CyberWake for Neptunus Lex: Open Comments
The unbearable lightness of Lex… For the last several years literally hundreds of us have been greeted with that banner, repeatedly. Whom can forget the infamous “pink” Hornet? For many of us we awoke...
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A Different View: On Sale now
I consider anyone whom has let me and mine sleep at their house, fed me, shown me the local sights in their area and effectively treat me like family a friend. Which is to say I consider Blake Powers a...
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Memorial Weekend – A moment
I won’t be on line much this weekend (not that I’m here for any length of time to begin with lately). Frankly its my intent to avoid it as much as I can. I’m sure I won’t be able to resist sending some...
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The Battle for Fox Green Beach
This story was originally written by me at our sister site Techography.com June 5th, 2006. As so many of my work, the original article is no longer in the archives there. I republished it here in May...
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I don’t post on 9/11. I had my say on it a long time ago. I’ll stay home with my scotch, my memories and my nightmares thanks. I’d appreciate it if ya’ll would do the same, and remember. Don’t just...
View ArticleOperation: Hump
This is a re-post from our November, 2009 post regarding this week. Other Military bloggers covering today: Blackfive On November 5th, 1965 the 173rd Airborne Brigade deployed on a Search & Destroy...
View ArticleThe Green of March
So its finally March. Usually my favorite time of the year. As you can see I managed to ensure that the website changed to its typical green hue for the occasion, forests of Ireland a backdrop for...
View ArticleLex: End of line
I wrote this in March of 2012 once it had finally settled in to my brain on the passing of Neptunus Lex. Brother in Arms, Brothers in Ink, Milblogger, and a man I’d like to consider a friend. I think...
View ArticleUSO goes Axis and Allies on Veteran Milblogger
It’s one of those headlines that, when you type it, you have to read it a second time to make sure you are not hallucinating. The short version, from my perspective anyway, is that the wars are over....
View ArticleUSO: Communication Breakdown
So we finally heard from the USO TSO over at This Ain’t Hell spearheaded the way, and enough cant be said for what he did from my point of view, frankly. Milblogging isn’t what it used to be so the...
View ArticleSecond Korean War?
Are we on the verge of a second Korean War? Maybe, maybe not. It’s hard to say with North Korea, whose leadership system and propaganda machine portrays their leaders like demigods (Such as his...
View ArticleHappy Blogoversserary!
Over at The Armorer’s place they are celebrating their Anniversary of have their web doors open. Over 10 years, and frankly given how many website’s I have seen come and go that’s pretty impressive....
View ArticleSo Who is still kicking? Last Blogs standing
With The Armorer finally going dark there aren’t too many folks from the heydey of blogging still around. So whose left? Well John DuMond of Nobody Move is still writing, and doing so with much more...
View ArticleThe yearly return to ol Ireland
The blog is green once again. The quote is changed as it will do so each week this month for something that I feel is witty, applicable or entertaining. Your mileage may vary of course. A recent...
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The infamous Low speed fly by of an SR-71
Most folks know I like Cold War stories here on the blog. I’ve written quite a few and they are frankly probably the most popular pieces on the site. I’ve written a couple about the SR-71. Actually,...
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The Protestor, or the Blackbird?
Managed to get my hands on yet another good SR-71 story this week. Enjoy! It comes from the SR-71 crew that arrived at RAF Greenham Common, for the 1983 International Air Tattoo (IAT), Pilot: BC...
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The Battle for Fox Green Beach
This story was originally written by me at our sister site Techography.com June 5th, 2006. As so many of my work, the original article is no longer in the archives there. I republished it here in May...
View ArticleThe Green of March
So its finally March. Usually my favorite time of the year. As you can see I managed to ensure that the website changed to its typical green hue for the occasion, forests of Ireland a backdrop for...
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Bring the Rain
Those who know me, know Its been a busy damn day. Did I manage to put that in the title? I did didn’t I. After FB killed my account I had to improvise (If you need to know what my pseudonym was let me...
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Veterans Employment Center terminates service
So yeah. Amid scrutiny that veterans are having trouble finding jobs through the various veterans program the VEC, or Veterans Employment Center decides they are going to do something about it. And in...
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