10 May 1986 – 20 September 2008
Continue reading “Remembering CTM3 Matthew J. O’Bryant — KIA in Islamabad, Pakistan, during the terrorist bombing of the Marriott Hotel.”
In the late hours of May 1, 2011, a quiet garrison town in Abbottabad became the stage for one of the most consequential covert operations in modern military history. Known as Operation Neptune Spear, the mission ended a nearly decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden—the architect of the September 11 attacks—and reshaped the global fight against terrorism.
Continue reading “Operation Neptune Spear: The Night the Hunt Ended”
“Terrain ahead. Pull up!”
It’s a command that should only be heard in a disaster movie or flight simulator. But pilots and aviation experts say such warnings have been increasingly sparking alarm in cockpits as bogus signals from global positioning satellites hit commercial flights.
Continue reading “How electronic warfare is sowing confusion in cockpits”
Herbert Osborn Yardley was born on April 13, 1889 in Worthington, Indiana. He learned telegraphy from his father, Robert Kirkbride Yardley, a railroad station master and telegrapher. His mother, Mary Emma Osborn Yardley, passed away when he was 13.
Continue reading “Remembering Herbert Osborn Yardley, an American cryptologist”
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, love ones and teammates. My name is Senior Chief Angie Quackenbush, or Quackers as she insisted on calling me when we first met nearly 15 years ago. As a young sailor at my first duty station, she had become my first friend, which turned into forever friends, adventurers, and soul sisters. A friendship that remained strong through the trials and tribulations of deployments, duty stations, time, and distance. A friendship that was truly a gift that cannot be explained through words.
Continue reading “Eulogy for CTRCS Leslie Allison Bruner, USN”
This is a recorded of an interview with Captain Wilford J. Holmes, USN Retired, otherwise known as Jasper Holmes. The interviewers are Hank Shorik, NSA Historian and Ray Schmidt, NSG Historian. The date is 13 September 1977.
Station HYPO 