Mad Dog Mattis ...

That's cool to have known someone before they reached such important status... you really know him.

I have a very good friend in Pcola that was a rear admiral... I think he commanded the Nimitz? He's certainly one of the most interesting people that I've known. We don't talk military politics anymore... lol.

Here is his service record... I don't think he'd mind... it's a public record. I didn't really know it all. Impressive.

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Bronze Star (2)

Theaters/Campaigns:
Vietnam

Aircraft:
A-4
TF9J
A-1
T-28
SNJ

Ship/Units/Deployments:
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) C.O.
USS Concord (AFS-5) C.O.
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) X.O.


Associations/Service Organizations:
Assn of Nav Aviation
1st United Methodist Church, P'cola
NAMF
Nat Eagle Scout Assn
USNA Alumni Assn

Significant Achievements:
Eagle Boy Scout, High School Salutatorian, Naval Academy Company Commander and Varsity Tennis, All Navy Tennis Singles Champ. First Naval Aviator in USNA Class to Achieve Flag Rank. Naval War College Professor in Pensacola for 17 years. BS, MA and MBA degrees.

Sal wrote:... Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel ...

... supports the two state solution for the  Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...

... will honor the Iran nuclear deal ...

Bwaaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha ...

It just chaffs you that President Trump is doing a great job and hasn't even taken office as yet.

Good for you!

PkrBum wrote:That's cool to have known someone before they reached such important status... you really know him.

I have a very good friend in Pcola that was a rear admiral...

That is so cool, Pkrbm...

One of my foreign flight students, in fact, my second flight student after I joined HT-8 as an instructor in 1981, is an admiral in the Italian Navy. He was a LtJg when he was a flight student.

http://www.difesa.it/SMD_/COFS/Pagine/Amm_Cavo_Dragone.aspx?lang=en

It is good to see fine people rise to the top..... During my three years at HT-8, I taught 6 Italians, an Ecuadorian, and a Saudi prince how to fly helicopters. The Ecuadorian was fun--he could barely speak English, and he was also a good pilot. I tried practicing my limited Spanish on him when we flew together. The Saudi was a really good pilot, also.