The Massachusetts Bay Council of the Navy League was present today. I met President Eleanor Samuels. Ivan Samuels emailed me these pics from today. Wayyyyy better than anything I would have taken, lol.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Video From NECN
Yeah, I have surfaced for a few minutes. Someone emailed me pics and someone else sent me this link.
OK, I Know You Expect More From Me
But I have to go lie down. Maybe I'll get up later and blog, maybe not. I was so worried about not getting to sleep early enough last night that I took two pills. Well, then I just had bad dreams and woke up at 0417. Then I sat in the sun and baked my brain....good thing there was no quiz at the end of the ceremony.
But you know, if you thought my plans would survive contact with reality.....well, you haven't been paying attention, lol.
So, CancerGirl (du-du-du-dah!) is going to go take it easy for a bit.
Look on the side at my "Naval Blogosphere". There are lots of good choices there. And don't be fooled by that "one month ago" under SJS. He's got brand new stuff today. I don't know why it doesn't update.
No, I am not putting links in this post....for pity's sake, scroll over, lol. I told you, I'm wiped out.
But you know, if you thought my plans would survive contact with reality.....well, you haven't been paying attention, lol.
So, CancerGirl (du-du-du-dah!) is going to go take it easy for a bit.
Look on the side at my "Naval Blogosphere". There are lots of good choices there. And don't be fooled by that "one month ago" under SJS. He's got brand new stuff today. I don't know why it doesn't update.
No, I am not putting links in this post....for pity's sake, scroll over, lol. I told you, I'm wiped out.
IT. WAS. FABULOUS!
I wouldn't know where to start. I am throwing things on Twitter as I remember them. Maybe I will just string them along and make post out of them.
I met so many people and had such a good time.
But.....
There is one person I must scold!
A gentleman came up to me and asked if I were perchance a milblogger. I smiled and put out my hand "I'm Maggie." He shook my hand and introduced himself as a reader here and at the Castle. (I will let him come out here and identify himself how he wishes) We barely exchanged a few words when I caught one of my invited guests trying to escape. While I was distracted with Lou (who is AMAZING and I am in love with him), my reader escaped!
So I see I must be very specific. When I tell you to come to my event.....and find me.....let me add.....DON'T LEAVE. I went looking for you for the cake cutting and you were gone!
I met so many people and had such a good time.
But.....
There is one person I must scold!
A gentleman came up to me and asked if I were perchance a milblogger. I smiled and put out my hand "I'm Maggie." He shook my hand and introduced himself as a reader here and at the Castle. (I will let him come out here and identify himself how he wishes) We barely exchanged a few words when I caught one of my invited guests trying to escape. While I was distracted with Lou (who is AMAZING and I am in love with him), my reader escaped!
So I see I must be very specific. When I tell you to come to my event.....and find me.....let me add.....DON'T LEAVE. I went looking for you for the cake cutting and you were gone!
I Have To Get In the Shower
....or I'll be late for the event I've been pushing non-stop for weeks, lol.
But I had to finish this article at StratFor
Lone Wolf Lessons
By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 1, as two young U.S. soldiers stood in front of the Army Navy Career Center in west Little Rock, Ark., a black pickup pulled in front of the office and the driver opened fire on the two, killing one and critically wounding the other.
Eyewitnesses to the shooting immediately reported it to police, and authorities quickly located and arrested the suspect as he fled the scene. According to police, the suspect told the arresting officers that he had a bomb in his vehicle, but after an inspection by the police bomb squad, the only weapons police recovered from the vehicle were an SKS rifle and two pistols.
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However, politics have proved obstructive to all facets of counterterrorism policy. And politics may have been at play in the Muhammad case as well as in other cases involving Black Muslim converts. Several weeks ago, STRATFOR heard from sources that the FBI and other law enforcement organizations had been ordered to “back off” of counterterrorism investigations into the activities of Black Muslim converts. At this point, it is unclear to us if that guidance was given by the White House or the Department of Justice, or if it was promulgated by the agencies themselves, anticipating the wishes of President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.
Seriously? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?
But I had to finish this article at StratFor
Lone Wolf Lessons
By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 1, as two young U.S. soldiers stood in front of the Army Navy Career Center in west Little Rock, Ark., a black pickup pulled in front of the office and the driver opened fire on the two, killing one and critically wounding the other.
