Monday Morning Observations

1) We expect better from Navy Times.

A Navy destroyer will call in Boothbay Harbor during the coastal resort town’s Windjammer Days Festival next month.

The Anzio will pay a port visit June 23-26. The visit was announced by Sen. Susan Collins, who requested it.

The Anzio is a Ticonderoga class guided missile destroyer, launched in 1990. Its home port is Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia.

Since we get dozens of hits daily from you Military Times guys, maybe you will observe the problem with this article, and perhaps have your editors correct the mistake? However, on this blog, had the AP article said "Battleship" we would have found it both accurate and appropriate.

2) Boston Maggie covers USS Stockdale (DDG 106). If you are young and all you know is the story of a Ross Perot VP candidate, you really should take 10 minutes and learn about this man. He was brilliant, he was a poet, and he is well deserving of having one of the great Arleigh Burke class destroyers named after him.

3) Molton Eagle's weekly submarine mystery poses a question: "Space age medical history was made in the aftermath of this tragic submarine incident. Exactly what was new in medical history? Answer Monday." Read the first link then check out the answer here. Good stuff.

4) David Axe observes Aircraft Carriers dominate Navy missions while Mike Burleson questions the need for the Gator Navy. While both articles come from different directions, they both go to the same conclusion. Where are the Cruisers? The comments in Mike's article are on the mark, but Eric's comment in Dave's article brings something up. David Axe is soon to be deploying overseas to provide independent news coverage in Africa, he is raising money for these trips.

5) Eric has the picture of the day.