Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. -Samuel Johnson-
Monthly Archives: December 2017
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It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. -George Washington-
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A computer without Windows is like a fish without a bicycle.
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“Take her down!” thus sacrficing himself to save USS Growler (SS-215) -Commander Howard Walter Gilmore, USN 07 FEB 1943-
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I didn’t just forget your anniversary, Loretta. It’s mine, too! -Leroy Lockhorn, “The Lockhorns”-
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! -Lieutenant Howell Maurice Forgy, USN (ChC)-
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Except for Hawaii, Indiana is the smallest state west of the Appalachian Mountains. -Reference.com Fact of the Day 17 September 2014-
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Don’t give up the ship! -Captain James Lawrence, USN-
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Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead! (legend; the actual wording: Damn the torpedoes. Four bells, Captain Drayton. Go ahead, Jouett, full speed.) -Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, 5 August 1864-
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A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. -Woodrow Wilson-