Headed to Tailhook
The Tailhook Association’s annual symposium for all things naval aviation begins Thursday in Reno, Nev., and I’ll be there checking out the panels, looking at whatever technology contractors put out...
View ArticleAdvice from a guy who has done it before
The Tailhook Reunion and Symposium hosted a winging ceremony, a first for the annual meet-up. Two Navy and two Marine Corps officers received their wings. But before things were made official for Lt....
View ArticleIt’s pretty, but can it go supersonic?
Parked in the lobby of John Ascuaga’s Nugget hotel and casino in Reno, Nev., is a one-of -a-kind Ford Mustang. Loaded with a 624-horsepower super-charged engine, the car has a custom paint job inspired...
View ArticleThe sound of silence
The music has died. Well, at least for sailors and Marines who were using Pandora to stream tunes via the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. The issue: Pandora requires versions of software that’s too new for...
View ArticleGreenert’s first words to sailors
The new chief of naval operations, Adm. Jon Greenert, wasted no time in addressing sailors. Appearing in a YouTube video posted right after he relieved Adm. Gary Roughead of command, the new CNO laid...
View ArticleVery close call
You could just as easily be reading an article about two George Washington sailors who were killed on the carrier’s flight deck. While there was certainly a few sky-high heart rates and a couple of...
View ArticleToday, the skies; tomorrow, the highways
If only it were true. Parked in a lot at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., outside the office that handles upcoming unmanned aerial vehicles, was complete with one of the most appropriate bumper...
View ArticleOccupy Navy surfaces
The 99 Percenters have brought their protest to the Navy. Or so it looks. Maybe. A Twitter account, @OccupyNavy, was registered, complete with a profile linking to an organization called Occupy...
View ArticleIt’s about time
Flattops may be the Swiss Army Knives of the fleet. Two clips uploaded to the Navy’s YouTube channel show how the ships can be used. Via time-lapse video, one clip shows the bulk of the preparations...
View ArticleCO vs. sailor’s mother
The fight is between blogger and Navy Mom Mary Brotherton and Capt. Brian “Lex” Luther, commanding officer of the carrier George H.W. Bush, a ship with ongoing commode problems. Brotherton has a...
View ArticleLet ‘em rip!
At first glance, the commode issue on the carrier George H.W. Bush is kind of funny because bodily function jokes never get old. Surely cavemen laughed their caveman faces off whenever something of the...
View ArticleThe shirt’s a medium, but the the error is an XXL
Sitting on the shelf at a Navy Exchange is a piece of commemorative naval aviation memorabilia that’s as authentic as a $20 Rolex. As blogger CDR Salamander posted, the garment depicted below is for...
View ArticleLights out
The holidays may be a little dimmer this year. In an effort to cut down energy use, Rear Adm. Phil Collum, the director of the Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, is pushing sailors to...
View ArticleCVN 70, the blog
Besides Facebook and Twitter and the other social media outlets that have become routine ways to keep in touch with deployed ships, the carrier Carl Vinson is keeping a Tumblr blog. With posts from a...
View Article“Battleship” redux
If you can’t wait six more months to see it in theaters, there’s a new trailer for “Battleship.” We’ve written about this flick before, but this new preview includes near non-stop shoot’em-up action...
View ArticleSpecial delivery
Northrop Grumman’s unmanned carrier aircraft drew some attention in Kansas, where people thought it was a UFO hitching a ride on a flatbed truck. If you watch until the end, you’ll hear the anchor say...
View ArticleYou never marched like this
No matter how much you loved your sub and how well you can march, or the weird ideas that fermented in your brain after weeks underway without sunlight, you never, not once, thought of doing anything...
View ArticleRhyme scheme of the ancient mariner
There’s no such thing as quals for poetry, but whoever stands the midwatch on New Year’s Day may want to brush up on their iambic pentameter. Traditionally, the first entry in the early morning hours...
View ArticleThe need for speed is an addiction
Tom Cruise is going to put on a flight suit one more time. The Daily News, citing an interview with MTV, said that Cruise is up for a sequel to “Top Gun,” the 1986 movie that sparked a wave of interest...
View ArticleThe USS Gingerbready Roosevelt
When he’s not overseeing the next generation of naval aircraft, complex machines of composite materials, sophisticated software and engineering wizardry, Vice Adm. David Architzel, CO of Naval Air...
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