Well... I could certainly use something like this for camping expeditions. I wonder how long it takes to recharge this thing (and someone please say it charges at faster than .5a).

Well... I could certainly use something like this for camping expeditions. I wonder how long it takes to recharge…

So... will the voice I hear in my head as I read this be the staccato, over-the-top acting of Bill Shatner, or the slick too-cool-for-you of Chris Pine?

So... will the voice I hear in my head as I read this be the staccato, over-the-top acting of Bill Shatner, or the…

It’s available now, in ‘murica @1810 PST...

It’s available now, in ‘murica @1810 PST...

Thanks. Thought so, but wanted to be sure.

Thanks. Thought so, but wanted to be sure.

Are those Jabra headphones on-ear or over-the-ear?

Are those Jabra headphones on-ear or over-the-ear?

There was a highly capable cohort of sailors who performed off-aircraft maintenance of those aircraft parts; a majority of it done right there on the carrier.

You are not the only one to notice this. The problem is that it would require the cooperation of a lot a conservative brass and a twenty-five year plan to consolidate and draw down without destroying our national defense capability and economy (imagine dumping a few thousand veterans into an at-capacity job market).

There was a series of fires in the mid-60s; the Forrestal was kind of the last straw that caused the Navy to completely revamp their damage control and firefighting curriculae.

Coal Sea’s (CV-43) last deckload consisted of the following (as best I can recall... That was 25 years ago):

Picked up Silence of the Lambs... Good book made better by a good movie.

Picked up Silence of the Lambs... Good book made better by a good movie.

Did he immediately run out and buy a lottery ticket?

I bought the MX Master specifically because it was a bluetooth mouse with more than three buttons.

I bought the MX Master specifically because it was a bluetooth mouse with more than three buttons.

I only got halfway through before I got tired of watching Phyllis Diller do a striptease.

What does tampering mean? What I read is that it won't explode if someone picks it up and plays with it.

I have read the entire article, and my objections stand: I see nothing that says these munitions are hack-resistant.

okay, I only got through the first part of the article (in part because I'm reading it on a phone), and I already have a major objection (aside from the rant-bait "new and improved" graphic): say your delivery system drops a bunch of these little explosive devices into a certain area. What percentage of these devices…

Thanks for waiting until number two before breaking out the poop joke.

I am a retired avionics tech, and I was the go-to guy for test benches on the USS Constellation. I got to play with all of them: Hornets, Super-Toms, Prowlers, Seahawks, Hawkeyes.

I use a text editor to do most of my writing, then copy and paste into what ever program I need for final formatting.

Not a single of these is helpful to me.