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080625-N-1251W-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 25, 2008) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) deploy a "killer tomato" target prior to a live-fire exercise in the western Pacific Ocean. Shiloh is permanently forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew R. White (Released)
http://www.navy.mil/search/photolist.asp
080625-N-1251W-001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought on April 6 and April 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack against the Union Army of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and came very close to defeating his army.
On the first day of battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the Tennessee River and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west, hoping to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee before it could link up with Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio. The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fierce fighting, and Grant's men instead fell back in the direction of Pittsburg Landing to the northeast. A position on a slightly sunken road, nicknamed the "Hornet's Nest", defended by the men of Brig. Gens. Benjamin M. Prentiss's and W.H.L. Wallace's divisions, provided critical time for the rest of the Union line to stabilize under the protection of numerous artillery batteries. Gen. Johnston was killed during the first day's fighting, and Beauregard, his second in command, decided against assaulting the final Union position that night.
Reinforcements from Gen. Buell arrived in the evening and turned the tide the next morning, when he and Grant launched a counterattack along the entire line. The Confederates were forced to retreat from the bloodiest battle in United States history up to that time, ending their hopes that they could block the Union invasion of northern Mississippi.
From 5/21/1969 ( I am Princeton University medical doctor degree graduate ) to 7/18/1992 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 commissioned into U.S. Navy active duty ) is: 8459 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 8459 days
From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 7/18/1992 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 commissioned into U.S. Navy active duty ) is: 7018 days
7018 = 3509 + 3509
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 3509 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG67.htm
USS SHILOH (CG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Commission Date: 07/18/1992
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 8/1/1989 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 keel date ) is: 6014 days
6014 = 3007 + 3007
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 3007 days
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) to 8/1/1989 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 keel date ) is: 5021 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 5021 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG67.htm
USS SHILOH (CG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Keel Date: 08/01/1989
From 2/6/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 9/8/1990 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 launch date ) is: 7154 days
7154 = 3577 + 3577
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 3577 days
From 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 9/8/1990 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 launch date ) is: 6480 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) is: 6480 days
From 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 9/8/1990 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 launch date ) is: 6480 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 6480 days
From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) to 9/8/1990 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 launch date ) is: 5344 days
5344 = 2672 + 2672
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) is: 2672 days
From 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 9/8/1990 ( USS Shiloh CG 67 launch date ) is: 8702 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/13/1987 ( while an active duty U.S. Navy officer my M.I.A. status in Africa ends and I am being transported home ) is: 8702 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG67.htm
USS SHILOH (CG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Launch Date: 09/08/1990
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Rise Above Fri, 3/3/06 3:22 PM
This was a pleasant surprise. I was disappointed though when I first saw them that they were preparing to leave. I think this is the one at the link below. I love these ships. Who needs a parade when you can watch a U.S. Navy warship getting underway? If I could choose any ship I wanted for a personal yacht, it would be a Burke-class destroyer.
http://www.momsen.navy.mil/
This reminds me of that guy named Tom Burke that the Microsoft-Corbis-Al Qaeda assigned to indoctrinate me into the ADC role back in the year 2000. Before that was Laura Mason, who had told me that she was a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves and a Flight Officer for the EA-6 Prowler jet aircraft. She had been assigned to me by the first manager at Microsoft whose physical appearance always reminded me of Kate Mulgrew's portrayal of "Captain Kathryn Janeway."
From 12/14/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 7/4/1991 ( USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 commissioned in U.S. Navy active duty ) is: 6776 days
6776 = 3388 + 3388
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/12/1968 ( ) is: 3388 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG51.htm
USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 51
Commission Date: 07/04/1991
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Re: Journal June 12, 2006
Early this morning, I suffered through about the first half-hour of Fast Times At Ridgemont High until I got bored and changed it.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/modestmouse/spacetravelisboring.html
MODEST MOUSE LYRICS
"Space Travel Is Boring"
Won herself a pass to some far off moon
It was second class but what's to lose
And looking out her window she could more than assume
That you can't see air or time
She's the only rocketeer in the whole damn place
They gave her a mirror so she could talk to a face
She still got plenty lonely but that's just the case
With time, time, time
Started hearing voices sometime in June
She knew she could go crazy but didn't think that soon
Now she doesn't feel lonely but she'd just as soon
Try, try, try try
Man shot to the moon
I read a paperback and want to come home soon
I'm shot to the moon
Been there a half an hour, I want to come home soon
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/time.html
PINK FLOYD LYRICS
"Time"
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then the one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older
And shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desparation is the English way
The time is gone the song is over, thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away, across the field, tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
And hear the softly spoken magic spell
From 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 3/17/1973 ( Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon" ) is: 1214 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 1214 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released March 17, 1973
Track listing
Speak To Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
An Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
From 7/23/1973 ( I passed the Multistate Bar Examination ) to 9/10/1975 ( premiere US TV series "Starsky and Hutch" ) is: 779 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University where I earned degree as medical doctor ) is: 779 days
From 9/10/1975 ( premiere US TV series "Starsky and Hutch" ) to 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) is: 2136 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) is 2136 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072567/
"Starsky and Hutch" (1975)
TV-Series 1975-1979
Release Date: 10 September 1975 (USA)
Plot Outline: Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.
