Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Fair Winds And Following Seas

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It's been almost 10 years, but it's time for me to say "farewell" to The Stupid Shall Be Punished and hang up my blogge...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Submarine Force Loses Two, Much Too Soon

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Yesterday marked the formal decommissioning of USS Miami (SSN 755), destroyed by an arsonist in 2012 . Past and present crew members, the...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

International Submarine Open Thread

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While I'm mourning the booting of my beloved Jay walks hawks from the Tournament, I'll post an open thread for whatever you guys wa...
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Sunday, March 09, 2014

USS Connecticut XO Relieved

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From the Navy website : PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The executive officer of the Bremerton, Wash.-based fast attack submarine USS Connec...
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Friday, March 07, 2014

Friday Facepalms

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Some news items about submarines (and those who wish they could be Submariners) from around the globe: 1) In which a non-technical British...
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Thursday, March 06, 2014

The Crimea Crisis

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Russia escalated the Crimea crisis today by scuttling an old Kara -class cruiser in a chokepoint outside Novoozerne as the Crimean parliame...
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Sunday, March 02, 2014

Good Official Submarine Video

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Got a half hour? Here's a good video from The Pentagon Channel that I somehow missed when it first came out. Has some good Virginia-cla...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Another Indian Submarine Suffers Mishap

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Only 6 months after the tragic explosion and fire aboard INS Sindhurakshak (S63), another Indian Kilo, INS Sindhuratna (S 59) suffered a mi...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

This Is A Ridiculous Reason To Fire Someone

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I'm kinda speechless over this one. From the Navy website : WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Director, Strategic Systems Programs Vice Adm. Terry B...
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Monday, February 17, 2014

150 Years Ago

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Today marks the 150th anniversary of CSS Hunley's sinking of USS Housatonic, the first successful submarine attack in history. Hunley ...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

Controversial Topics

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I ended up closing comments on the previous thread because people mentioned names of people who weren't in the news in a negative light,...
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Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Uh-Oh

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Well, it's not just the Air Force that's freaking out the media with an alleged cheating scandal involving the word "nuclear...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Missile Launches

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I was never assigned to a boomer, and got underway on one only once -- as a rider on Alpha Trials for USS Louisiana (SSBN 743). However, a l...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Beginning Of Year News And Videos

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-- To send off 2013, here's the official SUBFOR propaganda video looking back at the last year: -- And here's a link to a fair...
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