September 1922 Proceedings—In his address “Naval Morale After War,” Rear Admiral William S. Sims, U.S. Navy, quoted from Navy Chief Engineer James King: “American naval history presents but two or three periods of exceptional activity and importance in war; the long intervals between these epochs have been chiefly marked by gradual decay and general inaction. The several great national emergencies have each called forth most remarkable displays of maritime capabilities and prowess, to be followed, when the crisis was past, by a revulsion to the other extreme of inefficiency and neglect.”
September 1972 Proceedings—In “Saturation Diving,” Master Chief Torpedoman (Master Diver) Robert C. Sheats, U.S. Navy (Retired), wrote, “The now famous, former French naval officer, Jacques Cousteau, conducted the first underwater tests in saturation diving by placing two men at a depth of 33 feet, where they lived for one week in an underwater house with an opening in the bottom to allow them to exit to swim and work. Compressed air was used in this first test and no ill effects were noted, although the men experienced some discomfort owing to high humidity and increased breathing resistance.”
September 1997 Proceedings—“U.S. Navy F-14Ds have been assigned the Forward Air Control Airborne—FAC(A)—mission,” Lieutenant Commander David P. Markert, U.S. Navy, wrote in “The F-14D Is the New Bird Dog,” “and the promise is unlimited. Rarely in the history of the FAC(A) or Fast FAC missions has such a capable platform done this demanding mission with such precision and lethality. Why is this platform so special? First and perhaps foremost from the ground commander’s perspective, the F-14D brings endurance to the battlefield . . . literally hours of on-station time with 20,000 pounds of fuel and their relatively fuel-efficient F-110 GE turbofans.”
A. Denis Clift
Golden Life Member
