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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

Friday, January 31, 2014

Friday Fun Film: "Saga of The USS Franklin"

Perhaps you've had a tough week? Here's a tale to help put that into perspective: Before dawn on 19 March 1945 Franklin who h...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Your Traffic Jam Disaster Kit

So, it's one of those days. You at are work and there's a storm blowing in. You tune into the radio and there is an announcement th...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A "faked" pirate attack off Angola? Or perhaps not . . .

So, a few days ago, there was a report of a tanker going missing off Angola - see here : The Angolan navy and air force is hunting suspecte...

Friday, January 24, 2014

On Midrats 26 Jan 14 - Episode 212: "NATO in Afghanistan" with Stephen M. Saideman

Please join us Sunday 26 Jan 14 at 5 pm (Eastern U.S.) for Midrats Episode 212: NATO in Afghanistan with Stephen M. Saideman Lost to many...

Navy Target Practice? or "Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Headed For The UK?"

Yahoo report: Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Headed For The UK? A "Tomo News" video: The BBC is more restrained : The a...

Friday Fun Film: "The Rise of the Soviet Navy" (1968)

Another Periscope Film save, The Rise of the Soviet Navy (1968): Notes from the Archive.org site: Made by the U.S. Navy at the hei...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

This May Be the Dumbest Thing I've Read in Some TIme: "DOD TOPGUN Fights For Navy To Fight Like It Is 1986" by Craig Hooper

Well, I read a lot of truly dumb stuff, but this piece of - um- work by Dr. Craig Hooper, DOD TOPGUN Fights For Navy To Fight Like It Is 1...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Preparing for Winter Weather

Back in the olden days, the Little House on the Prairie The Long Winter days, when what we used to call a "blue blizzard"* could ...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Swarming Undersea Drones

At NAVALDRONES: Swarming Underwater Vehicles, an Update Autonomous vehicles cooperating across various ocean depths will be useful for re...

Sunday, January 19, 2014

On Midrats 19 Jan 14- Episode 211: 4th Anniversary Free For All

Please join us at 5pm Eastern U.S. on 19 Jan 14 for Episode 211: 4th Anniversary Free For All : That's right ... Midrats has been...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Friday Fun Film: "River Patrol (1967)"

Well, it ain't "Apocalypse Now" - just sailors doing hot work ("It's hot. Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my sh...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: "Safest Place During Tornado"

A well done Weather Channel video for those of us who don't live in basement/storm cellar country: Safest Place During Tornado (mo...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

"The Business of a Seafaring Man is Ships"

Why we have a Navy - as described in 1968, but timeless in import. ". . . [T]his free world alliance must be stitched together with...

Monday, January 13, 2014

Monday Second Guessing: "Hydrofoil Development by the United States Navy"

Okay, back in the days before we decided "payloads" trump "platforms" somebody saw the need for small, high speed, he...

Sunday, January 12, 2014

One thing to ponder

From Powerline : Another scandal, even more important, was revealed by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Duty. Obama ordered an...

Friday, January 10, 2014

On Midrats 12 Jan 14 - Episode 210: John Kuehn and Joint Operations from Cape Fear to the South China Sea

Well, we had a little trouble with the technical side of live podcasting last week (and, as my old Macintosh computer used to say, "It...

Friday Fun Film: ASROC - "Anti-Submarine Rocket" Stuff and Big Boom!

Back in the day: Oh, and about that ASROC nuclear warhead: In case you missed it - you didn't want to fire one of these thing...

Thursday, January 09, 2014

The Decline of Somali Pirates and the Rise of Private Security

As is now well-documented, Somali pirates had an awful 2013 - recording no hijackings. Perhaps they are "lying doggo" waiting...

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: "Survival Stress"

Surviving a disaster is hard - physically and mentally. Here's a AF/DoD film from 1961 that makes that point: Lots of good info av...

Monday, January 06, 2014

Great Barrier Reef Pirates

A fascinating report of Chinese crime gangs, fish pirates and the "plundering" of Australia's Great Barrier Reef : PIRATE...

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About EagleSpeak

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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