Hundreds of Fathoms

"It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean." --- John Locke ---

Monday, April 30, 2007

Sub arrives for Fleet week in South Florida

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News Video: USS Memphis Arrives at Port Everglades The USS Memphis arrives for Fleet week in Southern Florida. Why do reporters always seeme...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

NAVY - it's not just a job, it's a musical video adventure!

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Official - Accelerate Your Life Unofficial - Ha Ya Ya Long skimmer deployments in the hot Middle Eastern sun will do that to you, I guess. M...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Bonefish Fire - recommend read

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xformed at ChaoticSynapticActivity has an excellent piece on the USS Bonefish (SS582) fire in 1988. Lots of first hand accounts of the res...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Затопленный = SUBMERGED; SUNKEN

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A New England nor'easter sank the Russian Juliett 484 museum submarine today. The news reported as of yesterday 4/17 that the boat was...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Headline of the Day

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From the Wired News Blog: Navy Chief to Shipbuilders: You Suck! Has a sort of blue collar shipyard ring to it, don't you think?
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Sunday, April 08, 2007

Iran's Territorial Duplicity - back story

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Everyone knows the story by now of the Iranian capture and eventual release of the 15 British sailors and Marines. But the back story or rea...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Australian Submarine Crew Retention Trouble

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The Australian Navy has been having some submarine crew retention problems lately and the government has a solution. (Source: AU Navy Phot...
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Saturday, March 17, 2007

To the North Pole

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A couple of interesting news items recently relating to the submarines operating at and under the north pole. First TheSubReport links to ...
Friday, March 16, 2007

First Day Back

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I've been away from the Submarine Blogosphere for a few months and have missed it. Not to take things too seriously I thought this was a...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Navy over UConn 41-17

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Damn I missed it, got invited by one of my USSVI friends to go see the Navy - UConn game and took the kids apple picking instead. Oh well ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

A New Army College Program?

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When the U.S. Army airs recruiting commercials they usually say something about earning money for college or getting quality training you c...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Soviet AGIs and DASOs Remembered

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A little news film entertainment for us old Boomer weenies. Yes, the Soviet AGIs were a pain in the butt back then. Station the AGI tracking...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

NIE Intel and motivated Terrorists

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Tom Barnett blogs on the recent debate generated by the Washington Post and NYT reporting of now Iraq is making us less safe. "Thi...
Saturday, September 23, 2006

Deployed

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“Deployed” in a word that is what I’ve felt like over the last few months and why I’ve been absent from this blog since early July. Deployed...
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Saturday, July 08, 2006

Participating in a Tradition

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This past week I had the honor to participate in the oldest Fourth of July parade in the country, the 221st Bristol 4th of July parade in B...
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Friday, June 30, 2006

The Science of Invertebrates

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Al Gore could be the solution to global warming, WHOI knew ! The inconvenient truth is we humans don't know everything, including atmos...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

In the Rain - Fly Navy

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Every year I take my son to the Rhode Island National Guard Air Show at Quonset Point, RI. Each year we get to stroll through the static dis...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Where is Your SSN Floating Off To?

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That's the Social Security Number SSN! Not only does the VA have cyber security problems but now its the Navy who has Sailor's SSNs...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Two Sailors - My Dad and Me

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I'm a Navy brat; my birth certificate is from the U.S Naval Hospital Yokosuka , Japan and my father was career Navy enlisted. Even t...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Damage Control Soccer

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What if World Cup Soccer was played in the DC trainer.
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