AncientSubHunter ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป
@AncientSubHunt
S-3A/B Viking SENSO: student of Cold War ASW. Grateful to have served with VS-24 Scouts (CAG-8 aboard Nimitz & Theodore Roosevelt).
ID:3264508501
01-07-2015 17:18:22
99,8K Tweets
20,1K Followers
2,0K Following
Follow People
aniemyer AncientSubHunter ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป Jeff Hubbell Years ago I spoke to a retired officer who knew him as a peer. He was on active duty and well respected when Run Silent was published and made into a movie. That fame cost him admirals stars from a (jealous) silent service who considered that a distraction.
Hubble captured the heart of the Trifid Nebula in this beautiful #HubbleClassic view.
This is a star-forming region within our own Milky Way Galaxy, at a distance of about 9,000 light-years.
A group of recently formed stars is visible near the center: go.nasa.gov/3GKtYmy
Jeff Hubbell AncientSubHunter ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป I read so very many of his novels as a teen back in the 60s. In the last few years, Iโve revisited several, and gotten so much more from them. He really was a most talented writer.
Warship Drama AncientSubHunter ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป A seagoing tug would retrieve the orphaned 100-foot bow section, which the tug crew nicknamed the USS McKeesport after a neighboring city. โSighted the suburb of Pittsburgh and have taken it in tow,โ the tug crew reported.
AncientSubHunter ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป Be like Ringo Starr!
youtube.com/watch?v=Ytdpfdโฆ