tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post5314242653879363875..comments2024-03-29T05:28:17.263-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Tempest in a Tea CupOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45622802101421498882019-11-29T12:09:15.012-08:002019-11-29T12:09:15.012-08:00Kinda interesting indeed. I had to take a walk to ...Kinda interesting indeed. I had to take a walk to recover from the "Scotland is in England" comment. Ahem, both are in the United Kingdom. Anyhoo, I would've thought the same as you, figuring it would have been the aircraft.<br /><br />Grumble, mumble, grumble, "Scotland is in England" - that's a hard one to swallow. 😉OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40475192112003488052019-11-29T12:06:37.124-08:002019-11-29T12:06:37.124-08:00Virgil, I recall juvat saying it got better after ...Virgil, I recall juvat saying it got better after the Peanut Farmer left office. No doubt it dropped during the Community Organizer's "reign."OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7208328434088792732019-11-29T12:05:31.826-08:002019-11-29T12:05:31.826-08:00There's one way to make the shipyards accounta...There's one way to make the shipyards accountable. Put a few big shots in prison, not Martha Stewart prison, but "Hi, ma name's Bubba, I'se yo cellmate" prison.<br /><br />You can pay me now, or you can pay me later. But you always pay.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18482510394702252019-11-28T16:59:56.980-08:002019-11-28T16:59:56.980-08:00Speaking of Tempest and Gallagher, which is a Scot...Speaking of Tempest and Gallagher, which is a Scots surname, more or less, I'm reminded of a wee little book I took down off my Grandma's shelf one day when I were nobbut a lad. It was called Tempest over Scotland. I selected it because I knew that the RAF had a fighter plane called Tempest, and Scotland is in England (possibly in the southeast, where the Battle of Britain was), therefore it must be a book about the RAF in WWII and just chock-full of dazzling aerial war stories.<br /><br />Turned out to be a bunch of old religious stuff about some preacher guy named Knox back in the dark ages. Poop! (Hadn't learned $#!+ and firetruck yet).<br /><br />It was a First Edition with a nice little note to my Grandma on the title page, written and signed by the author Norman Nygaard. He was rather a prolific author for a Presbyterian pastor from Kimball, Nebraska. He married my Mom and Dad, btw.<br /><br />Funny how stuff becomes stuff.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58221635782790255722019-11-28T09:12:11.014-08:002019-11-28T09:12:11.014-08:00Tuna/
Hell, they had already almost halved our 30...Tuna/<br /><br />Hell, they had already almost halved our 30 hrs/mo in USAFE as far back as 1971!! FORGET advanced tng in cmbt tactics--it was down to keeping current in basic skills just to keep from killing oneself.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6818025639875667552019-11-28T08:53:11.415-08:002019-11-28T08:53:11.415-08:00It was a good debate- whether or not we needed a N...It was a good debate- whether or not we needed a Navy when we had an Air Force with strategic bombing capability. But obviously that that limits us to the most kinetic form of action. The carrier provides us with far more options short of large scale bombing, including just the visible deterrent of parking a carrier off a country's coast. And the USAF can't keep sea lanes open of course as Denfeld addressed. These days the debate in congress is more about guns vs. butter and not one of a strategic nature like this was. We and the Defense Industrial Complex has shot ourselves in the foot a little because of the huge expense and quality of the Navy (and all defense). Quantity has a quality all its own but we don't have a force sized (and funded) to really sail the 7 seas with any significant impact. I'm not saying we need fewer carriers, but more that don't cost $10B would be good, as would true Frigates and more DDs. When I was flying, a good month was 30 hours. Today I think it's half that. We also have a bunch of CGs that we're not maintaining. According to a friend who is the maintenance manager for a CG down here, we're actually paying for it, but nobody is able to keep the workers accountable for the work so it's done poorly, or not at all. Sad state. There's a lot of stuff you don't read about in the news, but it's really bad at the shipyard. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21802336678991217052019-11-28T06:50:46.373-08:002019-11-28T06:50:46.373-08:00Completely agree!Completely agree!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51735754913543421792019-11-27T23:11:58.344-08:002019-11-27T23:11:58.344-08:00The true ignorance and stupidity of the bomber gen... The true ignorance and stupidity of the bomber generals was never more exposed than in "The 11 Days Of Christmas" (Marshall L. Michel III). The failure of the commanders to realize their mistakes in planning and execution of Linebacker II bordered on nothing less than criminal. To compound their errors they didn't change their plans until the crews threatened to mutiny against dying for some desk bound leaders in SAC that had no concept of non-nuke ops. Nixon should have lined them up against the wall....Pete231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54759586645816560142019-11-27T18:09:10.563-08:002019-11-27T18:09:10.563-08:00Happy Thanksgiving drjim!Happy Thanksgiving drjim!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15100819994231726612019-11-27T18:02:11.097-08:002019-11-27T18:02:11.097-08:00Have a safe trip and Happy Thanksgiving, Sarge!
