Friday, November 29, 2013

Friday Fun Film: Naval Aviation Safety "After the Cut"

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

A Thanksgiving Lesson

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Kindness to Strangers Be thankful this Thanksgiving for the blessings you have and those you can share. Hope you and yours have a ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Water, Water, Water

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So, being the largely urban or suburban dwelling creatures we are, most of us in the U.S. are accustomed to having a ready source of clean d...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

China Kindly Sends Its "Slightly Used" Aircraft Carrier on Training Mission for U.S. Submarines in South China Sea

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This Reuters report gets it wrong in calling this a Chinese "training mission." China's first aircraft carrier steams toward...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Iran Reveals New Aircraft Carrier

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Sure, this is supposed to show off the "F-313 Stealth Fighter Jet" , but no one tows an operational aircraft on baggage carts, do ...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

On Midrats 24 Nov 13 - Episode 203: Bob Work and Global Maritime Power

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Please join us at 5 pm (Eastern U.S.) on 24 Nov 13 for Midrats Episode 203: Bob Work and Global Maritime Power : When one hangs up the u...
Friday, November 22, 2013

"With the Marines at Tarawa"

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70 years ago, the U.S. Marines were in action on Tarawa. My wife's uncle was there: The President of the United States of America...

Friday Fun Film: "Missiles of the Navy" (1958)

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A look back to 1958 and the advanced weaponry of the day. Some iterations of which, by the way, are still around today. Another Periscop...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare: Smaller might be the right fit for some countries and missions

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Photo: Hawker Beechcraft What if your neighborhood submarine threat is very local and does not consist of big hulking ballistic missile ...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Iran Announces Naval Deployment to East Asia - Even - Oh, Wow! - A Submarine

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Iranian Tareq-class Sub A part of Iran's Navy gets to go a'sailing, reported by Farsnews : The (Iranian) Navy will dispatch th...
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Disaster Prep Wednesday

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A new feature here at EagleSpeak, Disaster Prep Wednesday. Let's start with this short video from FEMA: What's in your disaste...
Monday, November 18, 2013

10 Years On

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When setting up a blog post this morning, I was reminded that this blog is now over 10 years old. Let me thank Blogger for letting us do...
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U.S. Navy and the Philippines Relief Effort - Logistics, Logstics and More Logistics

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U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Class Ricardo R. Guzman I am not going to replicate the excellent coverage of Operation Damayan, the U.S. Navy an...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Friday Fun Film: "The Eyes of the Navy"

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From the days just before the Second World War hit the U.S. - and before carrier aviation became more than just a scouting force for the bat...
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On Midrats Sunday 17 Nov 13, 5PM: Episode 202, "Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton"

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Please join us on 17 Nov 13 at 5pm (1700) Eastern U.S. for our Episode 202: "Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton" : Are there lessons o...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Western Pacific Sea Power

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An interesting little RAND brief that raises some interesting questions, "The Future of Sea Power in the Western Pacific" : . ....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

War at Sea: Missile or Torpedo Firing Unmanned Surface Vessels

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USV's that fire missiles must be part of the littoral or near coastal sea battle force . . . from about a year ago, US Navy tests first ...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

Best Veterans Day War Movies

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I see where CBS "News" posted a list of their "Best Films to Watch on Veterans Day" , which is a list designed, I thin...
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Veterans Day

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To the 23 million veterans- Thanks!
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Happy Birthday Marines!

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Attention to Orders: Those ship riders in funny costumes are 238 years old.  Find a Marine or former Marine or retired Marine and give the...