Archive for the 'U.S. Navy' Category
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Another Grim Moment in Marketing…
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Posted in Business, Environment, Energy, Automobiles, Industrial Design, U.S. Navy, Aircraft |
Monday, October 6th, 2008
McCain prone to mishaps as Navy pilot: report
7 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — US presidential hopeful John McCain was prone to mistakes during his time as a Navy pilot, and if today’s standards were applied, his career may have ended in a hard landing, according to a report Monday by The Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign, U.S. Navy |
Friday, July 18th, 2008
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Before he was to become the first Million Dollar Mover in Manhattan,
Bill the Butcher had once said,
“The closest thing to the flesh of a man is the flesh of the pig.”
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By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 18, 4:27 AM ET
HONOLULU - The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of […]
Posted in Pentagon, U.S.A.F., Medicine, Weapons, U.S. Navy, U.S.Army |
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
‘Filipino Monkey’ may be behind radio threats, ship drivers say
By Andrew Scutro and David Brown
The Navy Times
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 17:24:25 EST
The threatening radio transmission heard at the end of a video showing harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come from a locally famous heckler known […]
Posted in Iran, U.S. Navy, Philippines |
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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Navy to alter swastika-shaped barracks
Associated Press
Wed Sep 26, 2:20 PM ET
CORONADO, Calif. - The Navy will spend as much as $600,000 to modify a 40-year-old barracks complex that resembles a swastika from the air, a gaffe that went largely unnoticed before satellite images became easily accessible on the Internet.
The Navy said officials noted the […]
Posted in Rove, Architecture, Airlines, U.S. Navy, Satellite Photography, Landscaping |
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’
During the Iraq war, the Central Command (CENTCOM) head — who leads U.S. operations in the entire Middle East region — and the Multinational Force Commander (MNF) have regularly testified together about the course of the war in Iraq.
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In January, President Bush […]
Posted in Military, Bush, Iraq, Pentagon, U.S. Navy, U.S.Army |
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
From The Sunday Times
September 2, 2007
Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran
Sarah Baxter, Washington
THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, said last […]
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Pentagon, U.S.A.F., Weapons, U.S. Navy |
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Houston & Texas News
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Korean War veteran Nyles Reed purchased his own Purple Heart for $42 after he was told the medal was “out of stock.’’ Dave Rossman: For the Chronicle photos
Aug. 17, 2007, 6:59PM
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own By ANNE MARIE KILDAY Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
PEARLAND — Korean […]
Posted in Bush, Pentagon, War, Texas, U.S. Navy, Korea, Veterans |
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
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The famous Eisenstaedt photograph–1945
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Glenn McDuffie holds a portrait of himself as a young man, left, and a copy of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Life magazine shot of a sailor embracing a nurse in a white uniform, right, at his Houston home Tuesday, July 31, 2007. McDuffie says he is the sailor in the famous photograph […]
Posted in Movies, World War II, S-E-X, Photography, Texas, U.S. Navy, 1940s, 1930s, 1900-1919 |
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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Posted in Business, Environment, Energy, Automobiles, Industrial Design, U.S. Navy, Aircraft |
