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

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Reunion. VA-122 Flying Eagles: Homecoming?

We are at NAS Lemoore in the Hornet Inn(Navy Gateway Inns and Suites) on Bon Homme Richard Street.
It was the Biennial VA-122 Flying Eagles Reunion. I was a FRAMP Student at 122 in 1985 for about four plus months. I was in training in the Airframes/Hydraulic Systems/Flight Controls/Landing Gear syllabus for further transfer to VA-147, The World Famous Argonauts.

It has been a long time...................................
We did a tour and presentation at the new version, VFA-122.
Erika Goodrich's picture is not on the board outside of the Ready Room yet.
The PAO was a little surprised that I did know her call sign.......................not to be mentioned at the present time.

Two of us also did the World Cruise on Kitty Hawk in 87, Me, AMH2 Errecart and AZ1 Taylor. PO2 Errecart and I were Argonauts and PO1 Taylor was Ship's Company in AIMD.

I took pictures.....................................yeah, go figure.
Here is a few of our gathering....................................

























We stopped at the Memorial on Reeves Boulevard............................I knelt for a moment...............I shed more than one tear.

There were other bricks in this Memorial that are representative of my Navy Career...................


Tomorrow, Missus ORPO and I head back to the Desert...............................

I gave my Lockheed Martin Fighting Falcon Coin to the Fleet Reserve Branch 261 from the 416 AMU........................................It was the right thing to do.
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2 comments:

OldAFSarge said...

Good stuff Glenn!

Sunday, July 19, 2015 6:48:00 AM
Glenn Mark Cassel said...

Thanks, Christopher!
I haven't seen Mark or Richard since 1987 and John since 1985.
It was good to be with shipmates from so long ago, again.

Monday, July 20, 2015 8:50:00 PM

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