Eyewitnesses to the shooting immediately reported it to police, and authorities quickly located and arrested the suspect as he fled the scene. According to police, the suspect told the arresting officers that he had a bomb in his vehicle, but after an inspection by the police bomb squad, the only weapons police recovered from the vehicle were an SKS rifle and two pistols.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~break~~~~~~~~~~~~
However, politics have proved obstructive to all facets of counterterrorism policy. And politics may have been at play in the Muhammad case as well as in other cases involving Black Muslim converts. Several weeks ago, STRATFOR heard from sources that the FBI and other law enforcement organizations had been ordered to “back off” of counterterrorism investigations into the activities of Black Muslim converts. At this point, it is unclear to us if that guidance was given by the White House or the Department of Justice, or if it was promulgated by the agencies themselves, anticipating the wishes of President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.
Seriously? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Bravo Zulu Ensigns Smith, Wall and Carleen!
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jun 02, 2009 @ 02:23 PM
PLYMOUTH —
Three Plymouth residents were commissioned as U.S. naval officers May 17, beside the USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Ensign Zachary Smith, originally from Oswego, N.Y., recently graduated from Boston College and will be attending flight school in Pensacola, Fla., as a student naval pilot. Ensign Timothy Wall recently graduated from Boston University and also has orders to flight school in Pensacola, Fla., as a student naval pilot. Ensign Andrew Carleen recently graduated from Boston University and will be attending nuclear power school in Charleston, S.C., in order to become a naval submarine officer.
Posted Jun 02, 2009 @ 02:23 PM
PLYMOUTH —Three Plymouth residents were commissioned as U.S. naval officers May 17, beside the USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Ensign Zachary Smith, originally from Oswego, N.Y., recently graduated from Boston College and will be attending flight school in Pensacola, Fla., as a student naval pilot. Ensign Timothy Wall recently graduated from Boston University and also has orders to flight school in Pensacola, Fla., as a student naval pilot. Ensign Andrew Carleen recently graduated from Boston University and will be attending nuclear power school in Charleston, S.C., in order to become a naval submarine officer.
Congratulations!
From USNI & SJS - Countdown to Midway: 3 June - First Contact
I have to get in the shower....read this,
Sitemeter Is Spinning
I wake up to check my email, Twitter, the Castle and this. I look at sitemeter and it's whirring away with traffic.
Hmmmm, who linked?
The Castle of Argghhh!
I am mentioned several times in the H&I Fires. How delicious!
I am out here preening since it's not like my family will get it, lol.
Long time readers (lol, all two of you) will recall that the first coattails I ever rode in the blogosphere were those at the Castle. There are many people over there who are very important to me.
Hmmmm, who linked?
The Castle of Argghhh!
I am mentioned several times in the H&I Fires. How delicious!
I am out here preening since it's not like my family will get it, lol.
Long time readers (lol, all two of you) will recall that the first coattails I ever rode in the blogosphere were those at the Castle. There are many people over there who are very important to me.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
67 Years Ago
If you were a civilian living in Boston, you might be listening to this Glenn Miller classic -
You would probably have no idea that just a week earlier workers in Pearl Harbor had performed a miracle - laboring around the clock - to make enough repairs to USS Yorktown CV-5 that she was able to get underway as part of the run-up to the Battle of Midway.
You would probably have no idea that just a week earlier workers in Pearl Harbor had performed a miracle - laboring around the clock - to make enough repairs to USS Yorktown CV-5 that she was able to get underway as part of the run-up to the Battle of Midway.
You should be in awe that these Americans, led by Halsey and Nimitz, rallied after the devastating blow they were dealt at Pearl Harbor. That just six months later they engaged their Sailors in what is considered to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
Show your appreciation by commemorating the Battle of Midway here if you are in Boston or at one of these other observences. Can't do that? Well at least read about it -
Two Years of Information Dissemination
Happy Birthday to one of best blogs out there - Information Dissemination!
It's Navy. It's smart.
You should be reading it.
Celebrating Two Years of Information Dissemination
Congratulations!
It's Navy. It's smart.
You should be reading it.
Celebrating Two Years of Information Dissemination
Congratulations!
Best. Line. Eva.
The Bloggess gets me! This is what I am constantly trying to explain to my family.
"I'm all “It’s very hard to pretend I’m important when you don’t understand social media”
Exactly!
This girl cracks me up.
"I'm all “It’s very hard to pretend I’m important when you don’t understand social media”
Exactly!
This girl cracks me up.
