Archive

1055 posts, spanning the full run of the blog.

2012

1. November
2. Happy Birthday Dad November 9, 2012
3. October
4. Shakespeare’s October 30, 2012
5. A Mk-76 Tale October 26, 2012
6. July
7. Tribute July 23, 2012
8. A Ghost Returns July 11, 2012
9. June
10. Excuses, excuses… June 21, 2012
11. And Sometimes, Your Gauges Aren’t Lying At All June 15, 2012
12. May
13. There’s Formation Flying and Then There’s Dissimilar Formation Flying… May 23, 2012
14. April
15. What’s Your (call) Sign? April 7, 2012
16. Low and Slow April 3, 2012
17. Mig-25 “Foxbat” April 3, 2012
18. March
19. Night Jump March 30, 2012
20. Hail and Farewell March 29, 2012
21. Never March 26, 2012
22. An Old Sea Story March 24, 2012
23. Lexisms March 24, 2012
24. The War on Women March 5, 2012
25. FARs March 4, 2012
26. Combative March 4, 2012
27. All You Need To Know March 2, 2012
28. WX CNX March 1, 2012
29. February
30. Rain Seal February 29, 2012
31. Waivers February 29, 2012
32. Informed Decisions February 29, 2012
33. Not So Fast February 29, 2012
34. Slippery Slope February 29, 2012
35. Law School February 28, 2012
36. This Week February 27, 2012
37. Pyrrhic Victories February 24, 2012
38. Stolen Valor February 23, 2012
39. Whidbey Squiblets February 21, 2012
40. Effects-Based Targeting February 18, 2012
41. Flag Moves February 17, 2012
42. “Homegrown” February 17, 2012
43. TFRs February 17, 2012
44. Unilateral Disarmament February 15, 2012
45. Sensitivity February 15, 2012
46. Fear and Envy February 15, 2012
47. Tribute and Ransom February 14, 2012
48. Juvenile Recidivism February 13, 2012
49. The Giffords February 11, 2012
50. Goodwill Gesture February 11, 2012
51. Post Pax February 11, 2012
52. Tag Alongs February 7, 2012
53. Leading from the Middle February 6, 2012
54. Monuments to Error February 1, 2012
55. January
56. Inside Scoop January 31, 2012
57. Razor Blades January 31, 2012
58. Target Fixation January 30, 2012
59. Heterogametic Sex January 30, 2012
60. Hornet AR January 26, 2012
61. Older Women January 26, 2012
62. Where’s the Data? January 26, 2012
63. Pretty Much the Coolest Thing Ever January 24, 2012
64. Night and Day January 24, 2012
65. Non-Event January 22, 2012
66. Traveling January 20, 2012
67. Transients January 17, 2012
68. Video January 16, 2012
69. Ranger Barricade January 15, 2012
70. The Law of Unintended Consequences January 14, 2012
71. Relaxed Stability January 13, 2012
72. The Latest Outrage January 12, 2012
73. Your Tax Dollars at Work January 12, 2012
74. A Good Ride January 11, 2012
75. New Bear January 11, 2012
76. No Greater Love January 10, 2012
77. Too Much of This January 10, 2012
78. Winner of the Week January 9, 2012
79. It’s a Complete Mystery January 9, 2012
80. Strategic Pause January 8, 2012
81. So, You Want to be an Airline Pilot? January 5, 2012
82. For the Children January 4, 2012
83. Our Brave New World January 3, 2012
84. Seamanship January 1, 2012

