Celebrate this Independence Day with the crew of USS Ponce (LPD 15)! Take a voyage back to the year 2011 and the Proud Lion’s participation in the historic Patriotic Exercises put on by Bristol, Rhode Island. Bristol’s date all the way back to 1777, and the town still knows how to party! Stay tuned after … Continue reading Pierside – Shipshape in Bristol Fashion!
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On the Waterfront – Leapfrog!
(Pensacola, Florida; Feb. 17, 2023) – I haven't played leapfrog since I was about four feet shorter than I am now; that is to say, since I was rather little. Imagine my surprise in 2010 at finding myself in a game of leapfrog, but one played with thousand-ton warships instead of schoolmates on the playground! … Continue reading On the Waterfront – Leapfrog!
On the Waterfront – Sailing into History: Meeting the Proud Lion
(Pensacola, Florida; April 7, 2022,) – There are moments when disparate threads of unrelated events are woven into a brand new cloth upon which the tapestry of our stories will forever be embroidered. USS Ponce (LPD 15) was one such moment for me. Many unrelated threads from my childhood, my college days, and my early … Continue reading On the Waterfront – Sailing into History: Meeting the Proud Lion
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