Category Archives: shipmates and veterans
A Memorial Service for HM1 David Graney and the End of a Long Week
This has been a busy week. It began with an unexpected emergency to baptize the grandchild of a dear friend injured in a terrible household accident. I drove from North Carolina on Sunday to Virginia Beach and returned Monday evening. … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Military, remembering friends, shipmates and veterans
Thoughts after a Walk on the Beach: The Tapestry of Navy Life and Relationships
I walked Molly down to the beach tonight as she insists on every night that it is not raining. In the dark sky the stars twinkled and I pondered the events of the past few days. The roar of the … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Military, remembering friends, shipmates and veterans
I Just Want to Thank Everyone that made this Night Necessary
I think that Yogi Berra said it the best when thanking people inSt. Louis when the city decided to honor him when the Yankees came into town in 1947. He meant to say “I just want to thank everyone that … Continue reading
Filed under Military, shipmates and veterans
A Physically Painful Thursday Night in DC: Dinner with a Classmate and watching Our Government Implode
I took this picture and then…. I have spent most of the day in some bad physical pain. Last night while walking around the National Mall taking pictures I hurt myself. I was walking from the Washington Monument toward the … Continue reading
Filed under History, philosophy, Politics, shipmates and veterans
Memorial Day 2011: Counting the Cost of War and Remembering its Brotherhood
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…” William Shakespeare “Henry V” “Heroism is latent in every human soul – However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) … Continue reading
The Week before Armed Forces Day 2011
Armed Forces Day is a holiday, sort of. It is an official holiday but no-one gets a day of work off for it. It is a holiday where we as a nation honor those serving in the Armed Forces. Other … Continue reading
Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, Military, shipmates and veterans
The Importance of the Navy Family
There are families and there are families. One family apart from my biological family that I think I treasure the most is my Navy family going back to when I was a Navy Brat and the friends of my parents … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Military, shipmates and veterans, US Navy
Full Military Honors: Getting a Chance to Repay a Service done for My Family by the Navy
Last summer my dad Aviation Storekeeper Chief Carl Dundas died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Since I wasn’t much good for anything then my boss at my last duty station Chaplain Jesse Tate contacted the Chief of Chaplains … Continue reading
Filed under faith, Military, Pastoral Care, shipmates and veterans, US Navy, vietnam
