Send up the count!
“Send up the count.” I remember those words from my Second Class summer training as a midshipman. We were spending a week in Quantico learning about the Marines by pretending to be Marines. I remember our little band of about 15 mids crawling through the tick-infested forests around Quantico, being lead by none other than Captain Oliver North, USMC. We thought this guy was God. He introduced himself to us by repelling out of an H-46, decked out in camo paint and blowing up a bunker full of bad guys. In order to keep track of everyone in the field, Capt North would send back...
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I was very pleased to see a piece in San Diego Union-Tribune this morning about the establishment a Top Gun-type school for our Surface Warriors. VADM Tom Copeland, Commander of Naval Surface Forces established “Top Shoe” (my term, not his) to foster a generation of young surface warriors who really know their craft, not just their weapons systems. For those outside of the Navy, there are a few terms which you should probably know. Aviators are know as “Brown Shoes” because they wore brown shoes with their working uniforms and their aviation green dress uniform...
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