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Are any of you guys following this one: http://news.aol.com/article/marines-widow-...denied%2F673890 ? I married a Filipina in Tokyo in '84 and have been through a few immigration hassles myself, so this struck a chord with me. I find the idea that this woman and child may be deported reprehensible. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer both heard from me this morning. I urge all hands to do the same. Buddha

http://admiraltytrilogy.com/llbond.html "Everyone at ATG is saddened by the death of one of its designers, John Gresham, who passed away on July 2nd after a long illness. He was 58. John was co-author of Supermarina, Volumes I and II with Mike Markowitz. Over the more than twenty years he worked with ATG, he contributed six articles to the Naval SITREP, and provided assistance to the authors of many more. He was generous with his time, sharing information and research materials with colleagues. His most recent piece was an update on the Littoral Combat Ship program, which appeared in issue 49 (Oct 2015)." John was an active Harpooner and contributed to the work …

Remembering Pearl Harbor, the loss, the following sacrifice, and the amazing prosperity that ultimately resulted. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pearl-harbor-bombed

How on topic for my H4 exploits. "Spotlight: Submarine Warfare"

The Best Handgun Ever Stopped Attackers Cold The 1911 .. its must have.

Some good pics here: http://scotthaefner.com/beyond/mothball-fleet-ghost-ships/ Kinda sad in a way. Buddha

Some neat data pipelining and visualization using Cesium JS OpenSensorHub – Software for building smarter sensor networks

I certainly enjoyed playing Defcon a few times and enjoyed watching it even more. Now they add VR, sounds like a cult winner to me! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/15/defcon-vr-is-a-free-virtual-war-room/

For anyone in the San Diego area who's interested, CVW-5, formerly on the USS Midway and USS Kitty Hawk, will be conducting training flights between 0900 and 1500, and between 2100 and 0200 from Monday thru Thursday until Aug 24. Buddha

Hey 'Pooners, I'm doing research on the E2C Hawkeye and any limitations that it may have, specifically smaller targets on the water. Can the radar see smaller, sleeker yet fast moving fiberglass ships aproximately 50 feet in length moving at 100 knots? Any help is appreciated. Thanks to all, Steve

Fleet Tactics Author Wayne Hughes, Who Influenced Generations of Naval Officers, Dies at Age 89 (Seapower) RIP.

081124-N-3659B-576 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 24, 2008) Countermeasure wash down sprinklers are activated as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits through the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of a fly-off for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14. During the fly-off, the fixed-wing aircraft squadrons assigned to CVW 14 launched all of their available aircraft and flew them to their various homeports, leaving Ronald Reagan's flight deck virtually empty. Ronald Reagan is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac (Released)

This looks interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_navy_plane_crash

Many of Matrix Games' titles are on sale for the holidays. HCE and H3ANW are both 30% off during this time, take advantage, buy a spare copy or two. Better yet, put one on your neighbor's front step! Matrix Holiday Sale!

This is why F-15s and/or Israeli pilots kick butt http://www.sonnyradio.com/F15.html Absolutely amazing, even the Holy Cow mooed for this one

The whole collection of F-22 patches here: http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/20...blems/index.htm

Being from Canada, this helped a lot ... The Simpsons explain the ObamaCare ruling

... starring a "Shattered Armada" scenario (Enrique Mas Ayala, an interesting and sad Spanish Civil War story). http://www.wargamevault.com/product/145352/Shattered-Armada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_submarine_C-3 Crew list: http://www.mundosubmarino.es/OP/pecios/sub_c3.html

Ammo case HTPC mod http://l33tgamer.blogspot.com/2009/09/ammo...e-htpc-mod.html Would I butcher a precious ammo can to make a comp case? No. Does it look cool when someone else does? Yes.

Here are links to a series of Russian military documentaries (hosted by Youtube) called "Dance with Death", describing the S-75 (NATO SA-2 Guideline) SAM system versus American aircraft during the Vietnam War. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5