These are the top ten posts ever published on his blog. Updated through the end of 2018. (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) (Since the OPC has been selected, now only of historical interest)
- The Navy’s New Patrol Boat (May 2012)
- Three Nations Share German OPV Design (Apr. 2014)
- Case for the Five Inch Gun (Nov. 2012)
- What Might Coast Guard Cutters Do in Wartime, Part 2, Coast Guard Roles (Feb. 2012)
- Offshore Patrol Cutter Concepts (June 2013) (Since the OPC has been selected, now only of historical interest)
- Alternate Weapons for New Large Cutters? (May 2012)
- 30mm Better than the 57mm? (Aug. 2014)
- Irelands New OPV, Samuel Beckett (May 2014)
The top five posts in 2018 were:
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship? (March 2011)
- Three Nations Share German OPV Design (Apr. 2014)
- Navy Awards FFG Conceptual Design Contracts for FFG(X)–Speculation on a NSC Derivative (Feb. 2018)
- New 40 mm Gun (Oct. 2016)
- 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:
- The Mk38 and Ballistics and Weapons Effectiveness Lessons from Pursuit of the Graf Spee, Part 2 (Jan. 2017)
- What Might a Wartime OPC Weapons Fit Look Like? (Sep. 2016)
- Ruminating on Homeports While Playing the Red Cell (Nov. 2015)
- Ship Type Designations: The Bertholfs are Minesweepers? (Aug. 2013)
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship, Illustrated (Apr. 2012)
- How We Got in this Mess, a Short History of CG Shipbuilding (Jan. 2011)
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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