A pal of mine posted this on FB and it rang the Liberty Bell in my head.
“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.”
? Jeff Cooper, Art of the Rifle
I’d replace Rifle with Gun in every case, but I sure ain’t Jeff Cooper.
When Gary Sinise took on the role of wounded U.S. serviceman Lt. Dan Taylor in “Forest Gump” in 1994, little did he know it would have such a profound impact on the rest of his life, both personally and professionally.
Today, Sinise spends much of his spare time entertaining and raising money for U.S. troops, veterans and their families with his group The Lt. Dan Band. His experiences have been captured in the documentary “Lt. Dan Band: For The Common Good,” which debuts on the Documentary Channel this Sunday.
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This was done last year (as Jonn noted here), but not generally distributed where it was easy to see. Check out this trailer!
Many years ago somewhere in the Gulf of Tonkin, I believe, we were in line for a “bullets and beans” UNREP (Underway Replenishment for you Army types). It was standard practice for a ship ‘floor it” when the last line was dropped and pull away quickly so the next ship could get alongside and begin their UNREP. I was on deck with the working party getting ready and someone yelled “Damn look at that!” I hadn’t been paying much attention in that there were more immediate matters at hand. We all pretty much stopped and gawked at the ship pulling away… It looked like a huge haze grey speedboat with ROOSTER TAIL no less!
That was my first look at the USS Long Beach CGN-9.
The world’s first nuclear-powered surface warship, the USS Long Beach, was put up for auction as scrap metal on Tuesday to be dismantled and recycled, after spending the past 17 years mothballed in a naval shipyard in Washington state.
The 720-foot (219-metre) vessel, the first American cruiser since the end of World War Two to be built new from the keel up, boasted the world’s highest bridge and was the last such U.S. vessel with teakwood decks, according to Navy history.
Sorry… been saving this for Sunday, but I dunno If I’ll have power tomorrow! Although this this clip does remind me of Jonn and TSO (facial hair?) I’ll ask if you can picture two nuclear powers elsewhere doing this? Thanks OWB.
I must speculate that our guys in Berlin at those border crossings were NOT as spiffy?
Day 8 of no grid power, BTW. I just couldn’t leave this to chance.
As executive chef for Vice President Joe Biden, Chief Culinary Specialist (SW) Thomas McNulty cooks for some of the world’s most powerful people using some of the same skills the Navy hopes will make the food sailors eat tastier and healthier.
“The culinary world has blown up, and I think it’s a natural progression that the military and the Navy have seen that we just can’t sit in an archaic era,” McNulty, a 14-year veteran, told Navy Times.
Somehow I always knew that officers country was a “special” place, and that airdales were weird, but this is something well the other side of odd:
CSSN Quindell Jenkins paid close attention to the pep talk his watch captain gave the day before the meal.
“He spoke to all of us before the Asian-Pacific meal where we have to carve baby pigs on the carving station,” Jenkins said.
Yes, that’s suckling pig served on an aircraft carrier in the middle of a combat mission in the Persian Gulf.
I remember powdered eggs, reconstituted milk, and bug juice among other culinary treats. If we were on the gun line we’d maybe even get baloney sandwiches for three meals. We even got to relish C-Rats during extended GQ sessions.
Lookit I’m all for anything that improves the life of a sailor at sea, but is this emphasis on epicurean delights REALLY important? Does your average sailor rush ashore looking for the local gourmet eatery in each port?
Friends, still need to raise $310 to pay for web hosting for They Have Names for the next two years. I begin leave on Monday until August and the hosting ends mid-August so I won’t have much time after I get back. Remember that I’m sending a hat to anyone that donates $20 or more through the site. Please share on your pages.
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