Happy Hour

"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON

Mother, Mother Ocean

Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Counted the Stars

Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doin' fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line


""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear

Monday, December 13, 2010

Sort of related to the previous post

From January of this year. 180 degrees from the previous post. This was a direct result of the fallout after tailhook. For the old warhorses who read this know what that was.
Serves to say that the Navy has never been the same since.
And there were other things from long ago as it were. The Hospital Ship Sanctuary had severe issues with fraternization and the Samuel L. Gompers to a certain degree.
But when I saw this last winter, well..............................yeah. And Captain Graf's younger sister is a Rear Admiral(LH). Lower Half OK? That is a BGEN in the other Forces. One star.
If the reader gets the idea that I am of a certain opinion, then so be it. When I went in the Navy, the women were still called WAVES.
It is by and large a generational difference. But being reared by a Dad who was in the M1, M14 and then the M16 Army, would you expect anything else.
Sort of like the young Navy LT Hornet Pilot on USS Nimitz in the PBS series Carrier. Upset that her stateroom was on the 03 level. This is directly under the flight deck. Noisy. Really Noisy. And understand that on a carrier, catapult launches and arrested landings can be heard on the mess decks, HMMMMMMMMMMM?

Link: Cruiser CO relieved for ‘cruelty’ - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

‎"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)