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

Friday, August 30, 2013

Dual 1,000th 'Traps' Achieved Aboard USS Nimitz a different kind of Plane Pr0n

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class George J. Penney III, USS Nimitz Public Affairs.

 Good story about a very major milestone and joining a very unique fraternaty. 1,000 traps is just that.
I am proud that one of the Aviators is the CO of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven, The Argonauts! I was an Argonaut from November 1985 to June 1987 when were Attack Squadron One Four Seven flying the Venerable and Dependable A-7E Corsair II. The Argo Pride is still there. 
GULF OF OMAN (Aug. 28, 2013) -- Cmdr. Robert Loughran, commanding officer of the
GULF OF OMAN (Aug. 28, 2013) Cmdr. Robert Loughran, commanding officer of the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, prepares to enter an F/A-18E Super Hornet on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Loughran completed his 1000th carrier arrested landing, or "trap," on board Nimitz Aug. 28. Nimitz Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Mayes/Released)
Dual 1,000th 'Traps' Achieved Aboard USS Nimitz
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2 comments:

Buck said...

I can't even imagine that many traps. Amazing.

Friday, August 30, 2013 9:09:00 AM
Glenn Mark Cassel said...

It is something!
I have one! Got it in Miss Piggy II on The Hawk in October of 1985 in The Northern Arabian Sea.

Monday, September 02, 2013 10:08:00 AM

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