If you just came out of a Cold War coma - you would think you were in a parallel universe.

Hat tip Theo.
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Well the upUS Navy stopped using Lead Base Oaint in 1996, which would have made Cdr. Michael William Brannon, USN the first of the post 1996 Rust Navy Commanding Officers or Cdr. Charles Ferguson...
CDR Salamander: We Need a Material Condition Standdown · 3 months ago
How about for the period actually under discussion in the article? When that picture was taken. I'm guessing the ship didn't look like that when it came out of the builder's yard, so maybe that guy...
CDR Salamander: We Need a Material Condition Standdown · 3 months ago
For what timeframe! USS Fort McHenry had twenty-four CO’s from 8 August 1987 to 27 March 2021! The last being Cdr. Michael J. Fabrizio, which last known whereabouts was in Mayport, Florida of the...
CDR Salamander: We Need a Material Condition Standdown · 3 months ago
All these years later, I'm curious--does anyone know where the then CO ended up? Retire at 3-star or something?
CDR Salamander: We Need a Material Condition Standdown · 3 months ago
The detailed breakdown of NATO's shifts in policy and military posture provides a lot of food for thought. speedy...
CDR Salamander: NATO's Evolution in Response to the Russo-Ukrainian War with Jorge Benitez - on Midrats · 10 months ago
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Sigh. Only thing we learn from history is we fail to learn anything from history.
New reports that Medvedev is urging his best buddy Putin to run for president again. Who didn't see that one coming?
Take a look at the new boss... same as the old boss. Yeah. really!
Parallel universe? I saw a movie on this once - in it the President of the US began seizing power from Congress in an attempt to create an all-powerful executive. This fictional character stated "since Congress cannot fix things, I will!" while unilaterally interpreting, changing and negating the laws passed by the legislative branch.
The writer of such a movie should be fired, one can only take suspension of disbelief so far you know!
our current President is making ex-President Bill Clinton appear more and more like someone who always told the truth to the American public.
"What a curious modern age we find ourselves living in." - CAPT Jack Aubrey
Kwitcherbellyakin. Things are bad and headed south, but it used to be a lot worse. All we got to do is throw the rascals out and things will pick up.
Mean time, be glad of the blessings we have (see picture above).
See, I can be cheerful and optimistic. (I need to go grump now, the strain is hard on me.)
At least Clinton with help of Gingrich managed to pull the deficit to zero, with Gingrich doing the slashing cuts and Clinton doing the taxing...
I can never quite get used to it. Deploying to AFB a lot of personnel transit Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan. Stepping off the aircraft and seeing the cyrillic signs and Soviet era architecture brings back the halcyon days when knew who the bad guys were and where they at.
...and all of it to secure mineral rights for the Chinese... :P
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