Editor’s Note: This morning we lurch back to France, just before New Year’s Day of 1989. In order to avoid the possibility of provoking the Russian Bear while the USSR seems to be falling apart, USS Forrestal (CV-59) and her escorts are the sole Navy battlegroup in the Med. As part of trust-building, the National […]

Great Turn-out at the first Celebration of Naval Attaches- 50 Attendees for inaugural network event and celebration of Line and Intelligence Officers who have served as attaches around the world- making history! Old Town Sonoma Cellars owners Rick and Elizabeth Myllenbeck in Old Town Alexandria provided a sparkling venue on a dreary day bringing cheer […]

25 DEC 1989: Christmas Day. We arise in Avery’s garret with fabulous hangovers after nearly two full hours of sleep. We fall downstairs to see one of the great messes of modern history on full display. It appeared that Santa had arrived with a full crew of Visigoths to have inflicted that much savage disorder. […]

Editor’s Note: I started the morning with a jolt. Sure it is Monday, and yes, the rains may make the bit of business I have over at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling a soggy pain, but I can always get dry. My pal JoeMaz sent along an article from Congressional Quarterly’s 
May 9, 2016 issue called “2017 […]

The National Steeplechase Association has sponsored the Virginia Gold Cup at Great Meadow, a marvelous course located at The Plains, Virginia. This was the 91st running- not that most people were watching the ponies- they were too busy looking at one another. There was a lot to see. The Gold Cup is mostly fashion show […]

I was going to do something different today- had drinks with the actual, physical Lutt-man you have been reading about. Jon-Without showed up, since we broke with tradition and ventured to one of the sites on the Bucket List, since Lutt-man was staying down by Union Station for a conference and the famed Dubliner Bar […]