A South Dakota Moderate

Warning if you have sensitive ears, salty words appear below
Just finished watching day 1 of 5 of the latest PBS documentary Carrier, and would recommend it to anyone that wants a taste of what it’s like to spend 6 months of your life deployed on a floating city. It actually brings back a few [...]

John McCain will be making at least one appearance in South Dakota before November when he appears at the Buffalo Chip on the first day of the Sturgis Rally August 4th. The former POW will be participating in the Tribute to American Veterans and Active Duty Servicemen.
McCain, who never fails to remind us of his [...]

Though I don’t believe that all the bondo in the world will help much considering what is left of this B2 bomber that crashed in Guam recently. Both pilots ejected safely but the plane is a $1.2 billion pile of junk.

(h/t - Gizmodo)

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You would think that government loans owed by US serviceman killed in the line of duty would be forgiven, at least my version of common sense would have assumed that to be true. But believe it or not, the VA has been trying to collect money from the estates of these fallen soldiers and though [...]

Considering the world we live in and the sacrifices our military members are making on a daily basis, Veterans Day has special meaning for most including myself. So in honor of those that have served and who still serve, I thank you!

And carrying on this blog’s on again off again tradition of photo blogging on [...]

That is unless you are the US Military and you are trying to keep your submarine propeller technology secret.
A Washington State man was using Microsoft’s Virtual Mapping site to help him with a house hunt when he came across a satellite image showing the exposed propeller from an Ohio Class nuclear powered sub in dry [...]

The Navy F-14 was put out to pasture a year ago but as an ex-carrier sailor it still pains me to see videos like this showing what remains for this once proud fighter.
Link: sevenload.com
The good ole days below.

Goodbye Tomcat, you will be missed!

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The USS George H.W. Bush

Not that George Sr. was a bad president but how does a one term president who pretty much got elected on his former boss, Ronald Reagan’s coattails, and whose legacy includes doing only half the job in Iraq in 1991 and not much else rate getting one of the US’s most [...]

After almost 2 years serving our country in Iraq, 150 members of the 220th Transportation Company from Massachusetts came home to a hero’s welcome which included an 18-20 hour bus ride from the demobilization ceremony in Indiana back to their homes in Massachusetts.
What a nice thank you from the fine folks at the Department of [...]

The Marines are starting to recall thousands of their inactive reserve troops back on to active duty due to slow recruiting and lower than expected inactive reservists volunteering to return to active service.
Col. Guy Stratton, head of the Marine Corps’ manpower mobilization plans, said the service is short some 1,200 volunteers over the next 18 [...]

The United States is now in the same company with Iran, North Korea and Burma. We are one of the few remaining countries that still produces landmines with the announcement that the first new mine in 10 years is now in production.
Scott Stedjan of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines says continuing to develop these [...]

In an earlier post the question was raised as to if the only reason behind the defamation lawsuit against John Murtha was to protect marine Frank Wuterich’s reputation, why wasn’t outspoken critic and Wuterich detractor John Kline included in the lawsuit?
Glenn Greenwald asked this question to Wuterich’s lawyer, Mark Zaid, whose response was to say [...]