It’s that time of year. Magazines, TV shows, and social media posts are full of information along the same theme: changes we typically make at the start of a new year. I think this is human nature. We are going through the familiar pattern of a new calendar year but we may want…
Part of this was written early in the morning. As I have said before, I am not a morning person. It’s not just that I don’t have much energy at this time of the day, but that my thoughts trend towards the negative. These pre-dawn, dark hours are filled with problems that are magnified…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Hey, pull up a chair, have some eggnog. If you don’t like eggnog, the coffee pot’s over there, and the booze is by the microwave, have some. You know, I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it seems like every damn year, someone creates an existential…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Let’s talk about maintenance. Ships need constant repair, and submarines, due to operating in the most hostile environment known to man, need it more than anything but a Carrier (Carriers because we are working them to damn death, due to not having enough of them, thanks again Obama!)…
There are some weeks that I am eager to sit down and write. Those things I’ve seen that are good are filling my heart and I can’t wait to put those feelings into words. Other weeks, I’m just not feeling it. This is one of those weeks. It’s not that it has been…
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Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Company, SEATS. We’re going to talk about military fuckups today folks. Up above you see what’s left of the Royal Norwegian Frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad. Yet another collision at sea, this one calm weather, just before dawn. Radio transcriptions say the Ingstad said they had it “Under…