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Low Speed, High Drag |
I still chuckle at the scene where the SH-60B drops the bright orange training torp and James Earl Jones pushes the self destruct button  "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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I’ve been tempted to do this several times, but just haven’t gotten it done. Either our public library has certain booms checked out or they don’t have it...and I really want to read them in order and not have dry spells when a book isn’t available. Might have to just buy them all... ___________________________ "Those that can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others..." | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
I was at Mare Island Naval Shipyard when that book was released. It caused quite a stir about some of the technical content. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Objectively Reasonable |
I would like to have seen Montana. | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
Bear/Dragon was garbage, imo. I had to force my way through. I think that book was mostly ghost-written, as it lacked all the things that made his other books great. For me, the Jack Ryan books ended with Executive Orders. Red October was a great book, but my favorite is Red Storm Rising. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Giftedly Outspoken |
[QUOTE] Red October was a great book, but my favorite is Red Storm Rising. [/QUOTE Agreed! RSR is one of my all time favorite books. Sometimes, you gotta roll the hard six | |||
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Charmingly unsophisticated |
My one beef with the movie is they don't have the part in the book where the ANG A-10 pilots box in the Sov flagship with flares. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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| Low Speed, High Drag |
Same here. I recently down loaded it to my kindle and re-read it again. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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I read Clear and Present Danger before seeing the movie. Book was better but movie was great as well. Hunt For Red October was the movie where I learned to separate the actor from the real person I know them to be. Alec Baldwin was very good in Red October as he is in many of his movies. I just had to discipline myself to enjoy his acting without knowing who he is. Same is true with much of Hollywood and music these days you have to divorce the person from the entertainment value they provide. I generally do not read any political statements made by musicians or actors or actresses these days as it makes it easier to enjoy the entertainment. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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I assume your were at Nuclear Power School in Mare Island. As a former Navy ‘Nuc’ I wondered about how much of the information we were given was really confidential. Clancy had some great sources. I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Agreed!
______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Same. Even my wife loves it. | |||
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| Needs a check up from the neck up  |
I watch that movie about 4-6 times a year. Absolutely love it. __________________________ The entire reason for the Second Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting … it’s there so that you and I can protect our homes and our children and and our families and our lives. And it’s also there as fundamental check on government tyranny. Sen Ted Cruz | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
RSR was my first Clancy novel. I binged on that book from the Friday afternoon I bought it on my way home from work, until I finished it that weekend--stopping only to eat, sleep, and hit the head. Bought HFRO next. Then every Clancy novel as soon as they hit the store shelves. Have them all in hardcover.
I've always felt Alec Baldwin made the best Jack Ryan of them all. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
This. I couldn't force my way through some of the later stuff. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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I'm Fine |
So, my first clancy book was Red Storm. Bought it before flying to Tokyo (brother was a missionary there and my parents took me to visit - figured it was our one chance to go while we had a friendly interpreter available). I got so into the book during the flight over, that there are videos of me walking thru Japanese temple grounds reading the book while I walked instead of spending my whole time viewing the beauty all around me. Currently reading Every Man a Tiger. I have it in the guest bathroom, and it's a good book to read in short segments while I do my business. Not something I could just sit down and go through all at once, but interesting. ------------------ SBrooks | |||
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Red Storm Rising is one of my all time favorite books. I go back and re-read it every couple of years or so. I'm on my third copy now, I keep wearing them out. HFRO is a great one too. I wish the movie had included the bit about the reactor meltdown on the Soviet attack sub. My other favorite Clancy novel is Without Remorse. | |||
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| always with a hat or sunscreen |
No, not at the schoolhouse. I was the shipyard Nuclear Material Division Head responsible for both providing primary and secondary reactor parts to shipyard repair efforts locally and remotely, as well as serving as a SX and HX stock point for the Fleet. And yes, the pondering about where he got some of his technical information is what raised eyebrows. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| Admit nothing. Deny everything. Make counter-accusations.  |
I have a true 1st Edition, 1st Printing, USNI, my father gave me for a very special occasion (I come from a family of rare book dealers) and it is one of my most prized possessions. _________________________ "Ladies and Gentlemen - The Fit has hit the Shan!" | |||
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| Charmingly unsophisticated |
For those of you who loved "Red Storm Rising", may I recommend you also get/read "Red Army" by Ralph Peters. Basically the same story from the Commie's side. LOL _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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