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Friday, September 29, 2017

Vietnam War On PBS

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I have been watching the Ken Burns film on the Vietnam War. It is now available on streaming video:  Watch the Entire Landmark Film 'The...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Collisions At Sea - Not Necessary

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The collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain are still something of a mystery, since the investigations have not been made public. But mo...
Monday, September 11, 2017

The First Time I Saw Tampa

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The first time I saw Tampa, we were getting ready for war. It was 1940, I was not quite four years old, but I knew that war was coming. I ...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Puerto Rico, Irma, and International Relations

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As Hurricane Irma bears down on Puerto Rico, I am reminded of a friend and shipmate, and also of a blustering captain who may not have been ...

Schoolbus History

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Interesting event this morning in Oriental celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first public school bus in the state of North Carolina t...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Play Taps For Democracy

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This evening's White House announcement of a pardon for former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio could mark the death nell of American ...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Another Deadly Collision - This Time Near Singapore

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Another Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer assigned to the Seventh Fleet collided this morning at the entrance to the Malacca Strait with a much ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Translation: President Trump Is A Raving Lunatic

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Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee is a courtly Southern gentleman of the old school. He speaks clearly, but with constraint. So when he says s...
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