2011

1. December
2. Death Squads December 29, 2011
3. Consensus December 29, 2011
4. Star Creep December 29, 2011
5. Just the One December 28, 2011
6. Transparency, and that December 28, 2011
7. Maddening December 27, 2011
8. Milestones December 27, 2011
9. Kids These Days December 26, 2011
10. Peelings December 23, 2011
11. Lambs and Lions December 22, 2011
12. Twice is a Trend December 21, 2011
13. Case the Colors December 15, 2011
14. Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 2011
15. Rage-Ex December 6, 2011
16. Hollywood December 6, 2011
17. War Footing December 6, 2011
18. Preferential Treatment December 5, 2011
19. Headline of the Day December 5, 2011
20. Ship-to-Shore Movement December 5, 2011
21. Emmigrate to Northumbria December 5, 2011
22. What Should it Profit a Man? December 4, 2011
23. Gone Fishing December 4, 2011
24. "Rhythms" – Set to Video December 3, 2011
25. Public Servants December 3, 2011
26. Noblesse Oblige December 3, 2011
27. Within Ten Years December 2, 2011
28. November
29. Fallon Squiblets November 30, 2011
30. Personnel Cuts November 30, 2011
31. The Things You See November 22, 2011
32. Long Knives November 21, 2011
33. Hobart Politics November 21, 2011
34. More  Money in It November 20, 2011
35. Bunker Busters November 17, 2011
36. MAGTFs to Oz November 16, 2011
37. Retrospectives November 14, 2011
38. Golf Outing November 14, 2011
39. Close Out November 12, 2011
40. Carrier Classic November 12, 2011
41. Day Hop November 7, 2011
42. Another Day at the Office November 7, 2011
43. Night Flight November 5, 2011
44. Ivy League November 5, 2011
45. “Wake Up and Smell the Latte” November 5, 2011
46. Frontal Passage November 4, 2011
47. Math is Hard November 4, 2011
48. O, Wilt Thou Leave Us So Unsatisfied? November 3, 2011
49. Two Visions November 1, 2011
50. October
51. Class Warfare October 27, 2011
52. Speaking Truth To Stupid October 27, 2011
53. 20 October 26, 2011
54. What Rough Beast October 20, 2011
55. It’s Not the Things They Don’t Know October 19, 2011
56. Ground Abort October 18, 2011
57. Property is Theft October 18, 2011
58. Zuckerman Speaks October 16, 2011
59. One Hop October 14, 2011
60. War Via Chat October 14, 2011
61. DCA Hop October 13, 2011
62. In Lieu of Rough Handling October 11, 2011
63. Nice October 10, 2011
64. Precision Approach October 10, 2011
65. Here’s the Thing October 9, 2011
66. The “American Autumn” October 9, 2011
67. Prima Nocta October 7, 2011
68. Mad Busy October 7, 2011
69. The Distress of the Eloi October 6, 2011
70. Nose Art October 5, 2011
71. Terminus October 5, 2011
72. Motivating the Planeguard October 4, 2011
73. Second Hop October 2, 2011
74. The Hands Don’t Forget October 2, 2011
75. Chase Hop October 1, 2011
76. September
77. A Matter of Time September 30, 2011
78. Let Bygones Be September 29, 2011
79. The Existential Threat September 29, 2011
80. Hero Update September 28, 2011
81. Sandy Eggo Falconry September 28, 2011
82. Darwin Runner-Ups September 28, 2011
83. Plot Disrupted September 28, 2011
84. Qual Flight September 24, 2011
85. Who’s a Qual? September 23, 2011
86. Possibly Related September 23, 2011
87. The Last Thing The Mouse Saw September 22, 2011
88. Flight Two September 15, 2011
89. DNL September 13, 2011
90. One Slick Whistle September 13, 2011
91. In From the Cold September 12, 2011
92. Remember September 11, 2011
93. Tactical Question September 10, 2011
94. Kamikaze September 9, 2011
95. Traveling Man September 8, 2011
96. Ten Years On September 4, 2011
97. I Was Told That There Would Be No Math September 1, 2011
98. August
99. SOCOM Speaks August 31, 2011
100. 17 August 31, 2011
101. This Post Contains No Content August 29, 2011
102. Pretty Exciting August 24, 2011
103. Getting to Know You August 23, 2011
104. Day Three August 21, 2011
105. Micro-Blog: Indoc – Day 2 August 20, 2011
106. Micro-Blog: Indoc – Day One August 19, 2011
107. Arma Virumque Cano August 14, 2011
108. A Week Late August 10, 2011
109. Culture of Conformity August 9, 2011
110. QRF August 8, 2011
111. The Doorbell August 8, 2011
112. Celebrating the Season August 6, 2011
113. Toy Truck August 5, 2011
114. Things Change August 4, 2011
115. July
116. Weekend Round-Up July 31, 2011
117. Big Victory July 24, 2011
118. Turnabout July 23, 2011
119. Oslo July 22, 2011
120. Apart from That July 20, 2011
121. If By Whiskey July 19, 2011
122. Beating on the B July 17, 2011
123. Repatriation July 17, 2011
124. Taming Sangin July 12, 2011
125. Fish or Cut Bait July 12, 2011
126. Questionable July 10, 2011
127. A Good Craic July 9, 2011
128. UK ROE July 9, 2011
129. Pimp My Ride – FA-18 Style July 8, 2011
130. TSA, Part Deux July 7, 2011
131. Brig Time July 5, 2011
132. Shoot the Messenger July 5, 2011
133. Intro July 1, 2011
134. Prior Restraint July 1, 2011
135. June
136. Not the Problem June 30, 2011
137. Not Gone Yet June 29, 2011
138. Part Two June 28, 2011
139. No Smoking Gun June 24, 2011
140. Misplaced Priorities June 14, 2011
141. Shropshire Lads June 14, 2011
142. Impolitic June 13, 2011
143. Light Weekend June 11, 2011
144. Punishing Certainties June 8, 2011
145. Speechifying June 4, 2011
146. RLTW June 2, 2011
147. May
148. Deep Stall May 31, 2011
149. Thinking Small May 31, 2011
150. Memorial Day 2011 May 30, 2011
151. Only So Much You Can Do May 29, 2011
152. Roommates May 28, 2011
153. Nostalgia Day May 26, 2011
154. 2:41:32 May 25, 2011
155. AF 477 May 24, 2011
156. Is Féidir Linn May 23, 2011
157. Who Has the Vid? May 23, 2011
158. Check Six May 23, 2011
159. iPad Update May 21, 2011
160. Once Proud May 21, 2011
161. Helo Solo May 20, 2011
162. Show us the Vids! May 20, 2011
163. Citizen Journalist May 18, 2011
164. Collateral Duty May 17, 2011
165. Unit Recurring Flyaway May 16, 2011
166. ROE May 16, 2011
167. Afghan Health May 15, 2011
168. Helo Hunch May 14, 2011
169. Helmet Cams May 13, 2011
170. RTO May 11, 2011
171. With Bureaucracies Like These May 11, 2011
172. OLA May 11, 2011
173. Slow Dawn May 9, 2011
174. Spotlight May 9, 2011
175. The Power of Small Things May 9, 2011
176. Unprofitable May 9, 2011
177. Somebody’s Shipmate May 8, 2011
178. Acquisitions May 7, 2011
179. Vortex Ring State May 7, 2011
180. Curious Choice May 7, 2011
181. Warship May 5, 2011
182. The Compound May 5, 2011
183. Porterville III May 4, 2011
184. Not Much to Say May 3, 2011
185. Porterville II May 2, 2011
186. Closure May 1, 2011
187. April
188. Face to Face with the 8-Day Clock April 23, 2011
189. The Gouge April 21, 2011
190. Hun Reunion April 16, 2011
191. Entente Formidable April 13, 2011
192. Pick Five April 2, 2011
193. March
194. Because Caring Means Sharing March 31, 2011
195. Conspicuously Absent March 28, 2011
196. Tomodachi March 27, 2011
197. Special Planes March 26, 2011
198. TRAP March 23, 2011
199. Designed in Poway March 18, 2011
200. What The Panel Wants March 18, 2011
201. PSA “The Assailant” March 16, 2011
202. Supply and Demand March 14, 2011
203. Happy in their Work March 14, 2011
204. Farewell, Adieu March 12, 2011
205. The Power of Imagery March 12, 2011
206. When PC Worlds Collide March 12, 2011
207. DNI March 11, 2011
208. Enemy on the Left March 11, 2011
209. Reading Pericles March 10, 2011
210. Whisper: Still Life March 6, 2011
211. Tribal Justice March 6, 2011
212. Introducing Whisper March 4, 2011
213. Helos! March 3, 2011
214. February
215. Last Man Standing February 28, 2011
216. The Reasonable Man Premise February 25, 2011
217. Fire Discipline February 22, 2011
218. Exemplary Violence February 17, 2011
219. Leading by Example February 17, 2011
220. The Battle Joined February 17, 2011
221. Silver Star February 16, 2011
222. Dismasted February 16, 2011
223. History Bleg February 15, 2011
224. CONA Fly-By February 14, 2011
225. Bogus February 14, 2011
226. Stupid Like a Fox February 12, 2011
227. Give Them This February 11, 2011
228. Feeling It February 9, 2011
229. Fair Warning February 8, 2011
230. “Interested, but not involved” February 7, 2011
231. Statistically Impossible February 7, 2011
232. Dumping Grounds February 7, 2011
233. January
234. Something’s Happening There January 29, 2011
235. First T-34C Solo January 24, 2011
236. An Old Letter January 17, 2011
237. Good Dog January 17, 2011
238. Multi-Cultural Britain January 16, 2011
239. Echo Range January 15, 2011
240. On the Ownership of Words January 14, 2011
241. A Fair Cop January 8, 2011
242. Welcome to China, Mr. Gates January 6, 2011
243. The Magnificent Seven January 5, 2011
244. Nostalgia January 4, 2011
245. Round Up January 3, 2011

