From the monthly archives:

October 2010

LPD-17 and the rage of J. Michael Gilmore

by Craig Hooper on October 28, 2010

J. Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s director of Operational Test and Evaluation, has the most thankless job in the Pentagon. This guy, more than anybody else, knows where the bodies are buried on various platforms–and nobody listens to him. As a weapons tester and evaluator, he is hated by program managers, dismissed as a cantankerous, [...]

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Virginia-class Sub Managers have a truth problem:

by Craig Hooper on October 26, 2010

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Is something shaking up the peacetime-oriented MSC?

by Craig Hooper on October 19, 2010

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Cutting cake with Vice-Admiral Richard W. Hunt:

by Craig Hooper on October 19, 2010

generic cialis The Commander of the Third Fleet–and the tireless ringmaster of San Francisco Fleet Week ceremonies–Vice Admiral Richard W. Hunt, cuts the Navy Birthday cake with the youngest sailor and Marine aboard the USS Makin Island–in front of a hanger-deck packed full of San Francisco citizens. This Admiral–along with the help of a great [...]

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In Press: Talking memorials in the Florida Times-Union

by Craig Hooper on October 17, 2010

In cialis for sale the crowded world of floating naval memorials, hope springs eternal. In Jacksonville, an effort by the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association to save an elegant former destroyer, the Charles F. Adams (DDG 2), moved ahead, getting support from the Jacksonville City Council. (The picture with the post is the ship as [...]

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Battleship Admirals love the CNA "Tipping Point" Report

by Craig Hooper on October 15, 2010

The much ballyhooed Center For Naval Analysis (CNA) report, “The Navy at a Tipping Point: Maritime Dom The Parenting Aspergers Resource Guide inance at Stake” is not a document that should guide high-level naval decision-makers. As I have written before, the policy suggestions are based on some really questionable assumptions and the report is inattentive [...]

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NextNavy surrenders….

by Craig Hooper on October 14, 2010

Yep. The guy w Phantom Link Cloaker 2.0 ho hates social media is, after online viagra much urging, joining Twitter. Please follow along!

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Air Force cedes the Green lead–and the lede–to Navy

by Craig Hooper on October 12, 2010

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Well, before one of the more successful Fleet Weeks in recent history winds down, here’s a little summary of what we set out to do, presented by Google Earth…The video is a little rocky, so if you can, run the Google Earth Tour (just make sure your viagra canada volume for the embedded Google Earth [...]

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Fleet Week returns to San Francisco–bringing the Navy’s newest helos, their newest (and greenest) big-deck amphib, and, well, discount viagra somewhere in the range of 3500 sailors and Marines. It’s gonna be a great week…And to start it off, I was lucky enough to spend the day aboard the centerpiece of the show, the USS [...]

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