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Another Life Time: Chasing a Tropical Storm

A Washington Post story on NOAA's P-3 "Hurricane Hunter" being grounded as Idalia came ashore reminded me of my one day flying with the Navy's VXN-8, an oceanographic development squadron. So I brought out the ball cap given me by…

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So Glad to Be Able to Attend

With the plague continuing, being able to physically be with people at an event you want participate in has been dicey and fraught. It was so wonderful to be present at the North American Society for Oceanic History conference for…

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Corona Virus and 1918-1919 Flu Pandemic

This is the piece [with great editing by Sam LaGrone because the article was sent in disparate batches and the patience of three historians in interviewing by phone and e-mail] I did for USNI News on the 1918-1919 flu pandemic…

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Toxic Leader Posted Great Achievement

Portrait of Charles Wilkes about the time he commanded The South Seas Exploring Expedition. Nathaniel Philbrick's "Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery"  should be on every commander's reading list and also in every business and government schools' syllabus. The…

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A Rogue Captain and America’s 1st Pacific Pivot

David Porter should have been the commander of Starship Enterprise "going where no [American naval captain] had gone" before when he set off to round Cape Horn.  Yep, there had been American whalers and merchantmen who rounded Cape Horn seeking…

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