http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070815-N-0194K-125.jpg
070815-N-0194K-125 MANTA, Ecuador (Aug. 15, 2007) - Cmdr. Anna Stalcup, an optometrist, and Steel Worker 3rd Class Joel Washington, both attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), unload medical equipment to be used at a Comfort medical site in Manta. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment in Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment in a dozen countries. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven King (RELEASED)
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070814-N-3038W-222.jpg
070814-N-3038W-222 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2007) - Overlooking the captain's chair on the bridge aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Preble (DDG 88) and USS O'Kane (DDG 77) transit in formation during a joint photo exercise concluding Valiant Shield 2007. John C. Stennis, Kitty Hawk and Nimitz Carrier Strike Groups are participating in Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, the exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Wagner (RELEASED)
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070813-N-4049C-051.jpg
070813-N-4049C-051 MAYPORT, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2007) - Rear Adm. D.C. Curtis, commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic, speaks to chief petty officer selectees aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) during a visit to the Mayport waterfront. Curtis came to Mayport to talk to local commanding officers about ship readiness, to visit the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center and to meet with the Commander Frigate Squadron and staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick J. Cook (RELEASED)
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: July 21, 2006
I just noticed that the nickname for the USS Barry is "Bulldog," or at least, that seems to be the nickname. That may be an important clue, if I ever actually served on the Barry. I received two awards at Microsoft that were titled the "Bulldog Award." I doubt it was a coincidence, if I actually did serve on the Barry, I don't remember. I am wondering about this Rear Admiral of the Stennis Strike group. He was the CO of the Barry in December '95. I wonder if I know him.
The Battle of Hue City ended on 3/3/1968, when I was 9 years old. The USS Hue City CG-66 was commissioned on a day that was 19 years, 59 days, after 7/17/1972. The previous day was Phoebe's 9th birthday. One other time, I have had the idea that 7/17 was used for Phoebe's birthday, not unlike how my can be 3/3 in the U.S. and 3/4 in London. This could just be a day-of-week scheduling constraint, though, and I wanted to create this pointer to when I was 9 years old and that I was a participant in that battle. I was there in combat in Vietnam to prepare for my mission to the comet. Something about hardening me for conditions that no one could even begin to predict I would face in the comet.
http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg66.html
USS Hué City (CG 66)
USS HUÉ CITY is the 20th ship in the TICONDEROGA class of guided missile cruisers and is the only ship in the Navy named after a battle of the Vietnam War.
Commissioned: September 14, 1991
About the Ships Coat of Arms:
The Shield:
The trident represents sea power, projected by HUE CITY's Vertical Launch System. The tines of the trident depict the Aegis cruiser's dominion of the air, the surface and the sub-surface. The crossed swords - a Navy cutlass and Marine mameluke - from a saltire, showing the two Vietnams. The palm wreath and the smaller shield at the center commemorate the Marines' victory and the raising of the US flag over the Provincial Headquarters building.
The Crest:
The fortress on the crest recalls the Citadel at Hue, captured by US Marines at great cost. The dragon symbolizes both the fierceness of the siege and the fighting spirit of the crew of USS HUE CITY.
The Motto:
The motto - Fidelity, Courage, Honor - represents the finest qualities of the US Navy and Marine Corps: faithfulness to one's comrades and the values of the United States, the moral fortitude to overcome fear in the face of battle, and the integrity to conduct oneself with dignity and respect at all times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Thursday, May 10, 2007
Aha. The "princess with the pink car." That is my wife and I am Pink Floyd. I also have some artificial memories of the wife from my artificial life sitting on the hood of my car and of her car. It is all some kind of symbolize to reflect real memories with my real wife.
At least I hope these are memories about my wife. I might have some explaining to do when I get back home.
These goddamned paparazzi bastards keep making me think I am going home soon but I know that trick too well from being a POW. "Tomorrow, Ray." "You're going home tomorrow, Ray." Stinking paparazzi bastards.
I have thought of this album several times over the past 9 years. It is one of my favorites, but I am not sure if I had a copy of it. I can "remember" it from 1998. I think I "remember" Jim Shea buying a copy of it and that got me to listening to. I only listened to country music until I knew Jim Shea.
http://www.joshuatreenationalpark.net/u2tree.htm
My Two Visits to U2's Joshua Tree
A photo essay by Brad Biringer
Think of the great icons and moments of the '80s. What comes to mind? The Space Shuttle's maiden voyage. The U.S. Olympic hockey team beating the heavily-favored Soviets at Lake Placid. The rise of cable television. Joe Montana. Reagan's two landslide elections. Miami Vice. Big earrings. Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton winning Gold at the L.A. Olympics. Magic's Lakers versus Bird's Celtics. Springsteen's Born in the USA. U2's The Joshua Tree.
A great symbol of the '80s, the actual Joshua tree that appears on the U2 album jacket stands tall and proud in an extremely remote area of California's high desert. This photo, taken in 1998, provides a comparative synopsis to the way The Tree appeared when Anton Corbijn photographed it during U2's visit in December 1986.
From 7/16/1986 to 3/9/1987 is: 236 days, or 33 weeks and 5 days
From 7/17/1986 (??? Similar notion to 3/4/1959 ???) to 3/9/1987 is: 33 weeks and 4 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album was massively successful, and is considered to have been U2's worldwide commercial breakthrough. In addition, it has often been praised by music critics as the band's best album and one of the best rock albums of all time. The album earned number 26 on Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums of all time list. The Joshua Tree won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards of 1988.
