The Decline of Naval Aviation
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »The Decline of Naval Aviation Is Naval Aviation Culture Dead? Issue: Proceedings Magazine - September 2011 Vol. 137/9/1,303 By John Lehman The swaggering-flyer mystique forged over the past century has been stymied in recent years by political correctness. We celebrate the 100th anniversary of U.S. ...
Spirit of ’45
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »My Neighbor Bruce is a Col in the Air Force down at the Base near us and I attended a gathering of WWII vets where he was one of the Guest speakers. This was the speech that he wrote and ...
Your Military Transition experiences needed…
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »This email came to me from Judy over at http://www.justmilitaryloans.com/ asking for your experiences coming home from the war. Below are some of her questions followed by my short thoughts. I encourage all you Vets out there to drop her ...
Seals won’t be talking now is utter BullCrap!!
Monday, August 8th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 10 Comments »Seals won’t be talking now…is BullCrap!! Julius Sequerra, You have really jumped the shark on this one. As a matter of fact, what qualifications do you have to even write this garbage? I am willing to bet that you are about 19 ...
Another Poser to ID
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »Hey all you Cali folks out there. Can anyone ID this guy? They have this deal out at Santa Monica Beach where they put the crosses up to show the loses from the two wars. This one guy shows up in ...
Thirty years of one man’s truth are up for reconsideration
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »Dear Gang, A buddy found this piece on his computer. While the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are popular to hate, take a lesson from someone who knows. It was published in Forbes magazine a couple of years ago, about a ...
Wrong Place, Wrong crowd to show off my Bling, by Gunny PJ James
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 Posted in Military, The SandGram v1.0 | 15 Comments »Dear Gunny Perry James or PJ as you address yourself. I have to say that while typing this letter, a wave of consternation overcomes me and I take no pleasure in outing you to the general public but it is my ...
4th of July
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 3 Comments »In the 70’s, I grew up on a Naval Amphibious Base, in Little Creek Va. right below the approach path to runway 23 at ORF. I can remember banging pots and pans together with all the neighborhood children in the ...
END THE LIE
Friday, June 24th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »if you have some time to kill, go check out End the Lie. it's a site that covers more ground then most and it's all done by a young man, solo and he's my cousin. He has really put together ...
Interview with the CMC
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »Transcript Of CMC Interview By Mens Health http://www.menshealth.com/print/26174 or http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/marine-corps GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS MARINE CORPS INTERVIEW What’s next for the Marines? Change. In an exclusive interview with Men’s Health chief military correspondent Bob Drury, General James F. Amos, the 35th Commandant of the United ...