Guy Kawasaki on USS Nimitz
This is just excellent. It's all the things my reporting from USS Kearsarge was supposed to be and wasn't, lol.
24 Hours at Sea on the USS Nimitz
24 Hours at Sea on the USS Nimitz
Toss A Few Bucks In this Pot
No Greater Sacrifice (“NGS”) serves to bridge the educational development for the children of our nation’s fallen heroes.
The 2009 NGS Endurance Team's mission is focused.
We run to support the education of four children: Zach (age 8), Levi (age 6), Sam (age 5) and Hannah (age 3). Their father, Staff Sergeant William S. Jackson II, passed away after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Ramadi, Iraq, on November 11, 2006 while on a mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Tessa Robinson's Fundraising Page
And Tessa has a blog you can check out here.
Tessa is the one who found me on Twitter (Surprise! I am @BostonMaggie - yeah, I know, no imagination) and told me about her plan to raise money by running in a marathon on 25 OCT 09
Go toss a few bucks in this pot.....I did....apparently I didn't realize how much loose change Frankie and his friends had dropped in the couch cushions.
The 2009 NGS Endurance Team's mission is focused.
We run to support the education of four children: Zach (age 8), Levi (age 6), Sam (age 5) and Hannah (age 3). Their father, Staff Sergeant William S. Jackson II, passed away after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Ramadi, Iraq, on November 11, 2006 while on a mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Tessa Robinson's Fundraising Page
And Tessa has a blog you can check out here.
Tessa is the one who found me on Twitter (Surprise! I am @BostonMaggie - yeah, I know, no imagination) and told me about her plan to raise money by running in a marathon on 25 OCT 09
Go toss a few bucks in this pot.....I did....apparently I didn't realize how much loose change Frankie and his friends had dropped in the couch cushions.
Do You Shop At A Defense Commissary Agency or Army Air Force Exchange
Then buy Bayer products to help Soldier's Angels!
Bayer Healthcare + Defense Commissary Agency + AAFES = Soldiers’ Angels Support
Bayer Healthcare + Defense Commissary Agency + AAFES = Soldiers’ Angels Support Bayer Healthcare has teamed up with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) and the Army Air Force Exchanges (AAFES) to support Soldiers’ Angels, a volunteer-based non-profit organization that supports all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces through special projects, dedicated teams and individuals caring for our troops. Whether sending care packages, helping families at home, or assisting the wounded, Soldiers’ Angels makes a visible difference in the lives of our service members.
During the month of June, Bayer Healthcare will donate $0.05 for every $1.00 spent on participating Bayer products (Bayer Aspirin, Aleve, Alka-Seltzer, One A Day, and Citracal) to Soldiers’ Angels Adopt a Soldier program, at military commissaries and exchanges, up to a maximum of $20,000.
Bayer, DeCA and AAFES are supporting the promotion with in-store advertising and displays. Banner ads supporting the program will also be running the entire month of June on www.military.com .
Thanks Bayer for your support of Soldier's Angels.
Bayer Healthcare + Defense Commissary Agency + AAFES = Soldiers’ Angels Support
Bayer Healthcare + Defense Commissary Agency + AAFES = Soldiers’ Angels Support Bayer Healthcare has teamed up with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) and the Army Air Force Exchanges (AAFES) to support Soldiers’ Angels, a volunteer-based non-profit organization that supports all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces through special projects, dedicated teams and individuals caring for our troops. Whether sending care packages, helping families at home, or assisting the wounded, Soldiers’ Angels makes a visible difference in the lives of our service members.
During the month of June, Bayer Healthcare will donate $0.05 for every $1.00 spent on participating Bayer products (Bayer Aspirin, Aleve, Alka-Seltzer, One A Day, and Citracal) to Soldiers’ Angels Adopt a Soldier program, at military commissaries and exchanges, up to a maximum of $20,000.
Bayer, DeCA and AAFES are supporting the promotion with in-store advertising and displays. Banner ads supporting the program will also be running the entire month of June on www.military.com .
Thanks Bayer for your support of Soldier's Angels.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Everyone Is Too Busy To Pay Attention
...to the blog....so I am going to whine a little. LOL!
The mornings are hard. When I wake up my hands and feet are numb. I do what they suggest and massage them with cocoa butter - voodoo? I don't know, but I do it - then the pain starts and I pop a pill. Friday a new thing started. Little shocks or tingles. Not painful, just distracting. They worry me because some people on the myeloma sites I visit talk about them being the precursor to real pain. So I try hard not to think about it.
