I've Probably Gone Too Far...

LT (JG) Boots "Furball" Felix
Rolls Inverted Over the Nevada Desert

Purr-haps the newest member of VFA-31?

I know, I know. One can take a gag too far.

When Ya Got Nuthin'...

         ...count on a buddy to provide material.

Staying with the canines as aviators meme:

Seems the PIB (Pooch in Back) wasn't properly strapped in.

I blame the crew chief (that's plane captain for you brown shoes naval aviation types).

H/T to good buddy and fellow Master Sergeant, Buck. After you watch the clip, get on over to his place, I do believe he's got some ZZ Top queued up for your listening pleasure.

Sharing. It's What I Do...

Saw this "out there" and as I'm all about the aviation meme, I thought I'd share it.

I found it hysterical. But then again, I'm a bit of a loon.

Hhhmm, See Figure 12b...

There's a time and a place to read the instructions...

Now is probably not that time.

For My Jewish Brothers and Sisters

חנוכה שמחה

My Jewish friends have never hesitated to wish me a Merry Christmas. I will never hesitate to wish my Jewish friends a...

Happy Hanukkah!

The Hanerot Halalu

We light these lights for the miracles and the wonders, for the redemption and the battles that you made for our forefathers, in those days at this season, through your holy priests. During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and we are not permitted to make ordinary use of them except for to look at them in order to express thanks and praise to Your great Name for Your miracles, Your wonders and Your salvations.

L'chaim!

לחיים

Hanukkah 2012 begins in the evening of Saturday, December 8 and ends in the evening of Sunday, December 16.

'Nuff Said

Update:

Navy 17 - Army 13

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

USS Arizona Memorial

She is still there, in the same place she was on a balmy Sunday morning back in 1941. The daily routine was underway, sailors were doing the things sailors do on a quiet Sunday morning in port.

All that changed forever when aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy slid into their attack profiles. Bombs fell, torpedoes entered the water, strafing runs commenced. Americans began to die.

When it was over, a heavy pall lay over this most beautiful of islands. Death and destruction were left in the wake of the departing Japanese.

USS Arizona lay shattered on the harbor floor, most of her crew still on board. Dead on her bridge were her captain, Franklin Van Valkenburgh and the Commander of Battleship Division One, Isaac Campbell Kidd. Both of whom were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions that day.

Also awarded the Medal of Honor was Arizona's Damage Control Officer Samuel Glenn Fuqua, who survived the war and eventually retired as a Rear Admiral (Lower Half).

But she is still there, as is her admiral, her captain and her crew. Spare a thought this day for them. For the USS Arizona and the 1,102 men who still lie entombed within her. Spare a thought for all those who lost their lives that day in defense of freedom.

December 7th, 1941. Indeed a date which will live in infamy. But back then we Americans knew how to shoulder the load. We knew how to fight back with pride and with honor. We stood together in those days.

Nowadays, not so much. I pray that we are not living in a time which will live in infamy. But I think we are.