This is the grave of Albert Niblack. Born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1859, Niblack did well as a student and won an appointment to the Naval Academy, where he began.
This is the grave of Carl Vinson. Born in 1883 in Baldwin County, Georgia, Vinson went to the local schools and then to Georgia Military College. That led him to.
This is the grave of John Barry. Born in 1745 in Ballysampson, County Wexford, Ireland, Barry was a Catholic. He was treated as a Catholic in 18th century Ireland too..
This is the grave of Matthew Perry. Born in 1794 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Perry grew up in the world of post-Puritan respectability, with many ancestors being leading early.
I've heard of inter-service conflict, but... In 1987, while flying off the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, a Lt. j.g. Timothy W. Dorsey fired a missile at an Air Force F-4 reconnaissance jet.
Some thoughts over at the Diplomat on the debate, and on what a Romney administration Navy might look like: However, the Romney campaign has given little indication as to how.
James Holmes asks us to crowdsource a name for China's "it's new to you" aircraft carrier, having correctly noted that "ex-Varyag" is getting old: Our friends in Beijing are evidently.
Apropos of this story on the reintegration of B-52 into an air-sea framework, some recent research on the book reminded me of how.
