Posted on 11/27/2005 7:00:28 PM PST by The Mayor
I remember cooking Thanksgiving dinner for thousands.
One of the best meals the troops get, especially in the field.
ROBOT DETONATOR – This improvised explosive devices
detonator system provides troops with a safer ability to
discharge improvised explosive devices.
U. S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Callahan discusses
improvised explosive devices with U.S. Congressmen and
Represenatives in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2005.
The Congressmen are visiting Iraq to get a better idea of how Marines are protecting themselves from explosive attacks.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian A. Jaques
No problem, it is warming up, 60 tomorrow, and 50's after for a few days. I should get a decent amount of work done with addition. The good Lord watches out for us.
Heading to bed, just updated my website too.
http://www.rusthompson.com/
G'Night all.
Thanks, Lady...I don't do nearly enough. I'm workin' on it!
Excellent, they need that help!
Good night, Rus.....thank you for all that you do for us around here!
Sweet dreams. Hope it stays warm long enough for you to get that project finished.
I'll take a look at the website...thanks for sharing it with us.
Look at what is new!!
Navy Submarine Makes First Launch of Underwater Glider
Story Number: NNS051123-04
Release Date: 11/23/2005 10:12:00 AM
By Chief Journalist (SW/AW) David Rush, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- In a first for the U.S. Navy, an underwater glider was launched with the aid of Navy divers from the Dry Deck Shelter aboard USS Buffalo (SSN 715) Nov. 14.
The glider is a uniquely mobile network component capable of moving to specific locations and depths and gathering various information, which is transmitted on a predetermined interval when it surfaces to computers via a built-in satellite phone.
“Our interest in the submarine force has been to use these to characterize the ocean,” explained Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Cross, Pacific Submarine Force oceanographer. “They’re equipped with sensors that can give us [readings on] salinity and temperature versus depth, and from that we can get sound speeds (the localized rate at which sound from a source travels through water). We can feed that data into our MODAS (Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System), run by the Naval Oceanographic Office, and that provides a picture that we provide to our submarines,” said Cross.
The battery-powered device paints a picture for assets below and above the ocean that can be used to their advantage, according to Cross.
“It’s basically a three dimensional depiction of ocean conditions that is used in tactical decision aids to determine sonar performance,” said Cross. “The gliders are a great way to have a persistent sensor out there to continuously feed us data on what the ocean is doing," he said. "Then we can feed that to our shore-based computer models and get a better picture of the ocean and give that information to all tactical assets - not just submarines, but anyone involved in ASW (anti-submarine warfare).”
Cross added that the gliders have demonstrated their capability in various exercises.
“We have had incremental success since we began using them in exercises, including a glider in RIMPAC (exercise Rim of the Pacific) ’04," he said. "It did a great job of demonstrating the technology."
Retrieving a glider via submarine is a logical next step.
“One of the future exercises we hope to do is recover a glider on board a submarine, demonstrating both deployment and recovery. We would locate the glider via GPS, and divers would retrieve it and bring it aboard,” Cross said.
The gliders are relatively inexpensive, easy to reconfigure for various missions, and have a long life span with minimal maintenance required. When new batteries are required, they can simply be replaced and the glider can be put back in the water again.
For related news, visit the Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/subpac/.
Sleep well, and God be with you and yours day and night...
It is entitled "A tribute for service members and families" and is
My grandson is stationed in San Diego now..He had honor guard duty on Thanksgiving..but he gave glowing reports of those who signed up with host families for Thanksgiving dinner..
He is very pleased with the welcoming, friendly San Diegans. That warms a grandmother's heart of course.
GO NAVY! Goodnight all!
Thank your grandson for his service.
My son is a Captain in the Air Force stationed at Patrick AFB in Florida. I think he spent Thanksgiving day with his wife and a group of people from church. I sure wished they could have come home, but they just couldn't. :o(
Hello Mayor. Thank you for this wonderful tribute to our military.
I would like to request you add my daughter to your list. She is presently serving in Ramadi, Iraq with the 2/28 Infantry Brigade. I would be so appreciative and so would she.
Good morning everybody. I hope you had a fine weekend.
Thank you Tonkin!
Calling the others. Thankyou, I will and please tell her we all say a hearty Thank You.
Morning Temple.
pretty covered up here today putting out fires but a quick hello :& note that Cali "showed up " in house late this morning. Okay! whew.
God Bless our troops! Thanks for Thread & devotional today Rus
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