Recent 40 years

Goodbye to Roosey

                                                 31 MARCH 2004                                           GOODBYE TO ROOSEY While serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the 1920s, Franklin Roosevelt asked for the establishment of a naval base on eastern Puerto Rico.  He even suggested it be named after his cousin, former Read More

Humanitarian, Land Ops, Marines, Recent 40 years

Operation “Silver Wake”

                        13-26 MARCH 1997                     OPERATION “SILVER WAKE” Against the backdrop of Saddam Hussein’s continued recalcitrance in Iraq, and the discord in Bosnia-Herzagovinia, the Adriatic coastal nation of Albania experienced a financial collapse in early 1997 that brought anarchy to that nation.  On Read More

Recent 40 years, Submarines

GREENEVILLE Collision

                        9 FEBRUARY 2001                      GREENEVILLE COLLISION At 0800 local time this day, USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) departed Pearl Harbor carrying 14 corporate CEOs, a civilian sportswriter, and his wife for a submarine demonstration cruise as part of the Navy’s Distinguished Visitor Embarkation program.  Read More