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I have been doing this for just over two and a half years.

It is a unique thing and I have been lucky to be on the blog rolls of some of the bigger ones now. I cover everything that I can, politics, military, family, aviation, navy stuff and the occasional pretty, scantily clad ladies.

If you feel like it, wander on over and have a look.

Old Retired Petty Officer

Subject: ]PING GOLF CLUBS

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> > Even if you’re not a golfer, you might like to pass this one along to any friends who are.

> > I think this is something that all golfers should be aware of.  In fact, I think all Americans should be aware of this .

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> > THANK YOU, PING

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> > This isn't a joke or cartoon; just something interesting to…

http://oldretiredpettyofficer.blogspot.com/2012/05/cant-let-this-slip-by.html

I was just a naieve young lad, having suffered the trials and tribulations of the first eighteen years of life with car wrecks, football, paper routes, working at McDonalds, and camping and hunting trips all mixed into the mess of my life.  Let's also not forget I had been with several FEMALES of the species as well, so I was what I thought was fairly "battle hardened" by now. 

I graduated High School on June 9, 1971, a feat I thought would never happen as I thought school was boring,…

if I can get the name of the tug(s) that pull her. if you find out let us know. go here

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ 

looking for web sight with Construction Batallionn logos products for sale , thanks

Not sure how often I'll be on this site, hopfully once a week or so, primarily joined to research and find stories about VA-25 for our Association Newsletter that I put together, check out

www.fistofthefleet.org button 3 NEWS. Hoping to see if I can get a VA-25 Command added in as I just invited a ton of the guys, later!

TO FIND OUT IOWA'S SCHEDULE CONTACT THIS WEB SITE.  SHE WILL BE ANCHORED OFF LA HARBOR 3 MILES OUT.     http://pacificbattleship.com/page/contactus  HOPE YOU GET TO SEE HER PASS PLAYA DEL REY

http://oldfortyfives.com/starswhoserved.htm

I was in company 363 in 1971 1st class boatsmate pearson was our company comander

You are cordially invited to attend the Publish America Authors Convention on Tuesday May 1st,2012 in Orlando Fl. The convention will be held at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center, 1500 Sand Lake Road, Orlando Fl.

I will be selling my first book 1navywoman which tells of my overcoming an abusive childhood by joining the U.S. Navy and making a better life for myself.

I will be sharing a booth with my friend and fellow author Dianna Wells Shire who will be…

Walt Baranger from the New York Times called me this morning to inform me that our ship has been scrapped. The Mexican Government has kept a lid on the story for over a year but the reporting instinct of Walt uncovered the story.  You can read the story by going to the Times web.http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/a-world-war-ii-destroyers-demise-in-mexico/

I truly hate to report…

Walt Baranger from the New York Times called me this morning and informed me that our ship was being scrapped and has been in the process for over a year. The Mexican government has kept a lid on the fact for some time. The investigative initiative of Walt however dug up the truth.

You can read the story at…

Heard about this earlier this morning.

Like him or not, he was one of the more objective ones, maybe.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-mike-wallace-dies,0,5360378.story

As I mentioned before, I am new on the site and slow learner but I have already met friends and shipmates that have proved to be truly still patriots in a time when patriotism seems to be frowned upon by some. I don't know of any former military that are of that opinion but you all are as well aware of the anti American reteric bantered about of late. As I have mentioned in my book, We might be old but we would still be a terror to any who would attempt to over through this great nation,…

I just posted several pictures from my Wife's side of the family. Her father, Robert Stowell was an engineer and Naval Lt. in the Seabees during WWII. Her uncle, James Pittman, was career Navy who made CPO and then ended his career as a Lt. He served aboard the Mississippi and was responsible for many of the pictures. Her uncle Claiborne Pittman was a captain in the Army Air Corps and her mother Julia Pittman was an Army nurse---captain--- during the war. I didn't realize that the Navy…

Just watched "Task Force" starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. A good movie about the history of Naval Aviation with the best WWII footage I've seen, as well as some footage of actual take offs and landings aboard the Langley. Those early pilots must have had ice water running through their veins.

TO:  Barry Soetoro; (The lying, cowardly, treasonous fraud occupying the Oval Office illegally)

GREETINGS!  I am just checking in with another note from a LOYAL American Patriot and Honorably Discharged Navy VETERAN.   You see how I worded that, Barry?  I mean an educated man such as yourself can see I laid out the words in such a fashion as to be neat, truthful, factual and above all, correct in their meaning and one small note to the above, I am also the SON and GRAND son of…