(An RVAH-12 RA-5C beginning its reconnaissance run over Vietnam, 1967. Photo USN). Mac was waiting patiently at Willow, half way down the bar that Old Jim anchored at the Amen Corner. I was a little flustered. A subcontractor to us on a counterintelligence contract down at the Russel Knox Building at Quantico had some people […]

Editor’s Note: We are still marching through the remarkable career of RADM Donald “Mac” Showers, which spanned the rise to zenith of The American Century. I will get us to Vietnam one of these days. But trust me, we are going to wrap this up in a month or two. – Vic (GRAB reconnaissance satellite, […]

I got through most of the long list things to do in the blue notebook on my desk yesterday. I was fairly pleased with that- even found out that I could get a booster shot for TDAP- tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis- so I can meet the new Granddaughter without exposing her to any additional risk. […]

24 March 2017 The Big Four-Oh Screen Shot 2017-03-24 at 1.20.58 PM.png Gentle Readers, I would be remiss if I did not correct a tiny mistake in the story yesterday, the one about Marlow’s 68th anniversary on the planet. Marlow is a real human being- and by that I mean an author whose musings (along […]

Editor’s note: We know, we know, the Staff of the Daily Socotra has not gone into summer re-runs, though it did turn out this way with the Medium series. I had to go back and put it all back together as the single story that it really is. I also wanted to get Karen a […]

I ran across my old Navy finance jacket the other day as I start the painful process of preparing to move. Again. Where did all this crap come from? I wondered if I needed to shred the old paystubs that I kept in chronological order with the two metal tangs inserted through the two holes […]