Best Places to Visit in Oahu Hawaii
After spending a few days in Maui and Kauai, we decided to complete our first trip to Hawaii by spending a couple of… Read More
"How Trump could vastly expand offshore drilling" PBS NewsHour 1/4/2018aka Lets forget the Exxon Valdez 1989 and Deepwater Horizon 2010 oil spills, and the damage they caused.ExcerptSUM… Read More
Civil War Photos – Part 1
Photography was still a relatively new technology during the American Civil War, but war correspondents managed to capture thousands of riveting photos throug… Read More
Nineteen Foreign-Born Individuals have been Charged with Illegally Voting in the 2016 Election, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Friday, adding that the Cases are part of an Ongoing… Read More
Democrats are at War over the Party’s most precious Commodity, Voter Data, and it’s threatening their chances of Beating President Trump in 2020. The Fight involves a trove of De… Read More
San Diego is often forgotten when traveling in California. Located at the southernmost end of the Golden State, San Diego has a hot climate and sunshine all year round. The slow-moving atmos… Read More
By Martine Ehrenclou
After my article 50 Modern Blues Rock Soul Artists You Must Hear 2019, so many of you wrote in with your suggestions of artists and bands to add, plus your comments. Th… Read More
"Brooks and Capehart on Mueller’s statement, Trump and McCain feud" PBS NewsHour 5/31/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: The New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Washington Post’… Read More
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. C.J. Shane will be awarding his original artwork - an ink drawing of Ocotillo on handmade paper in a wooden fra… Read More
John P. O’Neill….
Thinking of my friend John Patrick O’Neill today. Thinking of how he LIVED instead of how he died! John was a friend and someone who I respected, list… Read More
Grandpa Luckett wrote about a lot of different things in his letters home. He liked to describe his friends, his work, his surroundings, his ship, and his various adventures while on liberty… Read More
One thing I’d like to start doing in this space is to spend some time writing about the books I am using in my research. While admittedly my research interest in my Grandpa’s Let… Read More
In life, we have different reasons. There are reasons to work or rest. However, in the digital world, rest seems like an option to many rather than a priority. We are engulfed with work try… Read More
On April 1st, Elmer’s mess duty was finally up. Although the extra pay was nice, he was glad to be finally in the engine room, learning the ropes. His crew-mates immediately began trai… Read More
I always loved listening to my grandfather’s stories about the War, but more than anything I admired how contextualized the experience. Pearl Harbor and the War were never really about… Read More
At some point I had to start going through relevant military and academic histories of World War II, and although I still have a stack of Pearl Harbor books to review I wanted a change of pa… Read More
By October, as the Chew underwent the final stages of its rehabilitation, the World War I-era destroyer began to look more distinctive, more modern. Elmer related what he could to his parent… Read More
Credit pixabayAre you in Boston but still not sure how to tour the city? Then worry no more, all you need is a self-guided tour that will guide you through this beautiful city attractions. C… Read More
When Elmer arrived back in New Orleans after his Thanksgiving leave, he still had several weeks ahead of him in Louisiana before he would be able to join his new boat. But now work, training… Read More
Rate this post Ricardo Valdez Valentine, Jr. , known professionally as 6lack, is an American singer, rapper and songwriter. 6lack – Switch Mp3 Down… Read More
Before the Mink arrived at Milne Bay on March 9, 1944, Americans, Australians, and many Papuans had been fighting the Japanese on New Guinea for over two years. Yet the counter-offensive was… Read More
On April 1st the Mink got under way with the U.S.S. San Pedro and the rest of its convoy and sailed toward Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands. The harbor was located on the north side… Read More
Story 1– US deploys carrier strike group in middle east as a warning signal to Iran The United States has decided to deploy the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group …
The p… Read More
Today is Memorial Day, and it is an even more somber holiday than usual: instead of attending backyard barbecues and opening swimming pools, many Americans continue to reel from the COVID-19… Read More
Amazon Funnies premiered on 7 August 2020 or should I say on Prime Day as a Prime Day Special – a laughter fiesta featuring 14 stand-up comedians, each performing a set of almost 10-mi… Read More
On December 27, Elmer sent his parents his latest – and last – Christmas menu from the Mink’s official holiday dinner. It contained the usual fare: roast turkey, candied sw… Read More
The Mink remained in San Pedro Bay throughout November, where it continued to refuel ships as part of the 77.7.2 Task Force. On the 9th it replenished its own cargo with 277,788 gallons of d… Read More
No one knew with certainty when the war was going to end, but most observers believed that 1945 was going to be the year when, at minimum, Germany surrendered. It was just a matter of time… Read More
Even though Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this song about losing his father at the age of 10, the song has been reinterpreted in a variety of ways, including within its own music video. After… Read More
I recently had the honor and privilege of talking about Grandpa’s Letters with Dr. Samantha Cutrara on her Imagining a New We video series. During the show we chatted about Veteran&rsq… Read More
Today is the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, for many of us our minds are elsewhere this week as COVID continues to ravage the nation.
