tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2518926587776861036..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: What's Wrong with the Navy?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-15355825436656263372017-08-23T09:20:12.974-07:002017-08-23T09:20:12.974-07:00Rich, the AF Generals have been trying to send A-1...Rich, the AF Generals have been trying to send A-10s to The Boneyard for years. In that time we've bought F-22s and F-35s, neither of which can do what the A-10 can do to support troops on the ground.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21148715052973356512017-08-23T05:08:49.896-07:002017-08-23T05:08:49.896-07:00Navy and Merchant Marine practices, compared:
htt...Navy and Merchant Marine practices, compared:<br /><br />http://gcaptain.com/us-navy-loss-uss-guardian-2-patrol-boats-uss-fitzgerald-uss-mccain-list-keeps-going/<br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64885929500319047072017-08-23T02:07:46.193-07:002017-08-23T02:07:46.193-07:00I wrote speeches for Flag Officers 20+ years. It&#...I wrote speeches for Flag Officers 20+ years. It's an intimate, intricate relationship.<br /><br />He or she was the boss. But I was the eminence grise, the idea & rhetoric master, the author.<br /><br />Over time, I saw a pernicious (IMO) Change. <br /><br />The early Brass read history, potential global threats, strategy tactics logistics innovations.<br /><br />The newer read Wall Street deals, tycoons, hedge fund guys, fabulous futures in retirement - which they expected and got.<br /><br />I KNEW the Littoral Combat Ship was bogus. But it makes lots of people lots of money.<br /><br />I KNEW we needed some cutting-edge jets. But many A-10 Warthogs.<br /><br />History was Bunk. Old dead white impecunious pension men. The Union? Puh-leeeze. Memorial Day - depressing.<br /><br />The newbies all got their stars from Rumsfeld.<br /><br />Diversity Is Strength. Women in Combat Effective. On ships and submarines they make it better. Constant seminars on Sex, race, sensitivity, Lookism, and more.<br /><br />Guess who were the Bad Guys?<br /><br />John Boyd, USAF, asked ... "Do you want to BE? Or DO?" He barely made LT COL. But he was a DO man.<br /><br />I'm worried now. -- Rich Lara<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22585532033479002222017-08-23T01:48:39.013-07:002017-08-23T01:48:39.013-07:00Strangely this quote is not in the linked fox arti...Strangely this quote is not in the linked fox article: "Those sailors did not have the basic seamanship skills, but by God, they got their sensitivity, race relations and sexual harassment training," <br /><br />But listening to the video, the quote is here:<br />http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/08/21/uss-mccain-collision-us-navy-bad-way-right-now<br /><br />How about we keep our heads and wait for actual evidence?<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53689704449576714052017-08-22T12:22:04.001-07:002017-08-22T12:22:04.001-07:00I trust Mr. Trump will set the Navy right, by tell...I trust Mr. Trump will set the Navy right, by telling them that Obama is gone, and they'd damned well better get "shipshape and Bristol fashion", and damned QUICKLY.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com