These are the top ten posts ever published on his blog. Update 6 Nov. 2016. This is different from the “top post and pages” listing on the home page. That only looks at the last week.
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship? (March 2011)
- OPV to OPC (July 2012)
- The Navy’s New Patrol Boat (May 2012)
- Case for the Five Inch Gun (Nov. 2012)
- Offshore Patrol Cutter Concepts (June 2013)
- Three Nations Share German OPV Design (Apr. 2014)
- Alternate Weapons for New Large Cutters? (May 2012)
- What Might Coast Guard Cutters Do in Wartime, Part 2, Coast Guard Roles (Feb. 2012)
- Eastern’s OPC Concept (June 2013)
- Preliminary and Contract Design Contract Winners for OPC Announced (Feb. 2014)
The top five posts in 2016 were:
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship? (March 2011)
- OPC-Eastern Wins the Contract (Sept. 2016)
- Three Nations Share German OPV Desig (Apr. 2014)
- Coast Guard to Get New Gun Mount, Mk38 Mod3 (Oct. 2015)
- Case for the Five Inch Gun (Nov. 2012)
Also Recommended, The three part series, “A Tale of Two Harbor Defense Organizations”
Other Posts of Continuing Interest:
- How We Got in this Mess, a Short History of CG Shipbuilding
- OPC, Design for Wartime, Build for Peacetime
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship, Illustrated
- The DHS Cutter Study, Trade-offs, and the Case for “Cutter X”
- Ruminating on Homeports While Playing the Red Cell
- The Mk38 and Ballistics and Weapons Effectiveness Lessons from Pursuit of the Graf Spee, Part 2
Note: If you were never in a War Zone, but injured while on active duty, you may be entitled to VA compensation payments! Check with a Veteran Service Office at your local American Legion Office!!
‘Requesting a Registration and Screening for Non Ionizing Radiation Exposure from Air Surveillance Radar, (IE – Hawk Missile System Radar) for long ours of exposure during your Military Service’. Do not forget the U. S. Coast Guard personnel that were station on LORAN stations. http://www.veteransinfo.org/atomicinfo.html
Refer the VA Contact to the
‘Veterans Health Benefits Handbook of July 2003, Chapter 3, Page 19. Ref: Ionizing Radiation Review, Volume 5, February 2011’,
If you cannot get a Proper Response back with an Appointment for the Screening, Be calm, Polite, Patient and move on to Another VA Center where you are seeking proper support for this.
Remind the VA of Thousands of us ADA Veterans are getting this Registration and Screening made at our local VA.
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