team, You just received a call, there’s massive flooding in your region and a state of emergency has been declared. The destruction of the flood is spreading and people are scrambling to safety. The President has made the decision to send units to the scene. Your [...] Casual interest was expressed by certain occasional readers in the promotional material provided to your host in his role as a citizen journalist earlier in the week. Those who are interested may follow this link (updated) wherein you will find hosted for some indeterminate time a press release (yawn) and fact sheet (both in [...] Your hosts is independently informed by two different sources that these our humble scribblings have been awarded “Best Veteran’s Milblog”, after the late unpleasantness with those submariners. Who, if they hadn’t have thrown the gauntlet down might have borne the bell away, etc. Ourselves being utterly unaware of the competition’s existence, even. So much [...] |
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