"Thank you for browsing my Web site.  You will not only see my life in the U.S. Navy, but 
it will  also chronicle the history I have seen.  As anyone who has been in the military knows
one's career is a long period of calm, punctuated by moments  of stark terror.  Take a look 
around to learn more about your Navy at peace and in the  grips of the cold war  with the 
"evil empire" and various third world dictators with visions  of godhood.  Now the new threat, Terrorists, we will prevail.

Please enjoy, and
 who knows  you may learn something you didn't know and  enjoy yourself while you are 
doing  it!   Remember this site is new and continually being upgraded and improved,
...SO VISIT IT OFTEN!"

"Since the founding of our Armed Forces during the Revolutionary War, our country has always done without large standing armies and navies.  Our great success story - unique in history - has been based on peaceful achievements in every sphere of human experience.  In our two centuries of continuous democracy, we've been the envy of the world in technology, commerce, agriculture, and economic potential.

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength.  When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help.  But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none.  Yes the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher."

President Ronald W. Reagan
Remarks at the Recommissioning Ceremony for the USS NEW JERSEY,
Long Beach, California, December 28, 1982

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