From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) to 4/23/1976 ( premiere United Kingdom TV series "Starsky and Hutch" ) is: 3280 days
3280 = 1640 + 1640
From 5/21/1969 ( I am Princeton University medical doctor degree graduate ) to 11/16/1973 ( I was Skylab 4 space station astronaut ) is: 1640 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072567/releaseinfo
Release dates for
"Starsky and Hutch" (1975)
UK 23 April 1976
From 1/31/1964 ( I was Innsbruck Olympics gold medalist on this day ) to 11/16/1973 ( I was Skylab 4 space station astronaut ) is: 3577 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 3577 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab_4
Skylab 4
Launch: November 16, 1973
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the fourth Skylab mission and placed the third crew on board. It started November 16, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on a Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes. A total of 6,051 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by Skylab 4 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, observation of the Comet Kohoutek and other experiments.
From 2/8/1974 ( I was Skylab 4 space station astronaut returning to Earth ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 1989 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 1989 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab_4
Skylab 4
Launch: November 16, 1973
Landing: February 8, 1974
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the fourth Skylab mission and placed the third crew on board. It started November 16, 1973, with the launch of three astronauts on a Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes. A total of 6,051 astronaut-utilization hours were tallied by Skylab 4 astronauts performing scientific experiments in the areas of medical activities, solar observations, Earth resources, observation of the Comet Kohoutek and other experiments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Kohoutek
Discovery date: March 7, 1973
Comet Kohoutek, formally designated C/1973 E1, 1973 XII, and 1973f, was first sighted on March 7, 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. It attained perihelion on December 26 that same year.
Kohoutek is a long period comet, with an orbital period of approximately 75,000 years. Kohoutek was hyped by the media as the "comet of the century" because scientists theorized that Kohoutek was an Oort Cloud Object. As such, it was believed likely that this was the comet's first visit to the inner solar system, which would result in a spectacular display of outgassing. However, Kohoutek's display was considered a let-down, leading some to nickname it "Comet Watergate". Infrared and visual telescopic study have led many scientists to conclude, in retrospect, that Kohoutek is actually a Kuiper belt object, which would account for its apparent rocky makeup and lack of outgassing.
This comet was observed by the crew of Skylab 4 and Soyuz 13, thus becoming the first comet to be observed by a manned spacecraft.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908347-1,00.html
Kohoutek: Comet of the Century
Monday, Dec. 17, 1973
Some day there will arise a man who will demonstrate in what regions of the heavens the comets take their way; why they journey so far apart from the other plan ets; what their size, their nature.
— Seneca
That prophecy, written by the Roman philosopher and statesman nearly 2,000 years ago, may soon be fulfilled. Growing brighter every morning in the predawn sky, one of the largest comets ever seen by man, its elongating tail stretching across millions of miles of space, is streaking toward a Christmas rendezvous with the sun. Later this month and through most of January, the giant comet should provide an extraordinary celestial spectacle, and may well help answer the questions that Seneca raised so long ago.
http://www.cswap.com/1976/Midway/cap/en/25fps/a/00_49
Midway
:50:06
You're paid to fly fighter planes,
:50:08
not to sit in your cabin
and cry over your girl's picture.
