December 7, 2023

What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Doing to the Navy

At the U.S. Navy website it says: “Navy focuses on DEI in three ways: • For Diversity, Navy measures how individual communities compare to the Department of Labor comparable-civilian equivalent, officer and enlisted demographic...

May 2, 2023

Who Will be the next Chief of Naval Operations?

Last September, the Navy promoted and installed a new Vice Chief of Naval Operations.  Then Vice Admiral Lisa Franchetti got her 4th star and was appointed to the second-highest position in the Navy.  Now after a scant seven months, the bet...

February 16, 2023

Truth in Government

Today telling the truth has largely disappeared from public discourse.  Let’s use basic history as an example.  Learning history in school was the norm during the period 1952-1969, the formative years up through my graduation from col...

January 21, 2023

A Sailor's Reflections on Race and the Navy

I have previously explained the concept of “shipmate” through the recounting of the Navy career of my Father.  He joined right after Pearl Harbor and served 27 years, retiring as a Master Chief in 1969, shortly after I was commission...