Bookworm on Oct 10 2007 | Filed under: Military
Yesterday, my family and I experienced something very special: a private tour of the USS Shoup, an Arleigh Burke class of Aegis guided missile destroyer. As soon as we stepped on the ship, the Executive Officer met us, greeted us by name, and took us on an hour long tour of the [...]
Bookworm on Oct 08 2007 | Filed under: Military
Blogging will be light this morning. I was away from my computer almost all weekend, and am still desperately trying to assimilate everything that happened around the world, whether it’s Israeli concessions re Jerusalem, new revelations about Haditha (and why am I not surprised to find Al Qaeda’s fine Italian hand manipulating the media?), [...]
Bookworm on Oct 07 2007 | Filed under: Military
The blog was silent today because I was in San Francisco for the final day of Fleet Week. As always, a good time was had by all, although the kids were dead beat by the time we got them home — never a good thing. The only down side of the day was that we [...]
Bookworm on Sep 29 2007 | Filed under: Britain
The world is currently a place of roiling international tensions. The British Navy recently distinguished itself for being undistinguished in a confrontation with Iran that turned into a national humiliation for England. Under those circumstances, there’s really only one thing to do, right? Yup, destroy your Navy:
Ministers have drawn up confidential proposals [...]
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