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Donald Rumsfeld is a former Naval aviator. Did you know this?
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Posted on 03/04/2003 4:33:43 PM PST by dennisw
He is an alumnus of Princeton University and former Naval aviator who first went to Washington, DC, in 1957 to serve as administrative assistant to a congressman. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1962 and was re-elected in 1964, 1966 and 1968. He resigned from Congress in 1969 to serve in the Nixon administration. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Belgium, for a year before returning to Washington in 1974 to serve in the Ford administration. Under Ford, he was named the 13th secretary of defense, the youngest person to serve in that position in this countrys history.
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To: sfRummygirl
Yow! See you on the night trap.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:36:44 PM PST
by
oyez
(Is this a geat country.....or what?)
To: dennisw
I did indeed know this. :o)
Rummy bump!
To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
And he's good looking!!!
To: dennisw
I knew there was a reason I liked him :)
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:47:59 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Take charge of your destiny, or someone else will)
To: oyez
What's a night trap?
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:54:36 PM PST
by
sfRummygirl
(ok, stop laughing)
To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
Babe Magnet....that's right folks.Bow-chicka-bow-bow....
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:56:59 PM PST
by
sfRummygirl
(ok, stop laughing)
To: StevieB
If I remember correctly, he flew recon birds ( dont know what type) and was carrier qualified.
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posted on
03/05/2003 4:29:20 AM PST
by
judicial meanz
(If you sacrfice your freedom and liberty for a feeling of security, you dont deserve to be free)
To: Fractal Trader
He is Episcopalian. I did read that somewhere, but cant remember the source.
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posted on
03/05/2003 4:30:58 AM PST
by
judicial meanz
(If you sacrfice your freedom and liberty for a feeling of security, you dont deserve to be free)
To: sfRummygirl
Night time carrier quals. I don't think I ever heard of a day trap.
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posted on
03/05/2003 5:19:41 AM PST
by
oyez
(Is this a geat country.....or what?)
To: oyez
You were a GIB in Viggies? E-2? S-3? A-3?
Those are the only carrier A/C I can think of that "afford" the GIBs no forward vision. Well, the C-1A, but bloters in the COD don't count. LOL!
I only had two bolters (365 "traps") -- both in CQ, and both caused by a "nervous" IP who couldn't keep his hands off the wheel.
After my OinC caused my first (and only!) night bolter, I told him that if he wanted to land the damn airplane, just let me know, and I'd let him land it!
He let me alone after that. Fortunately, he was a Fraternity Brother, and took no offense at a "wet behind the ears" JG barking at a LCDR!
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posted on
03/05/2003 6:20:52 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: Taxman
Whoops! bloters = bolters
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posted on
03/05/2003 6:22:34 AM PST
by
Taxman
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To: oyez
Whoops! Forgot the EA-6B. Can you "follow your pilot's progress" FRom the back seats of that critter?
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posted on
03/05/2003 6:25:39 AM PST
by
Taxman
To: sfRummygirl
Bow-chicka-bow-bow.... Did you get that from the old Commodores song? If so, does that mean Rummy is a "brick house" (whatever that means?)
"he's mighty, mighty, he's letting it all hang out" (embarrassed I know the words to that song)
To: dennisw
seems pretty qualified to me
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posted on
03/05/2003 8:01:07 AM PST
by
saxxa
To: DensaMensa; dennisw
Here's a photo from his early days.
To: dennisw
He publicly sought the vice-presidential nomination in 1980 and briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988 against the George Bush 41, before dropping out and backing former Bob Dole for the job. He was also Doles campaign chairman in his failed 1996 presidential bid against Bill Clinton.
To: StevieB
![](http://www.iss.northropgrumman.com/gallery/historical/images/f4f-4_41.jpg)
F-4-f Wildcat
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posted on
03/05/2003 8:22:50 AM PST
by
Howie
To: dennisw
![](http://www.politics1.com/pix/il-8.jpg)
Rumsfeld for Congress pin.
To: texasbluebell
Could star in his own Movie.
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posted on
03/05/2003 9:14:48 AM PST
by
DensaMensa
(He who controls the definitions controls history.)
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