05 April 1979 A boondoggle fits in somewhere between one-time good deals and flat-out fraud. This particular evolution involved the annual re-qualifications for aircrews in pressure-chambering and seat shooting. The Navy, due to our addiction for large pieces of floating steel, enjoys a state of complete poverty in comparison with our sky-blue brothers in the […]

1 April 1979 Team Spirit It was a mild winter in Korea, or at least as mild as they come up there. We were able to fly every day, as did our good friends the Russians. We bored all kinds of holes in the sky and cut endless miles of blue water off Cheju-Do Island. […]

I forgot to throw in the issue of the latest Migrant March heading north across Mexico from Guatemala and Honduras to the US. “Open Borders” an issue at the ballot box in less than three weeks. For a quiet news week, there is certainly a lot going on…. Having a wonderful time. Wish you here. […]

Swamp Postcard, Post Confirmation Chaos Gentle Readers, We have never had a streak the like of this, each week seemingly more surreal than the last. This past week was wild- craziest yet- but I will refrain from saying it is the worst possible, but I know those cunning politicians are saying “Hold my beer. Watch […]

Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here! Copyright 2018 Vic Socotra www.vicsocotra.com

We are dodging the bullet here in Northern Virginia and praying for the Carolinas. Anxiety level was high, and rains are supposed to come here Monday or Tuesday. We will see. So far we have kept power. More to follow. Vic

I wasted the day…or better said, had the time to get a great chance to understand some of our elected fools better. Regrettably, I have to write this earlier than usual, since there are reasons for me to try to be at Joint Base Bolling-Anacotia (JBAB) early tomorrow. Yes, I know. Doesn’t matter where you […]

Gentle Readers (and Polliwogs)- This appeared this morning from Bill Studeman with and a hat-tip to Rich O’Lear and Jake Jacoby for sharing. There are many Shellbacks who have crossed the equator on a proud ship of War or Peace, a much smaller number of Golden Shellbacks have crossed the Equator at the Dateline. I […]

Hurricanes Just a few months ago, my son called from Honolulu to tell me missiles were inbound. Thankfully, that turned out to be a bogus alert, but now there is a Cat 4 Hurricane bearing down on Honolulu, and it is real. We survived Hurricane Ewa back in the ’80s, and it was pretty amazing. […]