2010

1. December
2. The Lessons of TF Smith December 30, 2010
3. Nork Update December 27, 2010
4. Social Media December 27, 2010
5. Fiat December 26, 2010
6. Admin Note December 23, 2010
7. Admission Against Interest December 22, 2010
8. Formation Go December 18, 2010
9. Optics December 16, 2010
10. Forgone Conclusion December 13, 2010
11. Yesterday December 12, 2010
12. Koga’s Zero December 3, 2010
13. Upside Down December 2, 2010
14. Amateurs Talk Tactics December 2, 2010
15. November
16. Tough but Fair November 30, 2010
17. Dumbing Down November 27, 2010
18. Two Weeks November 22, 2010
19. Naff Off November 21, 2010
20. What Problem? November 21, 2010
21. The UAV Game November 20, 2010
22. The Blame Game November 18, 2010
23. Tackling Academic Failure November 15, 2010
24. All Done November 14, 2010
25. The Price of Hours November 13, 2010
26. Pitts Model 12 November 11, 2010
27. Spine November 11, 2010
28. Which it’s Our Birthday, Precious November 9, 2010
29. Catch and Release November 8, 2010
30. October
31. Wikifreaks October 26, 2010
32. An Honest Question October 25, 2010
33. Afghanistan October 22, 2010
34. Teutonic Ingenuity October 21, 2010
35. Friends Like These October 20, 2010
36. Slick October 19, 2010
37. Defense of the Realm October 19, 2010
38. Making Nice October 19, 2010
39. Agreeing With Jocyelyn Elders October 18, 2010
40. A Matter of Taste October 17, 2010
41. Safe Havens October 14, 2010
42. Geography Lessons October 10, 2010
43. Ill Will and Mistrust October 8, 2010
44. Friday – Oct 2, 2010 October 2, 2010
45. Extrajudicial October 1, 2010
46. September
47. Day Off September 30, 2010
48. Wisdom of the Ages September 29, 2010
49. Farewell to All That September 29, 2010
50. The Horror September 27, 2010
51. Freak Flag September 27, 2010
52. Golf Then September 26, 2010
53. The Internet September 24, 2010
54. OGA September 23, 2010
55. Tailhooker’s Prayer September 22, 2010
56. The Yardstick and the Clock September 17, 2010
57. Et Voila, Malthus September 16, 2010
58. Strange Justice September 16, 2010
59. Conflicted September 14, 2010
60. This Day September 11, 2010
61. Motivating The Corps September 10, 2010
62. Innovation September 10, 2010
63. Open Hands and Unclenched Fists September 7, 2010
64. Pros and Cons September 7, 2010
65. Minimize Cancelled September 6, 2010
66. Task Force Thor September 3, 2010
67. You Are Almost Certainly in a Simulation September 1, 2010
68. August
69. “Overwhelmingly White” August 30, 2010
70. The Non-Integrated Gap August 27, 2010
71. The Afghan Surge August 27, 2010
72. A Southern Army August 26, 2010
73. Compared to What? August 26, 2010
74. Helldiver Up August 21, 2010
75. Petraeus Wired August 20, 2010
76. Safe Bet August 19, 2010
77. Riding Along August 19, 2010
78. It Could Always Be Worse August 17, 2010
79. “Let Me Be Clear” August 15, 2010
80. Status Check August 14, 2010
81. False Analogy August 13, 2010
82. A Bridge Too Far? August 13, 2010
83. Sacred Oak August 11, 2010
84. Bush Flying August 11, 2010
85. Boston Travelogue August 10, 2010
86. Hearts of Darkness August 9, 2010
87. Cause Celebre August 9, 2010
88. Friday Musings 08/06/2010 August 6, 2010
89. The Soldier and the State August 5, 2010
90. A Good Taunting August 5, 2010
91. July
92. Autochrome July 30, 2010
93. Small Stick July 28, 2010
94. SERE July 27, 2010
95. Wikileaks July 26, 2010
96. Cherchez la Femme July 19, 2010
97. Adapt, Innovate, Improvise: Overcome July 18, 2010
98. Here and There July 15, 2010
99. The End of the World As We Know It July 8, 2010
100. Choosing Your Fights July 8, 2010
101. Name Tags July 7, 2010
102. But, Seriously July 4, 2010
103. Candor July 2, 2010
104. Tanker, Posit? July 2, 2010
105. Pelosisms July 1, 2010
106. June
107. De Toqueville June 30, 2010
108. Illuminating June 28, 2010
109. Stethem’s Revenge June 24, 2010
110. Justice Delayed June 18, 2010
111. When is a “Not a Tax” Actually a Tax? June 18, 2010
112. Mojo June 15, 2010
113. Change for its Own Sake? June 15, 2010
114. Deal or Die June 15, 2010
115. There and Back Again June 13, 2010
116. In Search of Moderation June 10, 2010
117. Baffling June 3, 2010
118. Who Lost Turkey? June 3, 2010
119. Strange Charity June 3, 2010
120. Old Riders June 2, 2010
121. May
122. An Outdated Concept? May 29, 2010
123. Lessons in Humility May 29, 2010
124. Hearts and Minds May 26, 2010
125. Laboratories of Counterinsurgency May 23, 2010
126. Madurday May 22, 2010
127. Even When You Know… May 17, 2010
128. Cultural Assimilation May 17, 2010
129. Circumnavigation May 15, 2010
130. Bit of a Stir May 12, 2010
131. Railgun May 11, 2010
132. Brit Snipers May 7, 2010
133. Last Law of the Navy May 6, 2010
134. Global Force for Good Update May 4, 2010
135. Gun Control May 3, 2010
136. April
137. The Cartoon Controversies April 29, 2010
138. On This Date April 27, 2010
139. Farce April 22, 2010
140. IFR April 20, 2010
141. No Masri April 19, 2010
142. Achilles Heel April 19, 2010
143. Kings and Tyrants April 13, 2010
144. All the Makings April 6, 2010
145. The Green Hornet April 2, 2010
146. The Case for Capital Punishment April 1, 2010
147. March
148. Human Terrain Mapping March 7, 2010
149. Article 15 March 6, 2010
150. Beg Pardon March 4, 2010
151. Worrying March 1, 2010
152. February
153. Whew! February 28, 2010
154. C-130 Tanking February 22, 2010
155. Discretion v. Valor February 21, 2010
156. 24/7/365 February 19, 2010
157. Singing Like a Bird February 18, 2010
158. Reverting to Form February 17, 2010
159. Thought Police February 16, 2010
160. The “Possible” Turn February 15, 2010
161. Precautionary Landing February 14, 2010
162. Prix Fixe February 14, 2010
163. Sins of the Past February 14, 2010
164. Snake Eating? February 10, 2010
165. Unintended Consequences February 10, 2010
166. Free Speech February 9, 2010
167. Wrapping it Up February 7, 2010
168. CCD February 6, 2010
169. January
170. Eureka January 30, 2010
171. Off the Hook January 29, 2010
172. Standards January 27, 2010
173. Second Look January 20, 2010
174. Aerial Ethics January 17, 2010
175. You Know You’re in the Af When… January 16, 2010
176. Transformational January 1, 2010

