A Magnificent Aircraft   The SR-71, is indeed a marvel of modern technology. Although in fact…. not that modern. Known as “The Blackbird”, the SR-71 was first brought into service fifty-seven years ago.     A high-tech, high-performance reconnaissance aircraft, the titanium sheathed Blackbird could obtain speeds of 2,200 mph and fly […]

      My long-time friend George Dooley has contributed another blog article for us. George and I both served in the US Air Force, and met through a mutual friend who I served with at March AFB, California back in the early 1970’s. George and his wife Diane currently live in North Western Washington […]

    My guest writer, Tom Keating is a U.S. Army, Vietnam War veteran and fellow author. Tom’s book, Yesterday’s Soldier, is the coming of age story, of a young man in troubled times. Tom has also penned several short stories, including two which were earlier posted on my blog: Christmas 1969 and A Convoy […]

  Money is the best deodorant. ~Elizabeth Taylor       One of the many interesting people I’ve become acquainted with during my many trips around the sun, was “William E”. (We shall leave out his full name for the sake of confidentiality)     William E and I were stationed together at Grand Forks […]

  Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire     We all have some activities we excel at; swimming has always been one of mine. My eyes were too crummy for baseball, I caught the ball like my glove had a hole in it. Too vertically challenged […]

  Norm Kober, an old high school classmate, and I reconnected several years ago. In 2016 Norm provided a guest post for my blog in which he discussed his experience in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He also shared his experiences traveling the world as a good will ambassador for the Chik-fil-a […]

  Today’s guest writer is Steve Tindall. Steve spent ten years in the U.S. Navy, is a member of Kenosha Navy Club Ship 40 and American Legion Post 21 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.       Steve has a published book, Underway, which is a nicely written telling of his Naval adventures. Steve has authored two […]

  During my tour of duty in Vietnam, I spent two weeks at Nha Trang Air Base, located to the south and east of my primary duty base of Phu Cat. Air missions at Nha Trang had ceased, and I was sent there in an attempt to obtain materials and equipment that Phu Cat was […]

  Anyone who served in the military is familiar with the abbreviation “RHIP”. It stands for “rank has it’s privileges”, meaning that those of higher rank, get more bling, while those of lesser rank get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.   And, of course, it’s not just the military that embraces that policy; police […]

  Make love, not war. ~ Hippie mantra   Most folks who were around during the sixties and seventies remember that colorful cast of characters known as “hippies”. Peace, love, grass, kumbaya, and all that other good stuff flowed through their ranks, like you know what through a goose.   Personally, I had no issues […]