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Tales of Training Afghan SMW Pilots
We have wasted the precious lives and limbs of our own sons and daughters the last 20 years in Afghanistan, and now we waste the lives...
Aug 15, 20219 min read
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Over the Time Horizon
On carrier qualification, leadership, and reconnection. Spring 1989, the Middle of the Gulf of Mexico I had seen her just seven months...
Jul 24, 202111 min read
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Over the Horizon – A Book Review
An intimate accounting of the life of VA-115 A-6 Intruder crews deployed aboard the USS Midway over the summer of 1980. When I ordered...
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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Manhattan Project – A History Lesson in a Rock Song
Rush’s song from the 1985 LP, Power Windows, packs an incredible amount of history and imagery about the development and deployment of...
May 10, 202113 min read
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Fair Winds & Following Seas LCDR George Henry Gay, Jr.
Southwest of Midway Island, the Middle of the Pacific, Early June 1942 The morning of June 4, 1942, Ensign (ENS) George Gay and his...
Mar 15, 202110 min read
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