2009

1. December
2. Going Boldly December 31, 2009
3. Tu Quoque December 30, 2009
4. Grad Hop December 28, 2009
5. A Son of Privilege December 27, 2009
6. Missed the Freq Change December 26, 2009
7. Christmas Eve, 2009 December 24, 2009
8. Harsher Measures to Follow December 20, 2009
9. Language Barrier December 19, 2009
10. Remembering Scott Helvenston December 17, 2009
11. Consanguinity December 17, 2009
12. Kirishima December 14, 2009
13. The Wrong Message December 13, 2009
14. The Enemy Within December 12, 2009
15. See and Avoid December 5, 2009
16. If You Only Read Newspapers December 2, 2009
17. November
18. Happy Thanksgiving November 25, 2009
19. Fiddler’s Green November 23, 2009
20. Flight Round-up November 18, 2009
21. Blue/Green Team November 17, 2009
22. Bringing Out the Big Sticks November 17, 2009
23. Happy Feet November 9, 2009
24. Flight Log November 8, 2009
25. Not PTSD November 8, 2009
26. Tough Cookie November 6, 2009
27. Fort Hood November 5, 2009
28. Sundaze 11/01/2009 November 1, 2009
29. October
30. The Long Road October 27, 2009
31. Asking the Hard Questions October 22, 2009
32. Plane Fun October 17, 2009
33. Know Thy Enemy October 17, 2009
34. Cost Driver October 14, 2009
35. Acid Test October 10, 2009
36. Missing Man October 3, 2009
37. September
38. Escape Plan September 25, 2009
39. Beer September 25, 2009
40. Raising Hell September 22, 2009
41. Godwin’s Collorary September 18, 2009
42. Didn’t Know That September 18, 2009
43. Kinder,  Gentler Warfare September 17, 2009
44. English Doubles September 17, 2009
45. Tasteless September 4, 2009
46. F-4U vs P-51 September 1, 2009
47. August
48. Don’t Step on All the Heads August 31, 2009
49. Dying Clean August 31, 2009
50. Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre August 29, 2009
51. Only in Anarchia August 25, 2009
52. Friday Musings 08/21/2009 August 21, 2009
53. Above and Beyond August 20, 2009
54. Self Defense August 16, 2009
55. You Can’t Judge August 15, 2009
56. Tailhooks August 6, 2009
57. Bullet Magnet August 4, 2009
58. Orwell Nods August 3, 2009
59. Finding Spike August 2, 2009
60. Naming Conventions August 1, 2009
61. The Colonel’s Message August 1, 2009
62. Flanker Ops August 1, 2009
63. July
64. Friday Musings 07/31/09 July 31, 2009
65. Friday Musings 07/31/2009 July 31, 2009
66. Sensible July 25, 2009
67. San Joaquin Travelogue July 17, 2009
68. Waiver July 16, 2009
69. Organ Donor July 13, 2009
70. “Radicalized in Minnesota” July 12, 2009
71. “Fun” with Simulations July 4, 2009
72. June
73. Buck Fever, a Microfiction June 30, 2009
74. Friday Musings 06/26/2009 June 26, 2009
75. My Money was Always on the Hornet June 24, 2009
76. New Guidance for Strikers June 23, 2009
77. Persistence June 23, 2009
78. Getting Tactical June 22, 2009
79. Politics in an Age of Technology June 17, 2009
80. Operation Neptune June 6, 2009
81. A Victim of Our Own Success June 3, 2009
82. The Wing June 1, 2009
83. May
84. “Somebody call the police” May 6, 2009
85. April
86. His Usual Good Work April 30, 2009
87. Repatriated April 30, 2009
88. Noise Complaints April 20, 2009
89. Not Ready to Play Nice April 15, 2009
90. Going Overboard April 13, 2009
91. March
92. Something Different March 28, 2009
93. Clearing Baffles March 22, 2009
94. Bummer March 8, 2009
95. An “Avoidable” Mishap March 4, 2009
96. Fishbed Sundown March 2, 2009
97. February
98. Let Me Just Say This About That February 21, 2009
99. A Little Bit of Love February 19, 2009
100. Magnetos February 18, 2009
101. Clueless February 13, 2009
102. Interesting February 12, 2009
103. Man’s got a point February 6, 2009
104. January
105. Slack Day January 3, 2009

