tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post825577255655892615..comments2024-03-29T07:51:11.714-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: What If?OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12638663722015816732017-04-17T06:30:24.674-07:002017-04-17T06:30:24.674-07:00Now there's a book that needs to be published....Now there's a book that needs to be published. I'd buy it!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86122310080794287872017-04-15T19:48:42.831-07:002017-04-15T19:48:42.831-07:00This excellent vignette reminds me of a treatment ...This excellent vignette reminds me of a treatment done by Richard Fernandez for an unreleased book, about how "accidents can drive history": <br /><br />https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/07/12/china-loses-court-case-of-the-south-china-sea/<br /><br />/Regards.<br />L.J.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046074015910766131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52973685533697092932017-04-13T19:53:17.998-07:002017-04-13T19:53:17.998-07:00Hahaha!
Guess I need to get a copy of that.Hahaha!<br /><br />Guess I need to get a copy of that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68568338941167330702017-04-13T19:38:47.423-07:002017-04-13T19:38:47.423-07:00This one has some decent sub launch and aerial seq...This one has some decent sub launch and aerial sequences:<br />Unintended Consequences https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FSJJOCI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Vxd8ybAEW018N<br /><br />But I'm biased <br />You probably know mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763947725406197372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17330655913876857952017-04-13T09:12:22.190-07:002017-04-13T09:12:22.190-07:00Hollywood and original thought, the two don't ...Hollywood and original thought, the two don't play together well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20683637864172933212017-04-13T08:35:51.607-07:002017-04-13T08:35:51.607-07:00As with so many good movies, The Bedford Incident ...As with so many good movies, The Bedford Incident started as a good book by Mark Rascovich. I read it in high school, IIRC. Never saw the movie....ColoCommentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6916006128304429672017-04-13T05:05:44.761-07:002017-04-13T05:05:44.761-07:00Thanks Suz, I'll work on it.Thanks Suz, I'll work on it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51817453083273167622017-04-13T05:04:13.446-07:002017-04-13T05:04:13.446-07:00Both of my copies have been re-read many times.
T...Both of my copies have been re-read many times.<br /><br />Thanks Cap'n.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49564264446845802432017-04-13T00:04:16.394-07:002017-04-13T00:04:16.394-07:00HI, VIRGIL!HI, VIRGIL!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58176791902318700322017-04-12T23:22:30.560-07:002017-04-12T23:22:30.560-07:00I really liked The Hunt for Red October and enjoye...I really liked The Hunt for Red October and enjoyed Red Storm Rising. Good vignette you got there!HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66945673762132748022017-04-12T22:46:40.349-07:002017-04-12T22:46:40.349-07:00Yes it was. I was a jr in college when I saw it at...Yes it was. I was a jr in college when I saw it at the old Varsity Theater just off campus at LSU. (It's a bar and restaurant now..) virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27562929835780848762017-04-12T22:42:59.060-07:002017-04-12T22:42:59.060-07:00GREAT movie, btw. I was a college undergrad when I...GREAT movie, btw. I was a college undergrad when I saw it.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22427146188819270132017-04-12T20:07:54.576-07:002017-04-12T20:07:54.576-07:00Skipper to OOD "If he [the Russian submarine]...Skipper to OOD "If he [the Russian submarine] fires one, I'll fire one."<br />Bridge phone talker to ASW team "FIRE ONE!"<br /><br />"The Bedford Incident", A MOVIE IN 1965.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1017435586203190182017-04-12T18:37:15.626-07:002017-04-12T18:37:15.626-07:00I would agree with letting the Chicoms administer ...I would agree with letting the Chicoms administer punishment to North Korea and I promise to come up with couch change to buy a copy of your first book. I'm sure that over the years you have met, worked with/over/under folks who were "real characters", and that you have seen scenarios that had to potential to go very badly, or very well, or could have been different than they did come out. Throw it all in the blender, mix it up and see what comes out. Some folks who read here know editors who could always help out with grammar and proper flow of the story, etc. Come up with a rough outline and go from there. :)Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68917843314339247862017-04-12T16:26:41.898-07:002017-04-12T16:26:41.898-07:00And yes, the callsign "Cajun" was carefu...And yes, the callsign "Cajun" was carefully chosen. I figured you'd been close to that kind of thing. No doubt too close.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31474239009268914532017-04-12T16:21:08.487-07:002017-04-12T16:21:08.487-07:00We've gotten pretty close to that 'situati...We've gotten pretty close to that 'situation' a time or two over the years... Just sayin...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74688763281015541732017-04-12T16:04:46.302-07:002017-04-12T16:04:46.302-07:00I've lost count of how many times I read that ...I've lost count of how many times I read that book. When it came out I was finishing up my college days before proceeding to my next assignment. (Said assignment ending in abject failure which I may, or may not, talk about some day. I regret nothing, but I may have been a bit hasty.)<br /><br />My morale is up a bit after hearing about the Chinese turning back the NORK coal ships. Seems they might want Bad Haircut to dial back his nonsense. Let the Chicoms spank him I say.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7365887260219505942017-04-12T15:53:28.575-07:002017-04-12T15:53:28.575-07:00Thought provoking. I read Red Storm Rising on depl...Thought provoking. I read Red Storm Rising on deployment just after it came out. We had a workup WASEX where we took AS-12's in the wires and CIC. Later we did a lot of work with Foch and had her F-8FN's aboard. There were a lot of Rooskies in the Med back then, including most of the lineup from the novel. Interesting times. I hope the CinC doesn't feel the need to grab anybody by the, er, nether regions.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35520728070687745972017-04-12T14:25:26.320-07:002017-04-12T14:25:26.320-07:00Great movie!Great movie!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67834540909189509302017-04-12T14:13:44.569-07:002017-04-12T14:13:44.569-07:00Well done. And yes, I would pay to read the novel....Well done. And yes, I would pay to read the novel. Let me know when you need some old retired squid for the Beta reading. <br /><br />Remember Richard Widmark's film The Bedford Incident? This is from IMDB, (Internet Movie Database) <br /><br />[after Finlander orders an anti-submarine rocket armed]<br />Commodore Schrepke: This is insane!<br />Captain Finlander: Now don't worry, Commodore. The Bedford'll never fire first. But if he fires one, I'll fire one.<br />Ensign Ralston: [launching the rocket] Fire One! <br /><br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72921068176930979762017-04-12T10:52:34.041-07:002017-04-12T10:52:34.041-07:00:)
Thanks Ron.:)<br /><br />Thanks Ron.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72791402027938874762017-04-12T10:39:32.034-07:002017-04-12T10:39:32.034-07:00More than a couple Sarge. :)More than a couple Sarge. :)Ron Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217389199007968254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48572034810189353812017-04-12T09:22:51.348-07:002017-04-12T09:22:51.348-07:00I can imagine. Much like we'd react to Russian...I can imagine. Much like we'd react to Russian ships off Cape Code.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38424491379607478972017-04-12T09:05:04.068-07:002017-04-12T09:05:04.068-07:00I forgot to mention that I'm somewhat familiar...I forgot to mention that I'm somewhat familiar with the waters east of, and north of Hokkaido.<br />The Russians have always been pretty touchy about how the "Yankees" steam there.<br />The get to be pretty protective and keep a close watch. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37973546878456768852017-04-12T08:59:06.944-07:002017-04-12T08:59:06.944-07:00Like I said to Russ, I'm still working on it. ...Like I said to Russ, I'm still working on it. Maybe in a couple of years?<br /><br />Nice to know I have a couple of buyers. ;-)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com