Joe Sagnis

For those of you that follow me on Facebook, you are aware that the USS San Francisco SSN 711 brotherhood of “Saints” is mourning the loss of one of the early crew members. Joe’s remains will be cremated today and a memorial service will be planned for a later date. God Bless you Joey. Gone […]

Change

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2013/12/29#.UsNve-93vIU Thanks to my cousin for the best answer to the question: what should I post today to celebrate New Years? I wish you and yours the very best in the exciting year to come Mister Mac

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 33,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 12 sold-out performances for that many […]

December 27 1943 Greatest Generation … well mostly

“We’re all in this together” … unless of course you were in the union One of the greatest myths ever perpetrated about the greatest generation is that everybody was in it together for the win during World War 2. Winning a war is a lot more than just having men in uniform. They need the […]

GO NAVY

Originally posted on theleansubmariner:
Beat Army A decade of dominance… sorry to all my Army readers!

I’d like to be a submariner. How hard could that be?

Caution: Some salty language may be found in this post I belong to a number of very fine military organizations that all have special purposes. The Navy League for instance is a group that supports and promotes the sea services. I think this is important because of the dangers still present in the world at […]

Stupid Squared

Believing that the government that claims it can’t keep track of 12 million illegal invaders can magically manage the health care of 312 million citizens is a special kind of stupid

We are family

For a very long time, the people of the Philippines and the people of the United States have stood by each other. In this desperate time, our family needs our help. Pray, donate, and ask your government to remember our family. Mister Mac

Navy Day 2013

Navy Day was established on October 27, 1922 by the Navy League of the United States. Although it was not a national holiday, Navy Day received special attention from President Warren Harding. Harding wrote to the Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby: “Thank you for your note which brings assurance of the notable success […]

An Address at Independence Hall

This short clip comes from the archives of Independence … Lincoln speaks: