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Home Is The Sailor, Home From The Sea
It was 18 years ago that I last saw then-Cmdr. Kevin Cosgriff. I was climbing (actually hanging on for dear life) down a rope ladder over the side of the USS Robert G. Bradley into a pilot boat that would haul me back to Egmont Key as the guided missile frigate moved slowly in the dawn light just beyond the Sunshine Skyway. ...more
October 22, 2008
Down To The Sea In Ships
"It's a humbling experience," Sebring resident Fred Carino says of standing on the bridge of a Naval warship. He was a full commander and as the ship's captain he had responsibility for the 445-foot-long frigate, the USS Robert E. Peary, and the 325 men it took to keep her seaworthy and battle ready. ...more
September 29, 2008
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