I push myself to walk. This isn't always a good idea. The other morning I pushed too hard and almost fell down the front steps. I was wearing Jen's white sweatshirt and when she saw the smudge on the shoulder she yelled at me. I yelled back "Don't yell at me, I almost fell out of the house!" LOL She was startled, I told her it wasn't that bad.
Anyway, this morning I was sitting in front of the computer. I had just finished with the stupid cocoa butter and taken the pill......when....doesn't my father appear at the front door. I was shocked. I hadn't heard him coming because he had walked down from the cottage. He was up there waiting for the cable guy and there's no phone, so he came down to have me make a call. I couldn't stand up without looking like there was a problem.....so, I just sat there. He was looking at me funny because I wasn't standing up and coming to the door. But I didn't know what to say. So I said nothing.
Then he left and I sat there and cried.
So anyway, I just had to vent. I know SB and Jen are too busy this week to read the blog. By the time they look again this post will be buried in all my Midway, Charlestown Navy Yard, USS Constitution, USS Cassin Young stuff. They have 2 Midway vets who are scheduled to be there. Imagine that!
I also am doing something pretty cool on Friday, but I can't talk about it until after. So, I do know I am very lucky.
Plus this post got me to thinking I might pop down to Battleship Cove on Saturday or Sunday.
Ok, so the rest of you keep quiet. I'm fine, I have plenty of pain pills. And lots of people are worse off.
The mornings are hard. When I wake up my hands and feet are numb. I do what they suggest and massage them with cocoa butter - voodoo? I don't know, but I do it - then the pain starts and I pop a pill. Friday a new thing started. Little shocks or tingles. Not painful, just distracting. They worry me because some people on the myeloma sites I visit talk about them being the precursor to real pain. So I try hard not to think about it.
I push myself to walk. This isn't always a good idea. The other morning I pushed too hard and almost fell down the front steps. I was wearing Jen's white sweatshirt and when she saw the smudge on the shoulder she yelled at me. I yelled back "Don't yell at me, I almost fell out of the house!" LOL She was startled, I told her it wasn't that bad.
Anyway, this morning I was sitting in front of the computer. I had just finished with the stupid cocoa butter and taken the pill......when....doesn't my father appear at the front door. I was shocked. I hadn't heard him coming because he had walked down from the cottage. He was up there waiting for the cable guy and there's no phone, so he came down to have me make a call. I couldn't stand up without looking like there was a problem.....so, I just sat there. He was looking at me funny because I wasn't standing up and coming to the door. But I didn't know what to say. So I said nothing.
Then he left and I sat there and cried.
So anyway, I just had to vent. I know SB and Jen are too busy this week to read the blog. By the time they look again this post will be buried in all my Midway, Charlestown Navy Yard, USS Constitution, USS Cassin Young stuff. They have 2 Midway vets who are scheduled to be there. Imagine that!
I also am doing something pretty cool on Friday, but I can't talk about it until after. So, I do know I am very lucky.
Plus this post got me to thinking I might pop down to Battleship Cove on Saturday or Sunday.
Ok, so the rest of you keep quiet. I'm fine, I have plenty of pain pills. And lots of people are worse off.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Funeral Arrangements for CDR Duane Wolfe USNR
From the Lompoc Record - 
A memorial service for Navy Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Camp San Luis Obispo’s Perlee Theater, officials announced Saturday.
The 54-year-old Los Osos resident, who worked 24 years as a civilian employee at Vandenberg Air Force Base, died in Iraq on May 25. Vandenberg’s 30th Mission Support Group deputy commander was in Iraq as a member of the Naval Reserves.
A graveside service at Los Osos Valley Memorial Park will immediately follow the memorial.
Officials reportedly are expecting up to 600 people for the service, and Vandenberg’s 30th
Mission Support Group will send at least two buses of airmen to the service, according to Lt. Raymond Geoffroy, a Vandenberg spokesman.
“We’re working out the logistics of it,” he added Saturday afternoon.
Wolfe, a 32-year Los Osos resident who deployed from Port Hueneme in Ventura County, was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Gulf Region Division in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
He died during a trip to visit construction projects, including a water treatment plant, in the Fallujah area, military officials said. Wolfe led a team that oversaw nearly $300 million in planned and ongoing construction projects, many of which are providing essential services to the Iraqi people, the military said.
“My family would like to thank the local community for their thoughts and prayers during this tragic time in our life,” said his wife, Cindi Wolfe. “It is amazing to see how many lives my husband touched on a daily basis.”
