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Stories Of The Cold War: January 2013
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Arab Spring, Minus 30 Years. The “Arab Spring” of 2011 was a poignant time for me. Thirty years ago,. I was onboard USS King, DDG-41 in the eastern Mediterranean in 1981 when Anwar Sadat was assassinated. He replied, “Really, so was I.”. That’s quite a coincidence.
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Stories Of The Cold War: Requiem for an Inadvertent Cold Warrior
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Saturday, November 26, 2011. Requiem for an Inadvertent Cold Warrior. When the war ended, and now certain that the law wasn’t looking for him any more, he returned to the United States. He joined the army, and, being a former near officer and well connected, landed a job as a drill se...Robert ...
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Stories Of The Cold War: The Road to Leavenworth
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Saturday, November 12, 2011. The Road to Leavenworth. While we were all mustered, below decks, in our living compartments, another order was issued on the intercom, “Roving Patrol, lay to the bridge! At first, I did not comprehend what I had just heard. Here was a broadcast order that is a ...
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Stories Of The Cold War: November 2012
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Wednesday, November 28, 2012. A Motorola Pager, Circa 1990. A Motorola Analog Cell Phone. 3 watts signal strength, with battery pack and bag. Weight, 3.5 pounds, Net price $1,995. It wasn’t that cell phones didn’t exist, but they were expensive to buy, about $4,000, expensive to run...8220;No, ...
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Stories Of The Cold War: Arab Spring, Minus 30 Years
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Arab Spring, Minus 30 Years. The “Arab Spring” of 2011 was a poignant time for me. Thirty years ago,. I was onboard USS King, DDG-41 in the eastern Mediterranean in 1981 when Anwar Sadat was assassinated. He replied, “Really, so was I.”. That’s quite a coincidence.
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Stories Of The Cold War: November 2011
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Saturday, November 26, 2011. With the creation of the so-called "Star Wars" program, Ronald Reagan opened a new avenue to spend money on the military. We could barely afford it but the Soviets definitely could not. They tried and failed to keep up with us. Technicare's DR-960 Digital Subtraction.
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Stories Of The Cold War: March 2013
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Friday, March 22, 2013. This is the second eulogy for a Cold War Warrior I have written. The first was for my step father,. I pray I don't have to do it again. 65279; My father eloped with my mother in the summer of 1953, just before joining the Navy. A "Chief Warrant Officer" which. In the e...
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Stories Of The Cold War: Connections
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Friday, March 22, 2013. This is the second eulogy for a Cold War Warrior I have written. The first was for my step father,. I pray I don't have to do it again. 65279; My father eloped with my mother in the summer of 1953, just before joining the Navy. A "Chief Warrant Officer" which. In the e...
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Stories Of The Cold War: April 2014
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Stories Of The Cold War. Stories of the Cold War is a collection of various misadventures that occurred from 1950-1990. Most of the stories have a military component, and usually involves some ironic twist. Enjoy! Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Guarding the Missile House. Everyone on a warship wears many hats. You may have your primary job classification, but there are just too many tasks required to run some of the most complicated machines ever built by man to have specialists trained for all of them.