In fact, statistic… Read More
Legislative Updates - Federal Legislation: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) who serves as Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort this week to beef up criminal penalties f… Read More
Are you looking for a new adventure? Want to travel to a historical and cultural destination? Boston is one of the oldest American cities that offers all of that and more. Through this guide… Read More
The U.S. Military has added a Dozen F-18 Fighter Jets to the Military Assets it is Sending to Protect Troops as they Withdraw from Afghanistan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Ma… Read More
Hi folks,First off, thank you to everyone who has reached out to me here, on Facebook, on Twitter, and offline to express their well wishes with respect to my post on Saturday about pursuing… Read More
President Biden will Nominate, Carlos Del Toro, a Cuban-born Navy Veteran, who runs a small IT Firm in Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy.
If confirmed, Del Toro would be the Second Lat… Read More
WOW! Oscar Valdez Announces His NFT Launch After Floyd Mayweather
WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez is rapidly becoming a household name and is expanding his reign outside the b… Read More
Legislative Updates
Louisiana: Louisiana Republicans have narrowly failed to override any of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes in the legislature’s first-ever override se… Read More
The Senate has Confirmed, President Biden's Pick for, Navy Secretary, Carlos Del Toro, making him the Second Hispanic Secretary in the Navy's History and filling the Final Service Secretary… Read More
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The Redistricting Process shows No signs of Slowing Down as we head toward the End of the year.
Alaska
The Cities of Skagway and Valdez, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and Three Anchorage… Read More
A U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch, left in force New Mexico’s Requirement that many of its Health-Care Workers be Vaccinated against Covid-19, turning away a Request by a Nurs… Read More
Never again will I destroy all living creatures. That’s what God said. You know, back in Genesis, the first book in the Bible. Of course, that means He did destroy all living creatu… Read More
When explaining this strange, too-brief-to-be-pleasure and too-long-to-be-business trip across the world to the Philippines, I tend to use the word “research” a lot. It’s p… Read More
NRG Stadium witnessed the first preseason game played by Manchester City this summer, when they faced Liga MX'sClub América in a 2-1 win in a tale of two halves.Match ReportFirst half… Read More
América took the lead in the fifth minute due to a defensive error by Antonio Rudiger. Henry Martín entered the area and made space for himself to shoot with his right foot to… Read More
Road trips are defined as long journeys travelled by car. To travel the over 2,500 miles from coast to coast in the United States, people had to take trains or buses until the road trip was… Read More
The US Navy deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Middle East waters via the Suez Canal, a spokesperson revealed Saturday. The Pentagon&r… Read More
The USS Lewis B. Puller support ship has arrived off the coast of Port Sudan, as pressure builds to evacuate citizens from the country. The Pentagon has deployed two ships to Sudan to facili… Read More
Vietnam's prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked in Da Nang, Vietnam. The move is seen as Vietnam's… Read More
The U.N. Command has begun discussions with North Korea regarding the fate of Pvt. Travis King, an American soldier who crossed the heavily armed border last week. The well-being of Pvt. Kin… Read More
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo concluded her four-day visit to China, where she met with top Chinese officials to discuss trade and investment. Raimondo stated that many US businesses c… Read More
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered American military ships, including an aircraft carrier, to move closer to the eastern Mediterranean in response to Hamas' attack on Israel. Th… Read More
Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East due to the Israel-Hamas war, the US will redeploy a carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf and send additional air defense systems to the region… Read More
A U.S. military aircraft crashed during a training operation in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to the Pentagon. The incident was unrelated to hostile activity and is currently under in… Read More
Five U.S. service members were killed in a military helicopter crash over the Mediterranean Sea during a routine training mission. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but there is… Read More
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian denied Iran's involvement in a drone attack in the Red Sea that targeted a U.S. missile destroyer. The drone, originating from Yemen, was sh… Read More