U. S. Navy In Action

I suspect that many readers here are wondering how "The Flower Child" is reacting to the recent valuation of his home here in Bibb County, Georgia.

Many years ago when I was in the Navy I worked for a survivor of the Bataan Death March. I will always remember his mantra for keeping calm, cool and collected. He always encouraged his subordinates to get the big picture.

Well, this week the big picture is what our United States Navy is doing in the recovery of the flight recording box from the tragic airplane accident off of the coast of Brazil. Here is a quote from the U. S. Navy News Website which also includes the picture I have posted above:

" DULLES, Va. (June 8, 2009) Kevin Pollard ties down a 15,000-pound undersea cable for transportation to Brazil. The cable, capable of reaching a depth of 20,000 feet, will be attached to an underwater pinger locator from Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving to help locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of an Air France passenger aircraft that went down in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Oscar Sosa/Released)"

We the citizens of the United States of America can take great pride in what our Military is capable of doing on a world wide basis to help and assist all countries.