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Breaking my Flag

For those who missed the previous announcements, please read the previous posts for the details, but after 18 2/3 years here, I will no l...

Housekeeping Note: As I mentioned earlier this month, as our British friends might say, this "blogspot" hosted part of the blog i...

If you don’t wake up every morning cursing those responsible for defense and China policy in the 1990s … the gobsmackingly short sighted...

One of the things that will get my eye twitching faster than about anything else is when someone responds to a question or concern with a,...

There was a topic as a JO in the 1990s that we bandied about when we started to think about what we wanted to see show up in the fleet bef...

Remarks by Commander Salamander before the Congressional Research Service, Defense Breakfast Seminar, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 I appreci...

The last 13-months has seen a scenario few in NATO’s uniformed or civilian leadership either predicted, or for that matter, though was pos...

For you fans of, " The Cruel Sea " ... it has been about six years since I last reposted this and it is about time to bring back t...

The last few years have seen Japan take the very welcome steps out of the box her post-WWII constitution put her in and the habits of the ...

A regular topic of conversation here and on Midrats ( it came up quite a bit on Sunday’s podcast with Jerry Hendrix ), is the lack of di...

Great and wonderful members of the Front Porch, especially those regular readers since 2004. As most of you may be aware of by now, I have ...

Except for those over a 85, no one alive has ever existed at a time when the US Navy was not the premier naval power - and no one alive at ...