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By: Bookworm Room » The Blue Angels are about to be grounded

Bookworm Room » The Blue Angels are about to be grounded — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:45:44 +0000

[...] Long-time readers know that Fleet Week is a BIG DEAL in the Bookworm household. Thanks to our membership in the Navy League, we’ve seen the Blue Angels from the deck of the USS Carl Vinson, as well as from the middle of the Bay on a Coast Guard cutter. We even had the pleasure of attending a reception at which we got to meet members of the Blue Angels team. [...]

By: The Watchers Council | therightplanet.com

The Watchers Council | therightplanet.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:46:09 +0000

[...] First place with 2 points! – Bookworm Room – What’s not to like about the Blue Angels? [...]

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:44 +0000

Watcher’s Council Winners…

Council Submissions First place with 2 points! Bookworm Room – Whats not to like about the Blue Angels?Second place with 1 points (T*) Right Truth – What about the women Obama?Second place with 1 points (T*)……

By: The Colossus of Rhodey

The Colossus of Rhodey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:39:46 +0000

Watcher’s Council results…

First place in the Council category was Bookworm Room with Whats not to like about the Blue Angels? First place in the non-Council category was Benjamin Kerstein/New Ledger with Obama and Israel: Betrayal in the Broken Places. Full results are……

By: The Razor » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken: October 16, 2009

The Razor » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken: October 16, 2009 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:35:10 +0000

[...] Council: Bookworm Room – What’s not to like about the Blue Angels? [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » Reputation Matters – Obama and Israel: Betrayal in the Broken Places

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:02:56 +0000

[...] winning council submission was penned by the Bookworm. BW took her family on a trip to the USS Hornet, a WWII Essex class [...]

By: Bookworm Room » Is America’s military the last bastion of public decency?

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:18:35 +0000

[...] then I meet the military. Now, I’m not naive. I know that in the locker room, and the barracks, and the [...]

By: Watcher of Weasels » A Visitor From Another Planet Wonders About Weasels

Watcher of Weasels » A Visitor From Another Planet Wonders About Weasels — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:02:45 +0000

[...] Bookworm Room – What’s not to like about the Blue Angels? [...]

By: Bookworm Room » Of flight surgeons and physicals

Bookworm Room » Of flight surgeons and physicals — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:34:42 +0000

[...] we met the Blues, one of the people we met was the team’s flight surgeon, who struck me as a lovely young [...]

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:12:15 +0000

True SJBill. She was based in Mayport at the time and I was based at NAS Jax. I was in an AD (which I will never really think of as the A-1) squadron at the time.

Another bit of lore. We made a port visit to Beiruit in 1959. What a city it was then.

Anyway, that was a year after Ike had sent the Marines into Lebanon to save the government. Essex had been part of the supporting Naval force and the Lebanese were aware of it. They swamped the ship with visitors and adulation. There was no question as to how they felt about Americans at that time.

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