StM1c Miles S. Burke-1945 USS BUSH DD 529 This coming April 6th 2014 will mark the 69th anniversary of the sinking of the Fletcher Class Destroyer, USS BUSH DD-529 after being...
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aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Na...
The headlines this past week have been crowded with all manner of fearful predictions of the effect that cutting back federal spending by 1.5 trillion dollars over the next ten years. America...
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walrus.wr.usgs.gov Dr. Thomas PM Barnett www.eaq.sk Part of what makes a person a visionary strategist, or a master navigator, is being able to recognize changes ...
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Admiral Greenert, Gen. Amos and Admiral Papp Coast Guard NSC deployment to Arctic in Summer of 2012 The focus of this blog for the past five years has often been on the ongoing eff...
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USS Zeilin AP-3 by Wayne Scarpaci The transition of time for most of the world is now January 1st. As the celebrations of the year 2013 were ushered in from Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai ...
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A few months ago I learned that best selling author, ALEX KERSHAW , was about to publish a new book about World War II. Alex, had already gained a reputation for his accurate port...
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Iowa Vet "Mac" loving the flag and the ship Photo Derek Cross Petraeus, looking in the rear view mirror. First the UGLY. The past couple of days have witnessed the downfall of ...
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USS Iowa Container ship unloading at Port of Los Angeles Photo LA Times The past few weeks the focus has been nautical as I have been writing about being a volunteer helping to restore...
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Crossroads, What path to take? " Image Crossroads (C) by www.martin-liebermann.de" http://www.martin-liebermann.de/ I have not posted a recommended reading list in quite a while and re...
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Iowa #1 turret I have a confession to make. I have fallen in love, deeply and overjoyed every time I am with her. I can't wait to rush down to visit her and crawl all over her magnifi...
Iowa in San Pedro Volunteers on Iowa Today I was privileged to spend the day on board the USS Iowa with dozens of motivated volunteers and a small dedicated staff who are literally...
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USS Iowa's Transit to Home Iowa, courtesy of Port of LA photo This week saw two events take place that will only happen once in the lifetime of living humans. One, a celestial event ...
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USS Iowa, passing Golden Gate, 2012 History has recorded the rise of empires that spanned continents, but it took the rise of naval power to see influence and power expanded to global prop...
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I rose this morning and intended to sit down and write a remembrance of Memorial Day that reflected on those whom have given their lives in the service of all of use who live under the f...
USS Iowa, by Don Bartletti, LA Times From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2012 In four days May 20, 2012, a trio of tug boats will begin to ease the USS Iowa away from the pier in Rich...
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Joseph Benjamin Wade "with honors" Four years ago this MONTH , I wrote a blog post acknowledging a few people whom the month of May marked the passage from being a student preparing t...
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Ingalls Shipbuildings NSC/Patrol Frigate rendition USS Freedom after a few months of service As noted in the previous post, the United States had carried the mantle of being the pr...
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Dropping Astern: HMS Guerriere versus USS Constitution 19 August 1812 The maritime theme that most often runs through this blog, and binds it together, is the same one that for ove...
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Charles Dickens 1812-1870 Like most people, I find myself caught up in the whirlwind of information that pulses in a cosmic storm 24/7/365, and leaving many important milestones overlooke...
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Last month I was privileged to participate in a simulation run by WIKISTRAT which tags itself as the worlds first Massively Mulltiplayer Online Consultancy that creates scenarios that p...
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protesters at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan This is a follow up to the previous post, where I proposed that the United States follow BISMARK'S ADVICE and dramatically change their s...
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How Afgan's view America and NATO Adios, Afganistan Diplomacy by cruise missile From the outset of this blog, I have remained a supporter of the efforts of our government and NAT...
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Forging on ahead! Wikistrat North American Energy Export Boom The blog has been a bit quiet this past week as I started teaching a new round of classes, and contributing to two sim...
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US Navy US Marine Corps This past week I had the pleasure of attending the WEST 2012 Conference in San Diego, where the theme was America's Military at the Crossroads: What's Out a...
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