2008

1. December
2. Pueblo Suit December 31, 2008
3. Death Dance December 30, 2008
4. Ave atque vale December 28, 2008
5. Christmas Eve, 2008 December 24, 2008
6. CV-22 Osprey Deploys December 19, 2008
7. Phase VI December 16, 2008
8. In Naval Aviation, the Past is Not Dead December 5, 2008
9. November
10. A Good Day November 25, 2008
11. Well, That Went Over Like a Lead Balloon November 23, 2008
12. Freedom’s First Float November 13, 2008
13. Log Book November 2, 2008
14. A Bargain November 1, 2008
15. October
16. Friday Musings 10/31/2008 October 31, 2008
17. Getting Sarah Palin October 29, 2008
18. October 25th October 25, 2008
19. Portraits in Courage October 24, 2008
20. Choose Your Allies Wisely October 23, 2008
21. Ups and Downs October 18, 2008
22. Admin Notes/Saturday Musings October 11, 2008
23. Off the Grid October 8, 2008
24. September
25. The Downside to Long Haul Comms September 29, 2008
26. The Thin of the Wedge September 29, 2008
27. On Morality, and that September 20, 2008
28. Can’t Have it Both Ways September 18, 2008
29. The last little bit September 3, 2008
30. August
31. Well, hel-lo there August 23, 2008
32. Nullification August 16, 2008
33. Eh? August 15, 2008
34. Super Fox August 14, 2008
35. Where are they now? August 13, 2008
36. The return of history August 10, 2008
37. Th’olympic spirit, part deux August 9, 2008
38. So, now it’s news? August 8, 2008
39. Karma August 7, 2008
40. Do not go gentle August 6, 2008
41. A difficult man August 4, 2008
42. Falling from the floor August 1, 2008
43. July
44. Such a day July 30, 2008
45. Not welcome July 17, 2008
46. Show Season July 13, 2008
47. Frightening the children July 13, 2008
48. Unfortunate July 12, 2008
49. Unnatural July 8, 2008
50. Or would you prefer Guantanamo, now? July 5, 2008
51. June
52. Two weeks in June 27, 2008
53. Old Soldiers June 13, 2008
54. Supreme gall June 13, 2008
55. If they had won June 12, 2008
56. Thrice frightened June 5, 2008
57. By the numbers June 2, 2008
58. Sunday Flying June 1, 2008
59. May
60. This could be a problem May 29, 2008
61. Contractors May 27, 2008
62. Changed utterly May 24, 2008
63. On public faith May 18, 2008
64. Losing the Scorpion May 18, 2008
65. Running out of men May 15, 2008
66. Court of no appeal May 13, 2008
67. Camp Pendleton Concert May 9, 2008
68. Timing is Everything May 5, 2008
69. Would’ve Been Safer in Gitmo May 5, 2008
70. “Carrier” May 1, 2008
71. Medic May 1, 2008
72. April
73. Worst Date Ever? April 28, 2008
74. Gambling that you’ll get it April 26, 2008
75. Bad Form April 22, 2008
76. A Day in the Life of a DV April 19, 2008
77. Five April 19, 2008
78. Thinking through the unthinkable April 18, 2008
79. Oyster’s Tale April 16, 2008
80. China and Tibet April 16, 2008
81. First Reports April 15, 2008
82. Weekend April 14, 2008
83. The appendix of Navy slang April 11, 2008
84. Doing it wrong April 11, 2008
85. The Old Navy April 4, 2008
86. Good Question April 3, 2008
87. Irrational Antipathy April 1, 2008
88. Hero April 1, 2008
89. March
90. Letters on the service March 29, 2008
91. Brass March 28, 2008
92. Tough nut March 24, 2008
93. Do you now feel safer? March 24, 2008
94. Happy Easter! March 23, 2008
95. Loving them to death March 21, 2008
96. Five years in March 19, 2008
97. Saturdaze March 15, 2008
98. Burying the lede March 15, 2008
99. The coming storm March 15, 2008
100. Elliot Mess March 11, 2008
101. Ned Kelley’s bones March 9, 2008
102. February
103. Locked Deck February 25, 2008
104. Using all of it February 15, 2008
105. Traitor or dupe? February 12, 2008
106. Long War metaphor? February 9, 2008
107. January
108. Precise fires January 16, 2008
109. No time for love, Dr. Jones January 12, 2008
110. Friday Musings (January 11, 2008) January 11, 2008
111. That whole transition thing January 7, 2008
112. A day in the life January 6, 2008

