Frank just emailed me this: The new Navy service (for E1-E6)and work uniforms (for E1-O10) have been approved.
WASHINGTON (NNS) — Outfitting the Sailor of the future took another step forward last week when Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen approved plans for a single working uniform for all ranks and a year-round service uniform […]
Navy Reservist, and blogger, Paul Berkley was murdered over the weekend, reports The Military Outpost. Berkley and his wife were shot while in Milbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. Berkley was home on leave from Fifth Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the Berkley family and we hope for a […]
AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL
The New York Times reports the navy is proposing to increase the fleet from 281 ships to 313 in the next decade or so. The emphasis seems to be on combatting irregular warfare and looks like it’s moving away from more traditional warfare, such as that with China.
Noah Shachtman at Defense Tech writes about possible big-time budget cuts coming the way of the Navy. The Pentagon is looking at some $13 - $15 billion in cuts for the 2007 budget. The Navy will feel part of that as it looks at losing $18 billion over the next six years. Yikes.
“Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with warlike stores and other supplies […]
Via Lt. Smash, a message from the CNO, Admiral Michael G. Mullen:
Admirals,
I made a day trip to the Gulf Coast this weekend to visit with and thank our Sailors for the extraordinary work they are doing in the recovery and relief effort. I spent time in at the Seabee base in Gulfport, NSA New Orleans […]
BUPERS has a hotline for sailors and their families to call concerning loved ones in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. The number is 1-877-414-5358. If you are unable to get through, as hard as it is, be patient. The area is battered and phone lines may be down in many, many areas.
[from Navy News]
The USS Bataan is assisting with recovery efforts in the New Orleans area. The Bataan is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. She is 844 feet long, with a beam of 106 feet. The well deck can hold three LCACs (huge hover crafts). The ship’s living areas can accommodate approximately 3,200 crewmembers and embarked troops. An […]
Katrina’s bearing down on New Orleans and looks to be a disaster in the making. The US Navy has a presence there and the impact of the storm is already being felt. Commander, Naval Reserve Forces has a notice up on the website stating:
*** Hurricane Katrina is forecasted to impact the New Orleans and Slidell […]
Russian Underwater Fleet!
Khoroshoe Gavno, Meinerd! (Good S**t, Maynard)
The Delta IV “Delfin” (Dolphin) SSBN.
The Alpha class SSN
Here’s a pic of what hell looks like freezing over! A pic of the screws of an SSBN!!!!!!
While looking for Navy-related blogs, I found this real gem of a site:
http://www.dbfnetwork.info/lagarto/
USS Lagarto was sunk off the coast of Thailand, and was until recently of an unknown location.
Click here for the original.
Click here for a cleaner detail of the wreck.
As we Aggies say when we remember our dead - Here.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is trying to woo Naval Air Station Oceana into relocating to Texas. Both NAS Oceana, in Virginia, and Naval Station Ingleside, in Texas, are slated for closing. Perry is offering a $365 million incentive to the Pentagon to bring the base to Texas.
From boing boing, there’s a website with 38 pages of cartoons on bomb disposal. To be accurate, they are from a Sept. 1945 booklet titled, Mulvaney on Bomb Disposal, Supplement to Intelligence Bulletin No. 85.
Taliban Claims SEAL Hostage, Threatens to Kill Him
Not surprising whether they have him or not. Bluff or no, it’s the sort of PR stunt that is simply sickening. When will we declare open season on these people and those that aid them??
WASHINGTON — On Thursday a purported Taliban (search) spokesman reiterated a […]
Update: In light of world events: terror blasts in London and al Qaeda claiming to have a Navy SEAL, I’m pulling this from the top of the page.
Retired Admiral James B. Stockdale has passed on. I’m going to keep this post at the top of the page through Friday. New posts will appear below.
Admiral Stockdale […]
A Washington Times special report details, at great length, how China has been building up it’s forces, rapidly, and an invasion of Taiwan seems a done deal.
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon […]
I know, I know, if it’s stealthy, how did it get seen? It’s not invisible, would be my answer. Andrew at Penguinsix.com snapped some pics of this unknown craft in the water. It’s a sleek-looking catamaran that looks like something out of a film:
[tip to DefenseTech]
Austin Bay blogs from the Persian Gulf and has some interesting observations about new fixtures to an Aegis cruiser:
On the morning of June 13 I flew by helicopter to the USS Normandy (the Aegis cruiser). The ultra-hi-tech missile-carrying Normandy now sports M-2 heavy machine guns and 25 millimeter chain guns (the type on US […]
Here is an account of perhaps the single luckiest NFO in recent history!
WOW!
Tip of the hat to DK in Sand Dog, Kalifornistan.