Let me get back to you on that
At Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., asked Adm. James Stavridis if the Navy planned on going back to the Vieques. The small Puerto Rican island...
View ArticleSpeicher’s remains found in Iraq
Navy photo The remains of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, the F/A-18 Hornet pilot who was shot down over Iraq at the start of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, have been found, according to a Navy spokesman....
View ArticleTailhook works on land, too
Check out this video of a Royal Australian Air Force F-111 landing without wheels at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Good thing to tailhook worked. Crikey!
View ArticleWelcoming a brother blog
For you loyal Scoop Deck followers who feel the need to get muddy and fight the occasional land war, or if you just want to see what fun awaits you during your upcoming IA tour, Army Times has launched...
View ArticleYou really ‘like’ me (social media edition)
Petty officers are likable folks. You name it, they’ve got it: Bravery, work ethic, patriotism — even lovely singing voices. Now there’s even a Facebook page to prove it. As of this writing, the group...
View ArticleAnother Gulf War?
Thankfully, this battle is more semantic than deadly. Thursday morning, the popular-yet-normally-benign Facebook page for the U.S. Navy was hit by cyber activists demanding that a certain body of water...
View ArticleHello from space!
Let’s face it: Taped messages can be kinda lame. You’re at boot camp, you’re tired and confused, and someone wheels in a TV to give you a mini-speech by someone you’ve never heard of. Then Scoop Deck...
View ArticleAnother CO fired … no wait
We were more than a little concerned here at the Navy Times Center of Excellence when we learned that everyone’s favorite sugary shipmate, Cap’n Crunch, had been relieved of command. What could the...
View Article‘Spiced’: A Very Special episode
Remember in the ’80s when sitcoms did Very Special episodes? Who will ever forget Jessie’s freak out when she took caffeine pills? Or the time Urkel got drunk and almost died? And don’t get Scoop Deck...
View ArticleI’m thinkin’ that’s Lincoln
An eagle-eyed reader named “Mike” wrote us over the weekend to make an interesting point about the Navy’s photo illustration released the day the Navy announced that the second Gerald R. Ford-class...
View ArticleThe ship that buried bin Laden
It’s gotta be at least a little frustrating. You’re just wrapping up a highly successful deployment and you’ve finally got a whole mess of reporters who want to talk to you about it. But they don’t....
View ArticleLittoral, not figurative
OK, folks. Scoop Deck doesn’t want to get into a whole thing here, but there’s something we have to say. Now that littoral combat ships are getting named, launching, deploying and being celebrated at...
View ArticleCongrats! I mean, hang on a minute
Yes! We all learned Thursday morning that the fall active petty officer advancement results would be released online Friday morning at 8 a.m. and posted on the Navy Advancement Center’s Facebook page a...
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