(A "whitet" posted this below on shwwwii, IMHO it's a very interesting & informative read. Also plenty of pictures and some good diagrams of aircraft carrier & damage.) Sixty-four years ago today CV-13 Franklin was hit by two bombs dropped by a Japanese aircraft while operating off the coast of...

Send all post such as this you see to , FBI.gov . We all have an ISP # . If this orignated in the U.S. The FBI will be reading his E-Mail before he does .

November 06, 2007 Walt & Mearsheimer Are Honored In England. Disgraced Here (in the US): http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/11/walt-mearsheime.html Tonight Walt and Mearsheimer appeared with honor at the London School of Economics. It is reported that in the next couple days they will...

Do marines fly f18s and off carriers? -JOh C

There's an article on the new Seahawk variants at: http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/aw100906p1.xml Interesting stuff.

Night Carrier Qualifications A Navy pilot's tale of his first landing on the boat in the dark. As the last guys finish their dinner, we all look at each other with similar glances. Not a word needs to be said but everyone is thinking the exact...

Happy Holidays, no matter the persuasion, to all! (Even Marines) :-) Jake

I have a family member over in Afghanistan. What can I send in a care package? http://www.townonline.com/roslindale/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=551708 Sadly, I neglected to create a backup of this article when one could view it freely. Not it has gotten archived, so one would have to pay...

Iraq Veterans Against the War http://ivaw.org Ryan E. Barrick Branch: United States Navy (USN) Rank: CTR2/E-5 Home: Pennsylvania I am 25 year old veteran and now a freshmen at Millersville

A small but infuriating story from the Katrina rescue effort. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/12581783.htm Two Navy helicopter pilots, Lieutenants Matt Udkow and David Shand, were on a supply mission from Pensacola, FL, to Mississippi the day after Katrina came ashore. After they...

Recently while reading an article on the F-4J it got me to thinking. (Scary, I know). Some of the F-4Js had white radomes and some had black. Any particlar rhyme or reason as to why, or was it merely for cosmetic purposes? When I was on active duty I saw F-4s all the time and the thought...

Nobody's First Choice: Another Air Force deal that doesn't pass the smell test. The Weekly Standard Nobody's First Choice Another Air Force deal that doesn't pass the smell test. by Michael Goldfarb 04/19/2007 12:00:00 AM

NEVER NEVER NEVER click on a ZIP file link (or any other link) unless you know what it is... (Especially posted to a USENET group) wrote: Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Wedensday evening. As evidence they took several photos, some of which i...

wrote in message news:1104613784.3970a72b8652dada2ffe68fde5ffab2a@teranews... On 1 Jan 2005 08:29:10 -0800, "Paminifarm CyberArt" wrote: Hello, Look at it this way: we all know that was no "earthquake"; we know the U.S. military...

redvet wrote: "Broken Soldier" Episode Four http://thisiswherewetakeourstand.com/?p=209 "Why are so many veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan psychologically damaged?" blowback

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Clark G. Reynolds Clark G. Reynolds, 65, of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina died Saturday, December 10, 2005 at his home. A native of San Gabriel, California, he was the son of the late William G. Reynolds, a golf professional, and Alma E. Reynolds. A recognized authority on the fast carriers of...

A proposal has been posted to us.config to create a new newsgroup in the us.* hierarchy, us.military.killed-in-action-dow. Purpose of the group is to provide a forum for the discussion of persons killed in action or who died of their wounds while serving with the US military and to give moral...

Pulled the 1970's dirty Harry flick Magnum Force off the shelf. At the end they have a chase on a couple of mothballed aircraft carriers. I'd say escort carriers since they have a small island and maybe 1 elevator. IMDB has nothing in the trivia section and google isn't giving results right...

I was pleased to hear how finally the US is using UAV's effectively against the terrorists hiding in Pakistan. IMO a private company could sort out the current Indian ocean piracy problem. What is the resolution that satelites can see re. small boats in the ocean ? For how long are areas of...