2007

1. December
2. Raptors for all my friends December 27, 2007
3. In Hoc Anno Domini December 25, 2007
4. There I was, flat on my back… December 23, 2007
5. A hard read December 17, 2007
6. Lucky December 15, 2007
7. Fly little turtle! December 12, 2007
8. Land left December 3, 2007
9. November
10. Worst. Thanksgiving.Promotional.Evar. November 22, 2007
11. Happy Thanksgiving, Part II November 22, 2007
12. The Peace Process November 21, 2007
13. It’s a fair question November 20, 2007
14. Crosswind landing November 18, 2007
15. Free food tomorrow November 16, 2007
16. Because I have daughters November 15, 2007
17. Everybody knows November 13, 2007
18. Structural failure? November 13, 2007
19. A two-front war November 11, 2007
20. Hail to the king, baby November 10, 2007
21. Sign of hope November 7, 2007
22. Spin Hop November 5, 2007
23. Gathering of Eagles November 5, 2007
24. Yes November 5, 2007
25. Take it on faith November 4, 2007
26. An Apology for Idealism November 3, 2007
27. October
28. About last week October 31, 2007
29. Troubled October 21, 2007
30. No more heroes? October 6, 2007
31. A Cold War story October 2, 2007
32. September
33. Unrestricted climb September 28, 2007
34. Something old, something new September 21, 2007
35. This is what we have to work with September 13, 2007
36. Smart, too September 10, 2007
37. Note to self – a fragment from the Tailhook 2007 Convention exegesis September 8, 2007
38. Good clean fun September 8, 2007
39. Hoisting the flag September 2, 2007
40. Coolest. Easter Egg. Ever. September 1, 2007
41. August
42. Fighting the last war August 31, 2007
43. Promises, promises August 26, 2007
44. An imperfect comparison August 25, 2007
45. Donkey Island August 19, 2007
46. Stupid facts August 14, 2007
47. Exercise for the reader August 10, 2007
48. But what will they do if we colonize Saturn? Eh? August 9, 2007
49. Psychoanalyzing the Internet troll August 8, 2007
50. Disaster August 8, 2007
51. July
52. Upgrading July 31, 2007
53. Sunday afternoon homework July 29, 2007
54. Memory Lane July 22, 2007
55. Us and them, part II July 19, 2007
56. One trick pony July 14, 2007
57. Sadly, these have a ring of authenticity July 13, 2007
58. Another parental letter July 10, 2007
59. Choosing to lose July 10, 2007
60. Morris of Arabia July 10, 2007
61. Four-star SEAL July 10, 2007
62. How SCOTUS will save liberalism July 9, 2007
63. Make you a deal… Update – All done! July 9, 2007
64. Brief note to the perpetually self-absorbed July 8, 2007
65. June
66. Casca’s right June 28, 2007
67. Airport blogging June 28, 2007
68. Armed with facts June 27, 2007
69. Whole ‘nother kind of hot June 25, 2007
70. Stumbling into it June 25, 2007
71. A recurring tale June 24, 2007
72. On dictatorship June 23, 2007
73. Bad – Worse – Worst June 15, 2007
74. NTORC, V June 10, 2007
75. Pork chop June 10, 2007
76. “MSM” pooches it again June 9, 2007
77. Heh June 1, 2007
78. May
79. On conservatism, analysis and confiscatory taxes May 31, 2007
80. An Islamic Reformation? May 31, 2007
81. Gate Guard May 30, 2007
82. The weather? CAG says it’s “workable” May 28, 2007
83. One of those “what just happened” weekends May 20, 2007
84. Adventures in domesticity May 13, 2007
85. AAR May 7, 2007
86. The morning after May 6, 2007
87. Traveling is the suxxor! May 4, 2007
88. Frozen North Travelogue – Day 3 May 1, 2007
89. April
90. The Tillman “fraud,” and all that April 25, 2007
91. Exceptionalism April 22, 2007
92. An angel winging towards Valhalla April 22, 2007
93. Physics lessons from a poly-sci major April 13, 2007
94. On the wire April 11, 2007
95. Darwin Award April 11, 2007
96. The air show circuit April 11, 2007
97. A very short lesson in economies of scale April 10, 2007
98. Norcal April 5, 2007
99. Understanding the culture April 3, 2007
100. Bad news April 1, 2007
101. March
102. Maybe it is time for the Brits to go home March 30, 2007
103. The things you think about March 29, 2007
104. Free hate! March 29, 2007
105. Decom March 26, 2007
106. Grasping the nettle March 22, 2007
107. Strategic Thinker, part III March 20, 2007
108. Confidence March 20, 2007
109. Strategic thinker, part II March 19, 2007
110. Photo album March 4, 2007
111. February
112. Wish fest February 24, 2007
113. Thought for the day February 21, 2007
114. Letters February 20, 2007
115. Small blessings February 18, 2007
116. How democracies perish February 17, 2007
117. Friday Musings 02/09/2007 February 9, 2007
118. Another day at the office, II February 6, 2007
119. January
120. Free ride January 28, 2007
121. Deployment January 27, 2007
122. Interesting times, part XXVII January 22, 2007
123. Getting it January 14, 2007
124. Cato January 10, 2007
125. Surge January 8, 2007
126. Sucks to be you January 8, 2007
127. Greater love hath no man than this… January 6, 2007
128. Get some January 4, 2007
129. I hate these kinds of stories January 2, 2007
130. That didn’t take long January 2, 2007

