JOURNAL ARCHIVE:
This scene of the Priestess performing some kind of ritual for their minds reminds me of a letter I mailed sometime in 2003. I guess that was the second half of 2003. Can't remember for certain. I do remember that I was living in that apartment in Redmond and that I mailed the letter in 2003. I wrote a letter to the Chief of Naval Operations and sent it to some kind of special projects department with several details in the letter and one was about writing a program for the UNIVAC fire-control computers on the USS Wainwright CG-28 that would transfer that memory of one active fire-control computer to another fire-control computer that could load the fire-control solution program because of what ever failure that had happened at a time when the fire-control computer was needed to control the missile weapons systems that would fend off an attack from hostile forces.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Opera
I started wondering yesterday whether that Letter of Commendation from Captain Chandler actually refers to this event. I have been thinking of that part "displaying exception skill and resourcefulness, Petty Officer Burgess' attention to detail, devotion to duty and continued support were vital to ensuring near perfect operability of the MK152 GMFC computers" or words to that effect.
Who all was in Missile Plot that day in 1988?
There was that Master Chief too, can't remember his name. He was the only MCPO we had on the ship and he was down there in Missile Plot because the MK152 had once been his speciality. He mainly just sit off in a corner out of the way for most of the time he was down there before he disappeared after a while. Probably went into the Chief's Mess which was directly above Missile Plot.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 20, 2006
I was thinking about how I remember being on the Wainwright and we, according to that letter of commendation, entered the Gulf
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zinni
Anthony Zinni
Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired four-star General in the United States Marine Corps and a former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
In May 2004, his memoir, Battle Ready, co-authored with Tom Clancy, was published.
http://www.cswap.com/1992/Under_Siege/cap/en/25fps/a/00_53
Under Siege
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He's top hand in the Teams.
Wish we had him here.
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He's calling on a SEAL magnaphone
from the ship.
