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Project Valour-IT’s annual fundraiser ends tomorrow, so there’s still time to give. Remember, they give so much for us. Now it’s our turn to give back to them. And — Go Navy!

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These stories have nothing to do with each other.  I just thought each was interesting, and therefore pass them on to you:
Americans are figuring out that global warming is a scam.
That “missing link” is too distantt to be missing — and maybe it is connected to the first story, because both remind us how often [...]

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Thanks to the Navy League, I’ve just returned from a delightful evening aboard the USS Green Bay.  I knew the evening was going to be lovely even before I boarded the ship.  Although a nasty storm is threatening to hit the Bay Area tomorrow, the drive into the City was exquisite.  The air was clear, [...]

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Courtesy of the Navy League, we spent several hours yesterday enjoying the hospitality of the crew of the USCG Cutter Pike, an 87′ Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat.  In other words, we spent the afternoon on an active duty patrol boat.  Rather than a chronogical recitation of a day that was basically very relaxed [...]

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You know it’s been a good evening when Mom, Dad, and the kids all leave a party ebullient.  The party in question was a fund-raising reception aboard the USS Hornet, which is a floating museum.  The guests of honor were members of the Blue Angels team.  My husband was a bit dubious about the whole [...]

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My mind is full of Fleet Week events.  As in the past two years, it promises to be a very exciting week for me and my family.  I know I’m going to be on a Coast Guard boat on the Bay when the Blue Angels fly, I know I’m going to a reception to meet [...]

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