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Me and the SNJ-6
(Not the one in the background, the one I'm in) |
Yup, growing up I was interested in aircraft.
And tanks ...
And artillery ...
And dinosaurs ....
And Napoléon ...
And, well, lots of stuff. First and foremost though, the military and the history thereof.
Juvat and Tuna were reminiscing, I am too, but my mind operates on pictures ...
So, here we go.
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Left, The Olde Vermonter, right, Your Humble Scribe
At Christmas, a long, long time ago |
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Aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
Not that long ago |
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My Dad
A very long time ago |
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Brothers and Sisters
Of different parents, but family just the same |
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Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea
Band of brothers |
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Family
Gone, but never forgotten |
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My Grandfather
Dad's Dad, around WWI |
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| Where I live now |
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| Where I grew up |
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Lex
Those who know, know |
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A gathering of the tribe
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| The Nuke's Commissioning |
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Near my parents' home
It's just Mom now. |
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Lunch with LUSH and her kids
Yup, that was a while back. |
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More Family
Hi Mary, Ron, Gil, Robin and Denise!
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More family
Hi Dwight, The Nuke, Rick, and Daryl |
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| Bear, one of my grand-dogs |
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| What LUSH did, back in the day |
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| What I worked on, back in the day. |
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| Home Sweet Home |
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The Nuke and Your Humble Scribe
Yup, we're Broncos fans |
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| New London is NOT warm in March |
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Commissioning of the USS Colorado (SSN 788)
17 March 2018, Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT |
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| The pond at Chez Sarge |
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LUSH and Your Humble Scribe (behind the camera) at a
Foo Fighters concert, July 2018, Fenway Park
We'll be doing that again this summer, same venue |
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| View from the tower at Udvar-Hazy |
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| Where my spirit soars |
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| I miss her, a lot. |
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| Spent my life studying and preparing for war, glad I didn't have to experience it directly |
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| The Narragansett Bay area is my home now |
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| But Vermont will always be in my blood |
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All of my grandkids fill me with love,
they're all rock stars. |
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Antietam,
I pray we don't do that
Ever again ... |
Yes, it's good to reminisce.
I pray we don't do that
ReplyDeleteEver again ...
Amen...
Amen, indeed.
DeleteHow very, very good!
ReplyDeletePerilous times now...
We must proceed carefully.
DeleteBeautiful. Wonderful family and stomping grounds.
ReplyDeleteHere's to good memories, past and future.
I'll drink to that!
DeleteVery Nice, Sarge!
ReplyDeleteA minor quibble. When you and I were at the Kun, the 8TFW was flying F-4D's. The most notable difference is the underside of the radome. The C model has a smooth protrusion (RHAW Gear?) while the D model had an additional bump on it's protrusion. No big deal, it was not only an 8TFW jet, but also an 80TFS (aka Juvats) tail number and according to the USAF Serial Number search 7-589 had a confirmed kill of a Mig 21 on Jan 2 1967. I liked the picture as it had a different armament load than I flew with in the Phantom. Live AIM 9's and AIM 7's. Those were the weapons of Hunters, not Bombers. Audentes fortuna Juvat!
But I was also at Kadena when the 18th flew the C and the D (we also had a squadron of RF-4Cs). I worked on three versions of the mighty Phantom, the F-4C, F-4C Wild Weasel, and the F-4D. Yes, the bird depicted wasn't at Kadena or Kunsan, I never worked on that particular jet. But it is a valid representation of the jets I did work on. And, as you say, I like the picture.
DeleteFascinating.
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DeleteMy father, age 5, spent his annual allowance to ride in a barnstormer's airplane at the county fair. Sat between the pilots feet. In his forties he was financially able to buy an airplane and earn his Private license. We bought a 1939 Piper J-4 and both earned our Private ticket in it. Later he bought a Cessna 182.
ReplyDeleteNice!
DeleteA most noble and respectable lineage of warriors and their families.
ReplyDeleteJB
Thanks, JB.
DeleteQuestion Sarge; is the first photo of/from an SNJ or an AT-6? You've confused me; not hard to do, admittedly.
ReplyDeleteRob G
From an SNJ-6 looking towards a T-6.
DeleteGotcha! It's rare to see the "dash" designation ("-6") for SNJ's
DeleteRob
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DeleteWonderful, Sarge, just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, drjim!
DeleteI have a million pictures of my childhood and early Navy career but they're all in need of getting scanned and digitized. It's good that you've taken the time.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me just how few pictures I have from my days in the Air Force. Most of the time I was either too busy, couldn't have a camera around (frowned upon on the flight line), or was doing classified work. It's like the Italian guards from the Vatican were following me around, "No photo, no photo."
DeleteAh yes, I have several of those forbidden photos!
DeleteI know nothing!
DeleteThanks for all for sharing! ( And greetings from Japan!) - TB
ReplyDeleteTBさん、こんにちは。
DeleteI lived on the street called Antietam at NAS Lemoore, calif. Last century.
ReplyDeleteHeltau
Man, that's my century you're talking about!
DeleteSarge, ref your last photo; yes, we MUST pray. Unfortunately that's not the way to bet
ReplyDeleteBoat Guy
I know, but my faith tells me we'll get through this, somehow.
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