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photos: sunrise in the Straits of Messina, highlighting Mt. Etna - May 2009 There is an undeniable allure to the morning 4-to-8s, inexplica...

It's hard to adjust to the landlubber's life after being six months away at sea. I keep thinking this is only a port call, with sai...

It is such an ugly word. I like to tell myself I'm beyond it, past the myopia; blind and all-seeing. I like to say that because skin col...

Last summer, with endless hours in hospital waiting rooms, UCSF shuttles, and hooked up to IVs (I'd say "hours to kill", but t...

We recently visited Tobruk, Libya, of WWII historical fame. We made some of our own history there: we were the first US warship to visit th...

I’ve chosen to tell this past year’s – diagnosis, treatment, and recovery – in the context of my career, perhaps because that is the most ap...

The Coast Guard, luckily for me, (and mainly from tight resources) relies heavily on OJT - on-the-job training - to qualify its personnel. ...