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Another Terrible Week

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Joe Clark

Again, it was another terrible week. This time, rather than a collision at sea, it was a tanker aircraft falling from the sky in the middle of America. A dozen and a half fatalities so far, according to the initial … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air refueling tanker, flying, KC-130, Marines, media, military service, professional pilots, talking heads | Comments Off

VJ Day + 70

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Joe Clark

Today, seventy years ago, Japan surrendered. There followed a cosmic sigh in the universe and peace enveloped world for the first time in many years. Photographers around the world shot photographs, which would later become iconic; my favorite is of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged airmen, children, grandchildren, Japan surrender, Marines, new beginnings, sailors, soldiers, survivors, Times Square, Veterans Affairs, VJ Day, VJ Day + 70, World War II, young Americans | 2 Comments

The First Lady Lex

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Joe Clark

Eighty-six years ago today, the first aircraft carrier to bear the name Lexington was commissioned. The USS Lexington was the first of her kind and consequently she became the lead ship of her type, the Lexington-class. Of the class, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History | Tagged 1941, aircraft carrier, airplanes, Captain Frederick Sherman, CV-16, December 7, discipline, Essex-class ships, flight training, Florida, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, Lady Lex, Marines, memories, Midway Island, military service, NAS Pensacola, Navy, Navy Secretary Frank Knox, Pearl Harbor, sailors, student pilots, The First Lady Lex, the Japanese attack, the Marshall Islands, the Pacific, the Quincy shipyard, USS Cabot, USS Lexington, USS Phelps, USS Saratoga, World War II | Comments Off

Hurricanes and Emergency Diverts

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Joe Clark

Thirty years ago this month, I checked into my first operational squadron in Gitmo. They gave me the “gouge” about flying in the Caribbean, including divert/bingo information for any reason when we could not return to Guantanamo. I gathered up … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A-4 Skyhawk, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cuba, discipline, divert/bingo information, flying, friends, Gainesville, Gitmo, Hurricane Kate, hurricanes, Hurricanes and Emergency Diverts, Jamaica, judgment, Kingston, Marines, memories, military service, Navy, Norman C. Manley International, old friends, professional pilots, the Caribbean, The Gators, the “gouge”, Weather guessers | 2 Comments

Memorial Day 2012

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Joe Clark

This Memorial Day is a little different for me than Memorial Days in the past. On past Memorial Days, I would think of my friends who gave their lives in service of this great nation. There were many of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Air Force, Army, Bravo Zulu, Marines, Memorial Day 2012, military jargon, Navy, the future of our great nation, the heat of the desert, the Summer of '11, the test of fire by battle, tribute to my students, veterans, Veterans Day, vets on a mission | 2 Comments

I Woke Up Old Today

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Joe Clark

When I woke up today, the talking heads on television were talking about historic events—in particular, John Glenn’s three-orbit flight around the world. I remember that flight. Just like it was yesterday. It was, however, 50 years ago. I turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged Air Force, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Atlas, discipline, February 20 1962, flight training, Florida, flying, John Glenn, judgment, Marines, memories, Mercury, military service, Navy, Pearl Harbor, pilots, professional pilots, training aircraft, World War II | Comments Off

“CHRISTMAS AT SEA”

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Joe Clark

The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand; The wind was a nor’wester, blowing squally off the sea; And cliffs and spouting breakers were the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airmen, airspeed, altitude, black shoe sailors, coastguardsmen, discipline, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, loved ones, Marines, memories, military service, Navy, professional pilots, Robert Louis Stevenson, sailing ships, sailors, soldiers, writers | Comments Off

Veterans Day 2011

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Joe Clark

When you’re a kid, you really have no idea about the meaning behind Veteran’s Day. It is just another of those days in November, except that on the 11th, the old guys who were soldiers, sailors, airmen or Marines get … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged Afghanistan veterans, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard veterans, friends, iraqi war veterans, Korean War veterans, Marines, memories, military service, Navy, Vietnam veterans, World War II veterans | 5 Comments

Happy Birthday John Glenn

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today, war hero, space hero, and Democratic Senator, John H. Glenn, turns 90 years-old. Glenn holds several distinctions for the life he has led. He was the first American to orbit the earth. To date, he is the oldest person … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged 59 combat missions in the South Pacific, 63 combat missions over Korea, a Marine Corps pilot, a national hero, a personal friend of the President Kennedy, a ticker-tape parade in New York, and 8.4 seconds, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Senator, flew in both the Mercury and Shuttle Program, Happy Birthday John Glenn, jet fighters, John H. Glenn, Marines, Navy’s Test Pilot School at Patuxent River MD, orbit the earth three times, space hero, the F-4U Corsair, the famous ball-player Ted Williams, the first American to orbit the earth, the Mercury program, the oldest person to fly in space, the third Mercury mission, the Vought F8U-1 Crusader, transcontinental speed record of 3 hours 23 minutes, war hero, World War II | 2 Comments

Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today is a day set aside for remembering and giving thanks to the women and men who have served and died in our military so that we may live the lives we live. I could have been one of those, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a lucky one, a new generation, a three-day weekend, Air Force, Army, ask yourself serious questions, Coast Guardsmen, discipline, doing the job, independence, keeping the faith, Korea, Marines, Memorial Day, memories, military service, Navy, paid the ultimate price for the freedom, paying homage to squadron mates not as lucky, Pearl Harbor, questioning why, remembering and giving thanks to those who served and died in our military, sailors, soldiers, standing guard for us, that we may sleep peacefully this night and every night, the force protecting America, the pointy end of the spear, Veterans Day, Vietnam, World War I, World War II | 2 Comments

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Another Terrible Week

VJ Day + 70

The First Lady Lex

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Memorial Day 2012

I Woke Up Old Today

“CHRISTMAS AT SEA”

Veterans Day 2011

Happy Birthday John Glenn

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