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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Fatal Collisions Part II: USS John S. McCain August 21 2017

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August 20, 2017, day before USS McCain was scheduled to transit the Singapore Strait and enter Sembawang for a scheduled port visit, McCain ...
Monday, November 6, 2017

Collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain - Summary Report

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Last Wednesday the US Navy released a summary report of investigations into the June 17 collision between USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine co...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The Infallibility Of Generals

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The White House Spokesman has admonished the press not to challenge anything said by a four-star Marine General, no matter how inaccurate it...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Donald Trump's Ball Game: Calvin Ball

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I finally realized today that President Trump is a skilled practitioner of Calvin Ball. What's that? You ask. Google the comic strip C...
Friday, October 6, 2017

National Security Consequences Of Donald Trump

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In 1919 the British economist John Maynard Keynes, disappointed at the Treaty of Versailles, published a brilliant little book, the Economic...
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 ...
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