Always Consider: Communication, Education, Persistence, Thrift.

"The world today is not so gay. Fighting and bickering all the way. Who knows when war may start and tear this mad old world apart? Some men fight to show their might; others still for the want to kill. If countries shall make war again, I promise you, no one will win."

USA, USA… We’re number one, we’re number one...

The rushing sound of steam building to pressure, the straining roar of jet engines at full throttle, and then, the clang of the catapult hurling it all skyward within 2 blinks of an eye, makes for the short summary of my recent Embark Tour of the  USS Carl Vinson at sea, 120 miles off the coast of San Diego in April, 2014.