Seeking the Narrow Way
Writer’s Note: This day, February 23, 2019 marks the 74th Anniversary of a World War II operation in the Philippines known as The Los Banos Raid. My father was a member Continue Reading →
SEA STATE 698 – Yokosuka Approach BY CHUCK MERKEL I originally made a Facebook post for my shipmates and Challen asked if he could use what I had written Continue Reading →
Contending with a new reality Writer’s Note: What you are about to read comes from the result of attempting to flush out my own experience and is not meant to Continue Reading →
How our micro-world in submarine sonar helped contribute to the end of the Cold War Writer’s Note: Blogging is about life, gratitude for things irreplaceable like valued relationships, and, quite frankly, Continue Reading →
SPECIAL SATURDAY 3-22-14 EDITION The following is the introduction to the 10 part story I have posted over the last two weeks. If you would like to read the whole Continue Reading →
The Fish The next day, both clear and warm, the trainees had an opportunity to man the helm of the Rose. While I was at the helm, the cook, fishing Continue Reading →
Underway A couple of days later on a breezy afternoon, Rose got underway. One of our first assignments as trainees, once out in open ocean, was to assist with removing Continue Reading →
Writer’s Note: This day, February 23, 2019 marks the 74th Anniversary of a World War II operation in the Philippines known as The Los Banos Raid. My father was a member Continue Reading →
When did you become a Man? 5:35 Writer’s Note: This is the last day of my children’s one week vacation from school, them having had a time off for President’s Continue Reading →
5:09 Writer’s Note: This is part 2 of an account of my opportunity to meet a man whom I, as do millions of other people, greatly respect and admire. Sitting Continue Reading →