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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

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! All the best to you and yours!

Friday, December 27, 2013

Friday Fun Film: "History of Refueling at Sea"

Nice All Hands video: Logistics, logistics, logistics.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Things to Appreciate

Post Christmas things to be thankful for: Volunteers: People who devote time to the Red Cross, Boys and Girl Scouts, 4H, Rotary, Lion...

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas

Please include a thought during this season for those on watch around the world. Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 23, 2013

A Repeated Note on a Call for Small, Numerous Ships

Way back in 2008 we were discussing the shaping of the U.S. Navy fleet at The Time is Right for Revolution and the links therein. Part of t...

Friday, December 20, 2013

Friday Fun Film: "Face of a Nation" - Aircraft Carrier Operations in 1967

Aircraft carrier operations from 46 years ago. Sounds to me like it is narrated by Henry Fonda. The more things change . . .

Thursday, December 19, 2013

China Does Counter-Piracy, Gets Experience in Blue Water Naval Operations

Part of GOA PLAN anti-piracy drill in 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] U.S. Naval War College Publication, No Substitute for Experience: Chinese Anti...

Christmas Discussions and Freedom from Government

All the President's men (?) seem to have decided what the focal point of my Christmas season ought to be: While the image has recei...

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Christmas Love and Gifting Car Disaster Kits

Looking for that last minute Christmas gift that says "I love you!" and yet isn't another useless trinket? How about a disas...

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

A Little Known Tale from World War II: Sherwood Forest, American Oil Workers and the War Effort

An article in the Oil and Gas Journal put me on to this fascinating saga from the American Oil and Gas Historical Society , "Roughn...

Monday, December 16, 2013

Interesting Video: "Beyond Software: The Future of Conflict"

On my MP3 player is the audiobook version Peter Singer's Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century . Be...

Friday, December 13, 2013

Midrats Sunday 5pm (Eastern): Episode 206: Small Ships, Flotillas and the Requirements of Naval Supremacy

Please join us on Sunday for Midrats Episode 206: Small Ships, Flotillas and the Requirements of Naval Supremacy For a maritime power ...

Watching China's Aircraft Carrier Gets Interesting for U.S. Navy Cruiser

USS Cowpens A Bill Gertz report on international naval gamesmanship in the South China Sea as "Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force ...

Friday Fun Film: Submarine News from 1959

Visiting the North Pole, a submarine launch in the Gulf of Mexico, mail by missile and more.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Help Put a Halt to "Sea Blindness" - USNI Defense Forum 2013

If you, like me, couldn't get to DC for USNI Defense Forum Washington 2013 , read about and watch it here . One of the keys to keeping...

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Prevent Hypothermia and Frostbite

I was watching television the other day when one of the characters got dunked in water and then began running into the woods on a cold day...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

"How to Make the Navy Bigger, Sooner, Cheaper" -A Revisit to 2008

Recently I was asked to provide some thoughts for "Corvette Week" over at Coastal Command Patrol Boat (U.S. Navy photo by M...

Monday, December 09, 2013

Sulu Sea: "Five fishermen shot dead in Philippine sea attack"

Not sure this is piracy or some sort of fishing turf war or something else, "Five fishermen shot dead in Philippine sea attack" ...

Friday, December 06, 2013

Join the Marines for the Holidays

Please make a monetary donation or give new toys before December 18. More info at Toys for Tots . No better friends . . .

Friday Fun Film: Foreign Trade

One of those Coronet films that social studies teachers used to drag in while they were off having a meeting somewhere. Sea lines of com...

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Mark Tempest: The main focus of this blog is maritime security. Other matters may appear. I am a retired attorney and a retired Navy Reserve Captain (Surface Warfare). Opinions expressed herein are my own. Sometimes I have the experience to back them up. Your opinions may vary. Don't panic. Feel free to disagree, that's what free speech is all about. Nothing contained herein should be confused as me giving legal advice to anyone. If you are confused, welcome to the club. All mistakes herein are my fault. I have sufficient academic credentials to be dangerous to myself and to others.Comment moderation is at my discretion, so your comments may never appear. You can start your own blog for free and comment there all you want. I enjoy a healthy debate, but not arguing with trolls. If you can't comment without using intemperate language, go someplace else., Under the header: A MH-60S Sea Hawk, of HSC-6 conducts a vertical replenishment with USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean.(U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Timothy Meyer)

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