:50:12
You better shape up, Tiger
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/foreigner/feels+like+the+first+time_20054915.html
Foreigner › Feels Like The First Time
I would climb any mountain
Sail across a stormy sea
If thats what it takes me baby
To show you how much you mean to me
And I guess its just the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I cant help myself
Youre all in the world to me
From 7/27/1950 ( Christina Kokubo ) to 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) is: 4737 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4737 days
From 7/27/1950 ( Christina Kokubo ) to 5/21/1969 ( I am Princeton University medical doctor degree graduate ) is: 6873 days
6873 = 1 + 3436 + 3436
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3436 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463809/
Christina Kokubo
Date of Birth: 27 July 1950
Midway (1976) .... Miss Haruko Sakura
From 1/31/1964 ( I was Innsbruck Olympics gold medalist on this day ) to 6/18/1976 ( premiere US film "Midway" ) is: 4522 days
4522 = 2261 + 2261
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 2261 days
From 1/29/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) to 6/18/1976 ( premiere US film "Midway" ) is: 4524 days
4524 = 2262 + 2262
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 2262 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074899/
Midway (1976)
Release Date: 18 June 1976 (USA)
Tagline: The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in U.S. history.
Plot Outline: A dramatization of the battle that turned out to be the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Charlton Heston ... Capt. Matthew Garth
Edward Albert ... Ens. Thomas Garth
Christina Kokubo ... Miss Haruko Sakura
From 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) is: 4128 days
From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) to 9/26/1987 ( premiere US TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ) is: 4128 days
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) to 9/26/1987 ( premiere US TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ) is: 6166 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 1/19/1976 ( congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 General Of The Armies ) is: 6166 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094030/
"Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Encounter at Farpoint (1987)
Original Air Date: 26 September 1987 (Season 1, Episode 1)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/farthest
farthest
most distant or remote.
at or to the greatest distance.
at or to the most advanced point.
From 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) to 9/26/1990 ( premiere UK TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ) is: 3359 days
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 spacecraft splashdown and I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 9/26/1990 ( premiere UK TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ) is: 8716 days
8716 = 4358 + 4358
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 2/6/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 4358 days
From 7/30/1971 ( I was Apollo 15 Falcon astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) to 9/26/1990 ( premiere UK TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ) is: 6998 days
6998 = 3499 + 3499
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) is: 3499 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/releaseinfo
Release dates for
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
UK 26 September 1990
Is your dad coming back to work?
I guess he has already done all the fun stuff.
Stupid Flanders with his misleading silhouette.
The Simpsons (Repeat)
69 CBUT: Friday, June 27 5:00 PM
Sitcom, Animated
Three Gays of the Condo
Homer relishes living with a gay couple and refuses to return home to Marge.
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer Executive Producer(s): James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, David Mirkin
Original Air Date: Apr 13, 2003
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/plotsummary
Plot summary for
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.
From 9/24/1975 ( premiere US film "Three Days of the Condor" ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 284 days
From 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 284 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073802/releaseinfo
Release dates for
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
USA 24 September 1975 (New York City, New York)
Finland 14 November 1975
West Germany 19 December 1975
Sweden 21 December 1975
Netherlands 15 April 1976
Norway 15 June 1976
Turkey February 1977
And remember: you didn't hear anything about any super-soldiers.
Where'd you get yourself another tooth?
Sidewalk.
The Simpsons (Repeat)
13 KCPQ: Friday, June 27 6:00 PM
Sitcom, Animated
Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
Bart inspires Krusty to run for Congress.
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer Executive Producer(s): James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, David Mirkin
Original Air Date: Mar 09, 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Award_stars
An award star is a decoration issued by the United States military in lieu of multiple awards of the same award, for example, a second and subsequent Legion of Merit.[1] Award stars are commonly issued to personnel of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. An award star is very similar to an oak leaf cluster, which serves the same purpose. Award stars are sometimes referred to as Gold Stars and Silver Stars (not to be confused with the Silver Star Medal).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00006247----000-.html
Not more than one medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal may be awarded to a person. However, for each succeeding act or service that would otherwise justify the award of such a medal or cross, the President may award a suitable bar, emblem, or insignia to be worn with the decoration and corresponding rosette or other device.
http://www.cswap.com/2005/Batman_Begins/cap/en/2_Parts/b/00_00
Batman Begins
:00:48
Now, I'm probably not very frightening
to a guy like you.
:00:53
But these crazies, they can't stand it.
:00:56
So when did the nut
take over the nut house?
:00:59
[SCREAMlNG]
:01:00
SCARECROW:
They scream and they cry...
:01:03
...much as you're doing now.
:01:06
Well, he's not faking. Not that one.
