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Veterans’ Day Video – The Battle of Britain – BBC Special

Today is Veterans’ Day.  The holiday may have started as Armistice Day in the wake of World War I, but it changed to include all veterans after World War II. I found the video above a while back.  This is a nine part series (there is a link to click on within the video above [...]

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Observation on this Most Solemn of Days.

Now hear this! Now hear this! All Hands! Go to this link to Lex’s place. Read. Understand. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/11/11/veterans-day-2010/ The venerable Skipper has it covered. Thanks, Captain.

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MV-22B Take-Off

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2010) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes off from the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan.  Bataan is underway conducting landing qualifications.   (U.S.  Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera.) THANKS to The Strategy Page,  always a great source!  I can’t resist [...]

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How Marines Fix The X-Box Red Ring of Death

Marines Fix Red Ring Of Death – Watch more Game Trailers I think the Marines have the right idea about combining guns and video games   To tell the truth, I’ve been spoiled really. After doing the real thing, video games never measure up for me. Flight simulators, racing games, and gambling all have lost [...]

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Utah Vacation Saga Post Three – North To Salt Lake City!!!

Sorry for the delay, but I’ve been trying to get all the pics uploaded to save time on the back side for each of the posts to come in the future.  Hopefully I’ll be able to get the rest of the posts up in the next couple of days   I’ve also managed to get [...]

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Picture(s) A Day – 26 July 2010

I’m finally getting around to going through some of the boxes in my apartment and I’m finding some pretty cool stuff   Just the other day I found most of my patch collection and I was wondering what to do with ‘em… And then I remembered all the space I have on the walls of [...]

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Picture(s) And Video A Day – 23 July 2010

Blogging – it’s been a while, hasn’t it?  Sorry for that, but work this past week was anything but relaxing or invigorating.  We had a few outages which meant I was busier than a bartender in Vegas on New Years Eve.  After work I just want to go home, decompress, and get some sleep. OK, [...]

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Cpl. Matt Garst – Another Reason Not To Tangle With The USMC

From the Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System: Few people survive stepping on an improvised explosive device. Even fewer walk away the same day after directly absorbing the force of the blast, but Garst did just that. Lance Cpl. Edgar Jones, a combat engineer with the squad, found a pressure plate inside the compound and [...]

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From the past

The following are some pics that I took in 1980 with a Yashica TL Electro 35mm SLR. I scanned the prints so they are not the best. But these few pictures are representative of a life that I chose so very long ago. The Black and White of eight of us Argonauts is an official [...]

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Oscar Winner James Horner Writes Music For The Horsemen Aerobatic Team

James Horner has written the musical score for a multitude of Oscar winning films including Apollo 13 and Titanic.  What I didn’t know until recently is that he’s also an avid aviation fan and a licensed pilot as well.  Now he’s teamed up with The Horsemen after becoming good friends with the guys on the [...]

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