Track listing
"Where the Streets Have No Name" – 5:37
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" – 4:37
"With or Without You" – 4:56
"Bullet the Blue Sky" – 4:32
"Running to Stand Still" – 4:18
"Red Hill Mining Town" – 4:52
"In God's Country" – 2:57
"Trip Through Your Wires" – 3:32
"One Tree Hill" – 5:23
"Exit" – 4:13
"Mothers of the Disappeared" – 5:14
Music by U2, lyrics by Bono.
Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
U2 LYRICS
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/u2/mothersofthedisappeared.html
"Mothers Of The Disappeared"
Midnight, our sons and daughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeat
We hear their heartbeat
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeat
We hear their heartbeat
Night hangs like a prisoner
Stretched over black and blue
Hear their heartbeat
We hear their heartbeat
In the trees our sons stand naked
Through the walls our daughters cry
See their tears in the rainfall
From 3/3/1968 (Battle of Hue City) to 4/17/1998 (STS-90) is: 11002 days
11002 * 0.333 = 3663
From 3/3/1959 to 3/13/1969 (Apollo 9 return) is: 3663 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9
Launch: March 3, 1969
Landing: March 13, 1969
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-90
Launch: April 17, 1998
STS-90 is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
The 1990 movie "Navy SEALs" might actually point to the Battle of Hue City. As I have noted before, the Battle of Hue City shows up in relation to my age of 9.0 years when that battle ended.
I guess this is some notion about how the Battle of Hue was part of the Tet Offensive and that is a similar notion to me getting shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 2/14/1986. Attacks on me are usually an indication of impending hostility against the United States.
From 7/16/1963 to 7/20/1990 is: 9866 days
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 is: 3288 days
3288 / 9866 = 0.333
3-3-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100232/
Navy Seals (1990)
Release Date: 20 July 1990 (USA)
Tagline: America's top secret weapon.
From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is: 1596 days
1596 * 0.593 = 946 days
From 7/31/1956 to 3/4/1959 is: 946 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000299/
Michael Biehn
Date of Birth: 31 July 1956
The Terminator (1984) .... Kyle Reese
Aliens (1986) .... Cpl. Dwayne Hicks
Navy Seals (1990) .... Lt. James Curran
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp
ZIP Code™ Matches in CURRAN, MI
48728
48 7 28 >>> 1948 July 28
From 7/28/1948 to 6/7/1976 is: 334 months, 10 days
10 / 30 = 0.333
From 7/28/1948 to 6/7/1976 is: 334.333 months
334-333
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 (last day of Battle of Hue City) is: 9.0 years
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 (last day of Battle of Hue City) is: 3288 days
From 10/12/2000 (attack on USS Cole) to 10/18/2003 is: 1101 days
1101 / 3288 = 0.334
3-3-4
http://navysite.de/dd/ddg90.htm
USS Chafee (DDG 90)
Commissioned: October 18, 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
The South Vietnamese Army and three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and defeated more than 10,000 entrenched North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers, taking the city of Hue (pop. 140,000) for South Vietnam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive
The Tet Offensive (January 30, 1968 – June 8, 1968) was a series of offensives by the Vi?t C?ng and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.
The operations are called the Tet Offensive as they were timed to begin on the night of January 30–31, 1968, T?t Nguyên Ðán (the lunar new year day). The offensive began spectacularly during celebrations of the Lunar New Year and lasted about two months, although some sporadic operations associated with the offensive continued into 1969.
From 3/3/1959 to 11/28/1983 is: 9036 days
9036 * 0.3368 = 3043
From 3/3/1968 to 7/2/1976 is: 3043 days
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 is: 9.0 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9
Launch: November 28, 1983
Landing: December 8, 1983
STS-9 (also known as STS-41A) (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter. It was Columbia's last flight until early January of 1986 STS-61C. It was also the last time the old Space Transportation System numbering was used until STS-26 (after STS-51-L, the mission which the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster happened).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
The South Vietnamese Army and three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and defeated more than 10,000 entrenched North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers, taking the city of Hue (pop. 140,000) for South Vietnam.
With the beginning of the Tet Offensive on January 30, 1968, the Vietnamese lunar New Year, American forces had been committed to combat upon Vietnamese soil for almost three years. Highway One passed through Hué and over the Perfume River (the river ran through the city dividing it into both northern and southern areas) creating an important supply line from the coastal city of Da Nang to the DMZ for the Allied forces. Hué was also a base for United States Navy supply boats. The city, considering its value and its distance from the DMZ (only 50 miles), should have therefore been well-defended, fortified, and prepared for the Communist offensive. But it was actually poorly defended and unprepared for the twenty-six-day battle that was fought throughout its buildings and streets because the Allied forces expected that the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong would respect the Tet truce and, because Hué had never suffered any major attack before, they thought the city was safe.
During the Tet, which is an important holiday celebrated in Vietnam, the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army launched a massive assault on South Vietnam, attacking hundreds of military targets and population centers across the country, among them the city of Hué. The Tet Offensive began on January 31, 1968.
From 3/3/1968 (Battle of Hue City) to 4/17/1998 (STS-90) is: 11002 days
11002 * 0.333 = 3663
From 3/3/1959 to 3/13/1969 (Apollo 9 return) is: 3663 days
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 is: 9.0 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9
Launch: March 3, 1969
Landing: March 13, 1969
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-90
Launch: April 17, 1998
STS-90 is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070513-N-1810F-075.jpg
070513-N-1810F-075 MAYPORT, Fla. (May 13, 2007) - Capt. Eli Takesian (Ret), chaplain for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and regimental chaplain 5th Marines, during the Battle of the Hue City speaks during the 39th observance of the Battle of Hue City at Naval Station Mayport. The Battle of Hue, one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War, took place on January 31, 1968, during the Vietnamese holiday of Tet. U.S. Marines launched a counter-offensive called Operation Hue City, where they reclaimed the city block by block. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lynn Friant (RELEASED)
