Comments on: US Sea Power http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/ Commentary Appropriate For Today's Changing World Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: HighPlainsView http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1503 Mon, 09 May 2005 05:33:45 +0000 http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1503 <!-- spamk : Waaaay too many links: 0 --> <!-- spamk : Comment on VERY old post. --> <!-- spamk : KARMA: -2 --> <!-- spamk : Treatment: captcha --> <!-- spamk : Captcha expired, lowering karma and scaling again... --> <!-- spamk : KARMA: -4 --> <!-- spamk : Treatment: purgatory --> Thanks! Those who understand might enjoy googling "Reflections of a Blackshoe" by VAdm Harold Koenig.





Thanks! Those who understand might enjoy googling “Reflections of a Blackshoe” by VAdm Harold Koenig.

]]> by: Rhymes With Right http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1446 Fri, 06 May 2005 03:37:31 +0000 http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1446 Every time I see a Burke-class destroyer, I flash back to the age of 10 when I found myself seated next to a very old man in the waiting area of a clinic at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He apoke to my brother and i very kindly, asking us about school and inquiring if we planned on following our father into the Navy. I remember picking up on the fact that all the staff in the clinic were very deferential to him, and so after he was called back for his appointment I asked my mother who he was. It was, she told me, Admiral Arleigh Burke, one of the great admirals of WWII. Over the years I've learned just how true that statement was, and as a student (and teacher) of history I have a fair knowledge of why that statement is true -- but I will always remember him in my heart as that kind old man who took the time to chat with a couple of young boys who could have easily been ignored. Every time I see a Burke-class destroyer, I flash back to the age of 10 when I found myself seated next to a very old man in the waiting area of a clinic at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He apoke to my brother and i very kindly, asking us about school and inquiring if we planned on following our father into the Navy. I remember picking up on the fact that all the staff in the clinic were very deferential to him, and so after he was called back for his appointment I asked my mother who he was. It was, she told me, Admiral Arleigh Burke, one of the great admirals of WWII. Over the years I’ve learned just how true that statement was, and as a student (and teacher) of history I have a fair knowledge of why that statement is true — but I will always remember him in my heart as that kind old man who took the time to chat with a couple of young boys who could have easily been ignored.

]]> by: Guy http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1116 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:36:45 +0000 http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1116 George, Carriers are used to launch air strikes against suspected terrorist strongholds. Destroyers and cruisers alike are used for interdiction of suspected terrorist ships on the high seas. All in all....money well spent I'd say. George,
Carriers are used to launch air strikes against suspected terrorist strongholds. Destroyers and cruisers alike are used for interdiction of suspected terrorist ships on the high seas. All in all….money well spent I’d say.

]]> by: George http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1037 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:35:31 +0000 http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-1037 Other than the amphibious landing ships is there an ship in those pictures that rally helps in the war on terror. I wonder if we have our military spending priority set right. George Other than the amphibious landing ships is there an ship in those pictures that rally helps in the war on terror. I wonder if we have our military spending priority set right.

George

]]> by: Liberty Dog http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-968 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:12:45 +0000 http://geezervilleusa.com/2005/04/16/us-sea-power/#comment-968 Great pics...brings me back to my Navy days. Great pics…brings me back to my Navy days.

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