World War II Naval vet Stephen Kolesnik has passed away at age 97 in Boscawen, NH.  I was moved when I read this article about Mr. Kolesnik and his fear that he’d die alone with no one to notice his passing.  Instead, about 200 vets and others showed up to attend his funeral on a […]

As my readers know, I attended the U.S. Navy’s Leaders to Sea program aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.  Naturally I’m always interested in her latest mission.  I recently read that Houthi rebels prematurely celebrated when the USS Abraham Lincoln left the Mediterranean for a scheduled rotation.  They’ll be unpleasantly surprised when they see the USS […]