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, November 15, 2014

The last of the Navy Prowlers

It is done. The Venerable Grumman EA-6B Prowler is gone from Naval Service after a long and distinguished career.
I was lucky to see the first one's aboard ship when VAQ-132 became part of Carrier Air Wing Seven aboard The Good Ship Independence in the Spring of 1974 when we began work ups for the upcoming deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.......................
I have a life long friend as a result of that now days. My good buddy, Darryl Hinkle was in 132 back then and we would eventually make four deployments together over our careers.

I guess that I may just be getting old..............................................sucks.........it does.
My old Shipmate, Rebecca (Burt) Hagemann, LCDR USN Retired posted on Facebook with a link to a KING5 TV story about the last Prowlers at NAS Whidbey Island........She was just AMS2 Becky Burt in 89-90 when I was the VA-128 Airframes Mid Shift LPO.............................
I retired from active service in a Prowler Squadron, VAQ-140, The Patriots..............21 years ago.
 
The Best Looking Prowler CAG Jet Ever!

The Navy's EA-6B Prowler Completes Its Final Carrier Cruise
Garudas CAG Jet


Pictures and Video at the Link.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-navys-ea-6b-prowler-completes-its-final-carrier-cru-1659101419




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