2006

1. December
2. You don’t have to believe to understand December 25, 2006
3. CVN-21 December 18, 2006
4. It’s funny because it’s true. Sorta. December 15, 2006
5. Signing the logbook December 9, 2006
6. Look Ma! December 8, 2006
7. To be filed under… December 8, 2006
8. “Thank you for your son” December 5, 2006
9. Friday Musings 12/01/06 December 1, 2006
10. November
11. Nuts November 29, 2006
12. Liberty call, liberty call November 27, 2006
13. Old fashioned November 24, 2006
14. Non sequitur November 20, 2006
15. Don’t give up the ship November 16, 2006
16. Can we talk? November 15, 2006
17. Enough of all these politics November 9, 2006
18. A good samaritan November 7, 2006
19. October
20. Friday Musings 10/27/2006 October 27, 2006
21. Tropes October 26, 2006
22. Boots on the ground October 25, 2006
23. The red badge of reportage October 25, 2006
24. What’s in a name? October 25, 2006
25. Counterpoint October 16, 2006
26. So, we had a little party yesterday October 13, 2006
27. Salty October 13, 2006
28. Random observations from the outer arc October 11, 2006
29. A brief conversation between your humble scribe and his Ambien (5 mg) October 11, 2006
30. Left-handed compliments October 11, 2006
31. So what’s it like so far? October 10, 2006
32. Now is the autumn of our discontent October 6, 2006
33. Spooks October 2, 2006
34. September
35. On faith and reason September 17, 2006
36. Five years on September 11, 2006
37. News from the front September 11, 2006
38. Women – with blasters September 5, 2006
39. August
40. Something in the air August 31, 2006
41. How some people spend their days off August 30, 2006
42. Angels on our shoulders August 30, 2006
43. Framing Rumsfeld August 30, 2006
44. Dealing with the devil August 29, 2006
45. Last call August 28, 2006
46. GB – VMFA XX August 27, 2006
47. Talk to me about Utah August 26, 2006
48. Hard times August 26, 2006
49. GB – VFMA Part XVIII August 23, 2006
50. Right for the wrong reasons August 23, 2006
51. How the troops support the MSM August 22, 2006
52. In defense of theism August 21, 2006
53. Fight center August 20, 2006
54. GB – VFMA XIV August 18, 2006
55. Remembering Maude Gonne August 17, 2006
56. GB – VMFA XII August 15, 2006
57. Arduous duty August 14, 2006
58. On being precise August 14, 2006
59. Night Bounce August 11, 2006
60. 1914, again August 11, 2006
61. GB – VMFA VIII August 11, 2006
62. Guest blogging – VMFA VII August 10, 2006
63. Tipping it the gracious August 9, 2006
64. Guest blogging, VMFA VI August 9, 2006
65. A reminder August 6, 2006
66. The canary in the coal mine August 1, 2006
67. July
68. Rest in peace, Master Chief July 31, 2006
69. Are you an elite, ultra-endurance athlete? July 30, 2006
70. The world’s longest swan’s song hits the final stanza July 29, 2006
71. An apology for aircraft carriers July 25, 2006
72. Comicon July 24, 2006
73. Over Too Soon July 24, 2006
74. A very brief essay on moral equivalency July 19, 2006
75. Good speech July 16, 2006
76. Oh, to be able to make this stuff up July 8, 2006
77. Twilight years – confessional July 5, 2006
78. Happy Fourth July 3, 2006
79. June
80. Somebody else’s sea story June 26, 2006
81. The NYT: Keeping it fair since 2001 June 26, 2006
82. Home is the Sailor June 25, 2006
83. Might be we’re circling in on the core of the problem… June 23, 2006
84. The glories of shore duty June 22, 2006
85. Patriotism – continuing the discussion June 20, 2006
86. On patriotism June 19, 2006
87. Ya know, that might be the root of the problem… June 17, 2006
88. Flight school update June 16, 2006
89. Friday Musings 06_16_2006 June 16, 2006
90. Homework, part II June 7, 2006
91. Interesting concept June 6, 2006
92. Has it come to this? June 5, 2006
93. May
94. Chutzpah May 24, 2006
95. PNW, Day 1 May 22, 2006
96. The DaVinci Code May 20, 2006
97. Speaking truth to power May 20, 2006
98. Good heavens! May 16, 2006
99. Safe on deck May 16, 2006
100. So you say you want to be a SEAL? May 15, 2006
101. April
102. Small Stuff April 25, 2006
103. Carving a niche April 24, 2006
104. Drinking the coolaid April 24, 2006
105. Balance April 21, 2006
106. Questions for the blogging set: April 20, 2006
107. Always the bridesmaid… April 20, 2006
108. The other left April 17, 2006
109. A good start April 17, 2006
110. My own private Idaho April 12, 2006
111. Maybe it’s just me April 11, 2006
112. Tagged April 9, 2006
113. Posting paucity April 9, 2006
114. March
115. All we are sayin’… March 23, 2006
116. About that retirement ceremony March 16, 2006
117. Aluminum overcast March 15, 2006
118. A liberal’s case for the war March 14, 2006
119. T.I.N.S. March 12, 2006
120. I have a confession to make… March 9, 2006
121. Friday Musings 03/03/2006 March 3, 2006
122. Topping in a time of breaches March 3, 2006
123. February
124. Talk about tying the record February 28, 2006
125. The Goodwill store, Pacific Beach February 27, 2006
126. One of those strange weekends February 26, 2006
127. Big day tomorrow February 23, 2006
128. Friday Musings 2-17-2006 February 17, 2006
129. Polarized elites February 15, 2006
130. Famous last words February 14, 2006
131. Almost forgot February 14, 2006
132. Retraction, apology and promise February 7, 2006
133. Precisely right February 7, 2006
134. Friday Musings 2/3/2006 February 3, 2006
135. Passionate beliefs February 3, 2006
136. January
137. What If? January 29, 2006
138. An officer and a gentleman January 26, 2006
139. Got a comment on the old blog January 24, 2006
140. Interacting with the traditional media January 21, 2006
141. Friday Musings 1/20/2006 January 20, 2006
142. More on the Duke January 16, 2006
143. Endorsed January 13, 2006
144. Well, well January 12, 2006
145. Body Armor January 9, 2006
146. Detritus January 5, 2006
147. Awkward Facts January 2, 2006

