Pick and Flick the Hits
May 8th, 2008
One of the many things I enjoyed while serving as a Navy Recruiter was the opportunity to really immerse yourself into the community you had the privilege and pleasure of serving. While out and about making yourself known and communicating the opportunities the Navy offers you get to meet so many people. Among the many many places you visit such as the high schools, colleges, youth centers and anywhere else you think people hang out there is one place most Recruiters forget completely about (more…)
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Projected Navy Active End Strength 2009
May 7th, 2008
Every year I look at the numbers below and the one thing that aways strikes me odd is the difference in the number of Master Chiefs and Captains. I guess really no surprise it takes less Master Chiefs to get the job done!
Master Chiefs (E-9s of all services) are capped at 1% of the total enlisted force per United States Code Title 10 Section 517(a). Section 517 also states that the total E-8/9 cannot exceed 3.5%, reviewing the numbers below - Master Chief billets will only be .95% and Senior Chief will be 2.45% - In a nut shell the budget projections are a reflection of future enlisted (more…)
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Politics are Amazing
April 29th, 2008
Governmental politics is something that will always amaze me. Watching past elections and of course the current one I have to ask myself why anyone would run - it’s kinda like deciding to go on the television show “Judge Judy”, you know that no matter what, you are going to get your ass handed to you.
After reading “The Commercial Appeal” here in Memphis today I feel as I must make full disclosure before I continue - in a couple letters to the editor about this topic people felt compelled to tell the readers what race of human being they are…
So, not that it should matter, (more…)
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Shades of a Vacation
April 16th, 2008
It is getting to be that time of year. Spring is settling in and most importantly my wife and I will be having another wedding anniversary. This year is one of the big ones - we will be celebrating 25 years of wedded bliss 
More amazing than 25 years together is the fact (more…)
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Long on Projects Short on Time
March 13th, 2008
The last couple of months has been filled with family emergencies, house projects and some web site (more…)
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Personal Responsibility In Daily Efforts
December 17th, 2007
Before you can determine the path it really does make sense to answer Donna’s first question of, “Who are you?”. It really should be the starting point of any self improvement endeavor - having a pretty good understanding on where you stand on life’s big stage is important.
Are we even fully qualified to answer the question of who we are? (more…)
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My Sons Original Music
December 10th, 2007
My oldest son Tommy just recently turned 26 years old. During his life we have moved to many places and he attended more schools than I think he can even remember.
He graduated with honors from Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona and departed for Navy boot-camp soon after with a goal to save money for college and someday be a lawyer. After completing his six year obligation as an Electronics Technician Nuclear Operator on board the USS Nimitz he entered the University of Memphis and will complete his undergraduate degree in Political Science next fall. After that, law school!
Anyway, the real point of this post (more…)
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Killerpings CS Server Host
November 19th, 2007
NavyCS started as an idea in 2003 as a way to test the success of in-game advertising for the United States Navy. The first server I ran for the purpose of the test was actually from my home CPU. To the right is what the original site looked like - my web site design skills left a lot to be desired. Counter-Strike 1.6 as a game platform was used because of the amount of gamers and the ease of placing advertisements within the maps played. I had contacted Valve Software who provided me server modification “rules” and map ideas. With help from JackieChad of AwesomeCS (the best run 1.5 and 1.6 servers EVER run) we built poster sprites to place into the maps we were to host. (more…)
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Bluejackets Manual
November 17th, 2007
I have a couple of “The Bluejackets’ Manual” in a bookshelf in my home office. The oldest was one given to me when I was in high school NJROTC, it is the 19th addition of the original published in 1902. Topics in the NJROTC classes would sometimes use the manual as reference. My other Bluejacket Manual is a 20th addition which was issued to me in Recruit Training back in November of 1980.
The last couple of days I have had intermittent Internet (more…)
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My First Helicopter Ride
November 15th, 2007
While on board the USS Forrestal during the 1982 Med cruise there were only two of us qualified to work on a particularly important system. We both worked 12 hours on and 12 hours off unless a problem arose which required both of us - we then worked as long as it took. 
Our system required input from all the participating ships and aircraft in the battle group. On one occasion about four months into the deployment one of our cruisers wasn’t able to connect to the system and the only technician on-board the cruiser had used all his troubleshooting techniques to no avail.
I got the call to be on the flight deck to catch a helicopter to provide a tech assist, I was excited! I had never been on a helicopter before and my first one was going to be a (more…)
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