Duty

1. Reading your blog has reawakened my interest in history. There always seems to be more to the story. For example, I had never heard of the Lady of Trafalgar. In some ways it seems times were more civilized then, now she would just be taken to some government agency. I came across a complete set of Durant’s history (all 11 volumes) and hope to educate myself just a little bit this winter.

   Thanks.

   • It would interesting to learn how “Jack Nastyface” got his name since Jack’s turned out to be one of the historical accounts surviving through the years.

     Ladies were accorded honors and treatment that many women today would shun. “Don’t open that door. for me!” I make no judgment on the matter. If ladies wish to be treated on par with “women of the town”, they can demand that treatment.

     • I *still* open doors for my SLW. It really impressed her when we first started dating, and I continue to do it out of respect for her.

       Some of the young ladies I dated in decades past also thought it was endearing.

       • If i didn’t hold doors for ladies, my mother would come back from her grave and smack the shit out of me.

         • +1…as modeled by my father who always treated my mother as a gentleman should.

         • Growing up in the South, the saying was “there are two types of women, ladies and whores.” Ladies are called ma’am. They have doors opened for them. Things are lifted off of shelves. Men jump between ladies and danger.

           How to tell a woman is a whore? First thing she does is not act like a lady.

           Also, being from the South, just because a woman is employed in the ‘world’s oldest profession’ doesn’t make her a whore. It’s more of an attitude.

       • My wife once waited in the car for me for two hours until my son came to get me and ask why she was still out there. I went back and opened the door for her.
         She smiled and took my hand.

         • She’s training you.

     • I echo all of the above, mother and father would hasten out of their watery graves and unleash unholy hell upon me for treating a lady with nothing less the total respect, unless proven unworthy… A lesson learned in that story of the gallantry of the men, seaman and officers alike. One wonders would that hold today?

2. Off-top:
   http://ripleyporch.blogspot.com/2021/10/pentagon-and-covid-war.html?m=1
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   In this short column, Ripley discusses USNavy SEALs suing because of dictated S.A.R.S.-CoV2 ‘inoculations’.
   Apparently, the brass are threatening to counter-sue to force re-payment of all the investment in SEAL training.
   The SEALs are using the unrecovered investment in training hoax-discharged cooks and clerks as part of the defense.
   In a contest betwixt lawyers and SEALs, my bet goes toward the dirt-bags.

   • There is a lot of bad blood being created. Will the Teams be effective in the future? It’s an open question. Can they remain a TEAM in the concept under which many served? I think that can happen when the Biden Regime (Let’s Go Brandon!) leaves office and a new generation takes their place.

     When in history has the military sued service members for the cost of training because of a dangerous vaccination that arguably does little good if you’ve had the plague or have good immunity? It’s the flu. It will be a long and nasty battle. At the end, maybe they just discontinue Naval Special Warfare as a whole. Admirals hate the SEALs anyway. Most Team members are white anyway and they want to purge the military of white people based on their own statements because all white people are racists.

     • At least they are resorting to lawfare.
       Should that go bad, I would not be shocked to hear of ieds in dc.

       • A real “unleash the kraken” moment.

       • “They” always use lawfare. It’s not “being civilized” on their part, it’s one of the three legs of the tripod of “elite” power: promotion of perversion (via academia and newsmedia), currency manipulation, and subversion of law.

         Obviously the purpose of all this is not recouping the expense of training, it’s about impoverishing those who refuse their arbitrary diktats (because the “elite” are petty people full of resentment who worship only themselves and are full of confused rage because we don’t love them enough), and more importantly, to send a message to others who might stand up to them.

         I wouldn’t look for IEDs. IEDs are for business. Sharps/edged weapons are for when it is personal.

         • Crud, I misread Ed’s comment. His “they” were the SEALS. Oops.
           But the rest of what I said still stands.

     • A sad state of affairs indeed, undermining everything worthwhile, including team cohesiveness. I would not fault any soldier who didn’t put their life on the line for the empty suits who are destroying the military by the backdoor using a diddled with coronavirus.

3. I’m impressed by Jeanette, a brave and industrious woman. I’m also impressed by the Officers’ care of her. Well done that Chaplin! I suggest we include this case study, albeit naval, in the DLC Leadership Manual. Agreed?

   Then there’s the SEALs. What a good idea to upset such a harmless group of men.

4. I only knew of The Battle of Trafalgar, and while I’d heard of “The Lady”, I that was it, I didn’t know the whole story.

   Thanks for the “Paul Harvey” moment….

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