2005

1. December
2. Home Again December 28, 2005
3. The kindnesses of strangers… December 26, 2005
4. Brief conversation with myself when I was magically transported back to 1983 December 21, 2005
5. Discreet conversation between myself and the urinal during my most recent urinalysis test December 19, 2005
6. Friday Musings Dec 17 2005 December 17, 2005
7. Friday Musings 12-09-05 December 9, 2005
8. The Bridges of Toko-ri December 5, 2005
9. Friday Musings 12/02/2005 December 2, 2005
10. Dude, that’s whacked December 2, 2005
11. November
12. History November 9, 2005
13. Welcome Home November 8, 2005
14. Time Waster November 3, 2005
15. October
16. St. Crispian’s Day October 26, 2005
17. Living well is the best revenge October 25, 2005
18. Best. Beatdown. Ever. October 22, 2005
19. The Plot Thickens… October 22, 2005
20. Here’s Another Story October 20, 2005
21. Conditional Morality October 19, 2005
22. Virginia October 18, 2005
23. Plantar Fasciitis October 11, 2005
24. Happy Belated Blog B-Day October 10, 2005
25. September
26. Friday Musings 09/16/2005 September 16, 2005
27. Sigh September 7, 2005
28. Whittle’s Latest September 7, 2005
29. Friday Musings 09/02/2005 September 2, 2005
30. August
31. And Now, New Orleans August 30, 2005
32. It’s Getting Hard August 18, 2005
33. July
34. Gave Blood Today July 31, 2005
35. Friday Musings 07/30/05 July 30, 2005
36. Friday Musings 07/22/2005 July 22, 2005
37. Bomber Psychology July 22, 2005
38. Nothing at All July 20, 2005
39. Stray Thoughts on the War July 14, 2005
40. London July 7, 2005
41. Domestic Irony July 4, 2005
42. June
43. Friday Musings  06/24/2005 June 24, 2005
44. Stream o' Consciousness June 22, 2005
45. The Ritz, San Francisco June 21, 2005
46. I Fixed the Internet June 18, 2005
47. May
48. Back May 28, 2005
49. So. May 10, 2005
50. Now, This is What I’m On About May 8, 2005
51. The Sailor’s Creed – a Controversy May 5, 2005
52. An Apology May 5, 2005
53. April
54. First Ship, First Cruise April 30, 2005
55. This is Going to Sting April 30, 2005
56. Friday Musings – LI April 29, 2005
57. Guest Blogging April 27, 2005
58. Centrifuge Training April 25, 2005
59. South Texas Travelogue April 23, 2005
60. The Morning Commute April 14, 2005
61. Nothing April 9, 2005
62. BFM April 5, 2005
63. Sorry. Not tonight. April 4, 2005
64. Wasn’t Going to Post Today April 2, 2005
65. Friday Musings 04/01/05 April 1, 2005
66. March
67. Leadership March 30, 2005
68. Bob Norris on Navy vs USAF March 27, 2005
69. Friday Musings  03/26/2005 March 26, 2005
70. Guest Blogging – Thunder Tanking March 25, 2005
71. Home! March 24, 2005
72. February
73. Friday Musings 02/25/2005 February 25, 2005
74. Lost at Sea February 21, 2005
75. Fighters In Finland February 21, 2005
76. Iwo Jima February 19, 2005
77. Seeing the Problem February 19, 2005
78. Friday Musings  02/18/2005 February 18, 2005
79. Friday Musings  02/28/05 February 18, 2005
80. Night Flying February 15, 2005
81. Court Martial February 14, 2005
82. Wrapping Up the Weekend February 13, 2005
83. Friday Musings Feb 11 2005 February 11, 2005
84. January
85. An Extraordinary Day January 31, 2005
86. Can we win? January 15, 2005
87. Friday Musings  01-14-05 January 14, 2005
88. Another Day in the Life January 12, 2005
89. Motion sickness January 11, 2005
90. Message to Garcia January 10, 2005
91. Crossroads January 9, 2005
92. The Gentleman’s Club January 5, 2005

2004

1. December
2. Romance in the 21st Century December 19, 2004
3. November
4. Ah, Well November 28, 2004
5. FRIDAY MUSINGS – 11-26-2004 November 26, 2004
6. Catching Up November 22, 2004
7. October
8. Living Overseas October 13, 2004
9. READING AND WRITING October 9, 2004
10. September
11. OK, I Lied September 12, 2004
12. Holding my breath September 7, 2004
13. Landing grades September 7, 2004
14. LILEKS TAKES AIM September 6, 2004
15. FROM OUT OF THE DARKNESS – HOPE? September 5, 2004
16. MUST READ September 4, 2004
17. Procedures September 1, 2004
18. August
19. IN FLIGHT COOKIE EXCHANGE August 30, 2004
20. MORAL EQUIVALENCY WATCH August 30, 2004
21. Inspiration August 23, 2004
22. Foot in mouth disease August 19, 2004
23. Ben Stein’s last essay August 16, 2004
24. July
25. Friday Musings 07/30/2004 July 30, 2004
26. FEARLESS ELEGANCE July 26, 2004
27. Ejection seats I have known July 25, 2004
28. Wow. July 25, 2004
29. Zero Tolerance July 24, 2004
30. The Boldness of the President July 23, 2004
31. Traffic, Ugh. July 22, 2004
32. ROONEY AND THE TROOPS July 22, 2004
33. Friday Musings 07/16/2004 July 16, 2004
34. June
35. Horse camp June 27, 2004
36. PRT June 27, 2004
37. Midshipman June 21, 2004
38. T.I.A.D. Near mid-air June 5, 2004
39. The 6th of June in History June 3, 2004
40. May
41. Memorial Day May 31, 2004
42. Fair Winds and Following Seas May 24, 2004
43. Angry Islamists – Updated May 24, 2004
44. Friday Musings May 21, 2004
45. Long Day May 18, 2004
46. Callsigns May 14, 2004
47. Thai relatives outraged May 1, 2004
48. April
49. Friday Musings 04/30/2004 April 30, 2004
50. March
51. Heading Back to Sea March 30, 2004
52. Monsters March 23, 2004
53. Brothers in Arms March 6, 2004
54. February
55. Politics And Faith February 15, 2004
56. The Courage of One’s Uncertainties February 13, 2004
57. The Helo Dunker February 10, 2004
58. Crossing the line February 3, 2004
59. Teamwork February 2, 2004
60. January
61. Equestrian Sports January 20, 2004
62. Port Visits – Perth January 17, 2004
63. Navy Training, Sir! January 14, 2004
64. The worst day ever January 9, 2004
65. Midway comes to San Diego January 6, 2004

2003

1. November
2. On Politics, American Style November 28, 2003
3. October
4. Homecoming 2003 – the end of a war cruise October 24, 2003
5. Hugs and the end of innocence October 23, 2003
6. On Maths October 14, 2003