Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Tag: US Navy

  • Aircraft Carrier, Part 3 (Air Power)

    The USS John C. Stennis and the thousands of sailors that comprise its crew exist to keep military jets in the air far from home.  They do this extraordinarily well.  We got to watch aircraft from a variety of vantage points, feeling their immense power as much as hearing and seeing them. I’ve never served…

  • Aircraft Carrier, Part 1 (Getting to Norfolk)

    I’d been on-and-off the road repeatedly for weeks, taking one brief trip after another for the entire summer.  The latest stretch brought me to six different places over twelve days.  I just wanted to get home and sleep in my own bed for awhile. That lasted barely three nights.  Then I headed right back out…