Wolfe began his military career with the Navy in 1972 and served on active duty for five years. In 1978, he joined the Navy Reserves and served until his death. His rank of commander is the equivalent of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force.
He began working at Vandenberg in 1985 as a civil engineer, and later joined the environmental division. In 2005, he became the 30th Mission Support Group’s deputy group commander.
He arrived in Iraq in December for the six-month assignment.On Thursday in Iraq, his colleagues there held a memorial service to honor Wolfe and two others killed by the roadside bomb.
Military officials said Wolfe will posthumously receive the Bronze Star with "V" Device for Valor; Purple Heart; Navy Combat Action Ribbon; National Defense Service Medal with Service Star; Iraqi Campaign Medal; and others.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to be made to Parents Helping Parents Family Resource Center, two lending libraries with books, videos and audio tapes on a wide variety of parenting and special needs topics. The San Luis Obispo organization can be reached at 549-8148.
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Related posts are -
Godspeed CDr Wolfe
and
CDR Wolfe Remembered By Family & Colleagues in Iraq
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I didn't use the title of the actual article of the Lompoc record article because I felt it was inappropriate to characterize CDR Wolfe as a "victim".
A memorial service for Navy Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Camp San Luis Obispo’s Perlee Theater, officials announced Saturday.The 54-year-old Los Osos resident, who worked 24 years as a civilian employee at Vandenberg Air Force Base, died in Iraq on May 25. Vandenberg’s 30th Mission Support Group deputy commander was in Iraq as a member of the Naval Reserves.
A graveside service at Los Osos Valley Memorial Park will immediately follow the memorial.
Officials reportedly are expecting up to 600 people for the service, and Vandenberg’s 30th
Mission Support Group will send at least two buses of airmen to the service, according to Lt. Raymond Geoffroy, a Vandenberg spokesman.
“We’re working out the logistics of it,” he added Saturday afternoon.
Wolfe, a 32-year Los Osos resident who deployed from Port Hueneme in Ventura County, was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Gulf Region Division in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.
He died during a trip to visit construction projects, including a water treatment plant, in the Fallujah area, military officials said. Wolfe led a team that oversaw nearly $300 million in planned and ongoing construction projects, many of which are providing essential services to the Iraqi people, the military said.
“My family would like to thank the local community for their thoughts and prayers during this tragic time in our life,” said his wife, Cindi Wolfe. “It is amazing to see how many lives my husband touched on a daily basis.”
Wolfe began his military career with the Navy in 1972 and served on active duty for five years. In 1978, he joined the Navy Reserves and served until his death. His rank of commander is the equivalent of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force.
He began working at Vandenberg in 1985 as a civil engineer, and later joined the environmental division. In 2005, he became the 30th Mission Support Group’s deputy group commander.
He arrived in Iraq in December for the six-month assignment.On Thursday in Iraq, his colleagues there held a memorial service to honor Wolfe and two others killed by the roadside bomb.
Military officials said Wolfe will posthumously receive the Bronze Star with "V" Device for Valor; Purple Heart; Navy Combat Action Ribbon; National Defense Service Medal with Service Star; Iraqi Campaign Medal; and others.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to be made to Parents Helping Parents Family Resource Center, two lending libraries with books, videos and audio tapes on a wide variety of parenting and special needs topics. The San Luis Obispo organization can be reached at 549-8148.
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Related posts are -
Godspeed CDr Wolfe
and
CDR Wolfe Remembered By Family & Colleagues in Iraq
~~~~~~
I didn't use the title of the actual article of the Lompoc record article because I felt it was inappropriate to characterize CDR Wolfe as a "victim".
Funniest Email Of The Day
So I write about David O. Stewart's upcoming lecture and book signing at the Old South Meeting House here.
But I had to throw up this post script. It's an email I got this morning from Mr. Stewart -
Please introduce yourself there -- I look forward to meeting you.
Best,
David
LOL! Clearly he has never met me. who thinks I need encouragement or prompting to walk up to a perfect stranger and introduce myself? Jen burst out laughing over breakfast.
But I had to throw up this post script. It's an email I got this morning from Mr. Stewart -
Please introduce yourself there -- I look forward to meeting you.
Best,
David
LOL! Clearly he has never met me. who thinks I need encouragement or prompting to walk up to a perfect stranger and introduce myself? Jen burst out laughing over breakfast.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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