Tag Archives: Navy

US military establishment – too bloated to work?

Posted on December 19, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The American military establishment is presently led, in the age of Uncle Joe, by a retired general, now “civilian” Secretary of Defense, who was and is a political animal even more so than many of his civilian predecessors. In a … Continue reading →

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Eating their own

Posted on April 9, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Acting Navy Secretary Modly has resigned, Tuesday after publicly apologizing for his “profanity-laced” vitrolic attack on the USS T. Roosevelt Captain whom he had relieved. He called the Captain either “stupid” or “naive.” And demonstrated how stupid he (Modly) was. … Continue reading →

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Doomed, doomed, I say

Posted on December 8, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton An interesting article was posted at The American Conservative once again proclaiming the death of the American fleet carrier. To many of us, that comes as no news at all. The vulnerability of flattops has been known … Continue reading →

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