W...Have a safe trip and Happy Thanksgiving, Sarge!<br /><br />We're going up to a major gathering of the clan to give thanks, and I'm sure we'll have several kinds of pie!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46001973415785553682019-11-27T15:21:45.453-08:002019-11-27T15:21:45.453-08:00Now I'm hungry again!Now I'm hungry again!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14355051885096276032019-11-27T15:21:10.948-08:002019-11-27T15:21:10.948-08:00Hahaha! Great story!Hahaha! Great story!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5874063810309351822019-11-27T15:20:06.816-08:002019-11-27T15:20:06.816-08:00Yum, apple and pumpkin pie. True statement on the ...Yum, apple and pumpkin pie. True statement on the bread!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41443701505413032462019-11-27T15:19:22.858-08:002019-11-27T15:19:22.858-08:00Same here as regards Harry S.Same here as regards Harry S.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18835744296098810192019-11-27T15:18:31.751-08:002019-11-27T15:18:31.751-08:00Flugelman - Pecan pie, love it, can't eat it a...Flugelman - Pecan pie, love it, can't eat it anymore, diverticulitis. Miss it I do.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51422453508260328192019-11-27T15:17:14.367-08:002019-11-27T15:17:14.367-08:00Virgil - Nothing would frighten me more than an E-...Virgil - Nothing would frighten me more than an E-4 with access to nukes!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41040179414686495852019-11-27T15:16:05.866-08:002019-11-27T15:16:05.866-08:00Rob - GI Bill was an awesome thing.Rob - GI Bill was an awesome thing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5399851140906115862019-11-27T15:15:29.582-08:002019-11-27T15:15:29.582-08:00Beans - Very true.Beans - Very true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41169319841908304362019-11-27T15:14:44.234-08:002019-11-27T15:14:44.234-08:00Won't disagree, never thought of it that way.Won't disagree, never thought of it that way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70720210170489168042019-11-27T12:15:43.284-08:002019-11-27T12:15:43.284-08:00We're having crumb top apple pie and pumpkin p...We're having crumb top apple pie and pumpkin pie. I also like cherry pie but I'm in the minority, so no cherry pie. I like hot pie and cold pie equally. Pie is an important part of any celebration. And left over stuffing with some turkey heated in a skillet (crispy) and then throw a couple of over-easy eggs on top for breakfast. Life is good.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54992165913793573642019-11-27T12:05:35.089-08:002019-11-27T12:05:35.089-08:00After WW2 we had the GI Bill, that gave a lot of t...After WW2 we had the GI Bill, that gave a lot of the vets someplace off the streets to be. Houses to be built and engineers to be trained. Those engineers built the modern America!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12478757567497247812019-11-27T11:36:24.723-08:002019-11-27T11:36:24.723-08:00Was a member of that "Pentomic Army" in ...Was a member of that "Pentomic Army" in Germany in 1960-63, poised to counter the slavic hordes at the Fulda Gap. We had the Davy Crockett platoon in our Combat Support company, super hush-hush but we all knew what it was.<br /><br />Safe travels Sarge, enjoy the pie. I've learned that there will be NO pecan pie this year due to a guest who has severe nut allergies. I'm going into withdrawal already. Flugelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158548139451148587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71760042737534335052019-11-27T10:27:49.970-08:002019-11-27T10:27:49.970-08:00Pie. Yes, please. Through earnest but somewhat un-...Pie. Yes, please. Through earnest but somewhat un-coordinated efforts, our current tally is five pies for seven people. <br /><br />Our pie story. So Monday, wife and daughter head out to shop for Thanksgiving dinner (which will be at daughter and hubby's house, 20 minutes down the road from ours). I am assigned the lesser mission of the usual grocery list for the wife and at home. I depart sometime later and make my way to Winco at my own pace. <br /><br />As I am pushing my cart across the store at the end of the aisles, contact right! There are my wife and daughter not 15 feet away, facing me. Sorta. My daughter has their cart, sees me, makes eye contact. My wife has just inquired of the nice young store clerk where the pie filling is to be found. "Right this way, ma'am" and he makes his way to and around me towards the next aisle over. My wife, in close pursuit, follows him right around me not two feet away, oblivious to my presence. I pivot to face her in the turn, but say nothing, as an evil plan is already forming. Wife and clerk disappear down the next aisle.<br /><br />I look back to my daughter, still with their cart, look slightly gobsmacked. She leaves the cart and walks around to look down the next aisle. Then she gestures emphatically for me to join her. Her phone is already out. We take a double selfie of the two of us laughing our a$$es of with my wife in the background still oblivious. I step back out of sight, my daughter goes to show selfie to her mother. Priceless.<br />RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80964913850677681222019-11-27T09:44:45.477-08:002019-11-27T09:44:45.477-08:00As to pie, baking apple (double crust) and pumpkin...As to pie, baking apple (double crust) and pumpkin(single crust) tonight. And getting the turkey breasts out to thaw in my 67 degree house (they've been sitting in the refrigerator since last Thursday and they are still pretty much frozen.<br /><br />And fresh bread for Mrs. Andrew. Nothing says love like fresh baked yeast bread.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44678336785708594492019-11-27T09:42:38.852-08:002019-11-27T09:42:38.852-08:00Many things about Truman I like. This was not one...Many things about Truman I like. This was not one of them. But, seriously, the US was heading into a financial crisis in 46, with too much debt and no way to pay it off. Drawdown of the armed forces seemed like a reasonable thing to do. Just with drawdown also meant shuttering all those wartime businesses and now you have massive unemployment in the civilian market just at a time you drop a million or two ex-uniformed people into the already gutted job market. <br /><br />And then we spent a poop-ton of money during the Berlin Airlift. Further damaging us financially.<br /><br />Something had to be done. And Nukes were the new shiny hotness, the 'Stealth' and 'Modular Mission' of their day.<br /><br />As to the State Department, oh I mean Soviet spying on our nuclear program, well, Alger Hiss should have been right next to the Rosenbergs on riding the lightning. One wonders who in the State Department protected that jerk. Senator McCarthy, loudmouth that he was, was right about Soviet penetration of our government and our entertainment industry (little remembered, but John Wayne and a collection of conservatives actually formed a conservative actor's guild in response to the red menace. I am glad he never lived long enough to see the Red China takeover.)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com