Steel Boats, Iron Men and their stories (plus a bit more)
Veteran’s Day in the United States is a great way to recognize all of the service and sacrifices of those people past and present who did so much for their country. Whether it’s a war time veteran or a peace time veteran, we recognize that they put their life on hold and put on a […]
Read More What happens after Veteran’s Day?Defending the Defenseless This will have to be quick since I am going to participate in the Veterans Day Service with the USSVI Charleston Base in Summerville SC this morning. All of my social media platforms are filled with wishes for a Happy Veteran’s Day this morning. I am truly grateful for each and every […]
Read More Defending the Defenseless – Veteran’s Day 2024Home We attended the highland Games in Charleston SC yesterday. It was a pretty nice affair held down on the waterfront in North Charleston. I hadn’t been to a gathering for a few years so hearing the pipes and drums was a special treat. I have to give the bands credit though. They played well […]
Read More Home 2024Happy October 30th Some random thoughts as I waited for a family member to come out of his medical procedure here at the Medical Center in Charleston. He has been in pain for a long time, and I hope they can find the root cause of the problem. I got a call from a very […]
Read More Random thoughts to wrap up October 2024I’ve written a lot about the history of Navy Day in the past including this article from 2019 The Last Navy Day – How Truman almost killed the US Navy This is the 75th anniversary of that last Navy Day and the criticality of having a strong navy is becoming clearer with every passing day. […]
Read More Happy Navy Day 2024 – The 75th Anniversary of one of the worst bureaucratical decisions in historyGreetings from Summerville South Carolina I know it’s been a while, but we have been very busy getting settled into our new home and there hasn’t been much time to write. We did make it to the pool at least once and it was very nice. We have even had some nice conversations with people […]
Read More A cautionary Tale on Moving Companies – why you should never use US Prime Movers Inc from Linden New JerseyI’m going to keep this short. We have been moving into our new house for the past week and it’s been kind of stressful. I’ll write more about that in a few days because we learned a lot on our twenty first move including what company you should NEVER EVER use. But tonight, I just […]
Read More USSVI Charleston Base Meeting September 12 2024A good friend of mine sent me an email a few days ago checking in on me. It has been a few months since I put up any new content and for that, I apologize. It has been a while since I had the time or energy to write so I thought I should catch […]
Read More Greetings from South Carolina (July 24, 2024)
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