These are the top ten posts ever published on his blog. Updated through the end of 2019. (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? (2011)
- Navy this is Coast Guard, we need to talk (2019)
- OPV to OPC (2012) (Since the OPC has been selected, now only of historical interest)
- The Navy’s New Patrol Boat (2012)
- Three Nations Share German OPV Design (2014)
- Case for the Five Inch Gun (2012)
- What Might Coast Guard Cutters Do in Wartime, Part 2, Coast Guard Roles (2012)
- An Offshore Patrol Vessel With Teeth (2019)
- Alternate Weapons for New Large Cutters? (2012)
- Offshore Patrol Cutter Concepts (2013) (Since the OPC has been selected, now only of historical interest)
The top ten posts in 2019 were:
- Navy this is Coast Guard, we need to talk (2019)
- An Offshore Patrol Vessel With Teeth (2019)
- The Sharrow Propeller (2018)
- “The Coast Guard Does Not Exist Solely for Preparing for War” –USNI (2019)
- “Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress Updated November 27, 2019” –CRS
- What Does It Take to Sink a Ship? (2011)
- The 87 Foot WPB Replacement –Response Boat, Large –Interceptor (2019)
- New 40mm Gun (2016)
- 50mm Chain Gun, More Detail (2019)
- Navy Awards Conceptual Design for FFG(X)–Speculation on an NSC Derivative (2019)
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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