Brighid has an interview as part of her application with for a US Naval ROTC Scholarship - USMC Option. And part of the email was what to wear. Now she is trying to decide between a suit with pants and a suit with a skirt. I listened to her and her mom ramble for a [...]

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On Generation Kill Part 4: Combat Jack, there is a night time scene on the road. The Marines are running a roadblock. They come for the translator to talk to two hajis that are kneeling on the ground in front of a car. In the car is a dead young girl. The father apologies for [...]

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Today, we take a moment of silence to remember the dropping of the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on the Japan city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. Today, after all these years, with so few survivors left, it is still a grime reminder of the power of weapons. And the awesome destruction man can inflict [...]

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Funny things to run across searching the web. While packing my kakhi’s to go to RTC Great Lakes as an Assistant Division Officer next week, I looked for an old shipmate. That lead to a ship registry which lead to a former 1st Division LT from the USS Patterson. I shot John an email and [...]

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During my long United States Navy career, several ships I served on were recognized and awarded for outstanding service by her crews. They are:
CONNOLE FF 1056 01-Oct-1986 31-Mar-1988 18/548 NE NE -
I always wondered why we did not get anything for our operations off of Lybia in the summer of 1986, but you never know
CONNOLE [...]

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Anyone have a review of the movie A Few Good Women ? I have only found it on VHS, and before I order a copy, it would be nice to see if it is worth the $20 plus shipping and handling. Or maybe you have it, and want to resell it. Either way, let me [...]

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Navy Physical readiness tests, with associated height/weight/body fat measurements, are conducted twice each fiscal year. The test is designed to measure flexibility, muscular endurance and aerobic capacity. The Navy physical fitness test consists of a 1.5-mile run, sit-ups and push-ups. Also swimming 450m for time is an option for the 1.5-mile run. This is a [...]

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Seen here standing next to a group of locals
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While I am sure the United States Navy is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to diversity, I was a bit surprised in my research on the US Navy web site for ROTC institutions to find out of all the schools we checked out, when we go to Florida A&M, it had a bad link. The [...]

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If you have seen the latest commercial for the U.S. Marines, “America’s Marines” especially on American Idol, you will want to see the extended version here.

 The US Marines traveled to 15 different locations putting this great commercial together, so be sure to check out the full footage. Of special note is the ending scene. Not [...]

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