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- Ok, here are the vitals: * Born in NC, raised a Nebraskan and now a Virginian by dint of marriage, taxes and tution(s) paid/paying (and you thought it was just death and taxes that were universal constants...) *Blessed with marriage to the same wonderful (and exceptionally tolerant)woman for 24 years w/three great kids (see tuition ref above) *Graduated from The Citadel, Naval Postgrad School and Naval War College * Retired as an O-6 after serving twenty-six years in the finest Navy in the world: * Naval Flight Officer & Squadron CO (E-2C Hawkeye - 3500+ hours and 551 traps) * CVN navigator * Multiple Joint penance duties in DC and and elsewhere (slow learner) * Now flying a desk but doing what I can to still help (БУДЕТ наукой ракеты!)
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- What Army are you -- paint me British...?
- Reflections on the Upcoming 5th Anniversary of 9/11
- The 'Conversation...' - Pt II
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- Braindead Politicians
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Other Websites of Note
Now reading:
Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann
...and too many pathetic Power Point briefs (but that is redundant)
Read in 2007:
The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age by Jeffrey Lewis (aka ArmsControlWonk)Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces by Pavel Podvig
Clash of the Carriers: The Battle of the Phillipine Sea by Barett Tillman
Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado
Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 by Evan Thomas
JP 3-01: Countering Air and Missile Threats (05 Feb 07) Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian Toll
Favorites of 2006:
Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark BowdenDEFCON-2 by Norman Polmar
Shattered Sword by Johnathan Parshall and Anthony Tully
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