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"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
CIC
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Friday, September 15, 2023
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report, 16 August - 13 September 2023
Interesting section: 1. (U) (LATE REPORTING) YEMEN: On 25 August, an entity impersonating the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM) was directing merchant vessels in the vicinity of Aden Anchorage, near position 12:48N – 045:15E, to divert to Hodeidah Port in the southern Red Sea. (UKMTO; Clearwater Dynamics)
Friday Films: "Boilers and Their Operation" and "Deaerating Feed Tanks" (both 1955)
Getting ready to go to sea in the days before gas turbines in ships meant the snipes had to get up really early to light off the boilers to have enough steam for propelling the ship. Boiler Techs did not work in quiet air-conditioned spaces. But they often worked miracles.
Monday, September 11, 2023
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report, 9 August - 6 September 2023
Saturday, September 09, 2023
Friday, September 08, 2023
Friday Film- "Oceanography: Mining Minerals in the Ocean" - Hughes Glomar Explorer
How good was the cover story for the Hughes Glomar Explorer? Appears about 8:20 in.
See the CIA article The Exposing of Project AZORIAN
Or read the book Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129