Claude Berube

Today's experiment: pickling with fresh cukes and dill from this years Victory Garden

Something the Navy Does Really Well If a young person (or their parents as is the case these days) approached me and asked if they should join the Navy, I would give them the pros and cons - the pros such as seeing places in the world y...

Something the Navy Does Really Well: Continuous Learning

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True. It's become this season less a detective series than a soap opera. They're not focusing on Alfie and Geordie enough solving a murder

Alfie may be the best character of the three ministers.

Olga Hau’s Influence on the Nuclear Navy Olga Hau was born in 1903 in Germany and soon thrust into international notoriety when her father, lawyer Carl Hau, was tried for murdering his mother-in-law in 1907.

"Olga Hau’s Influence on the Nuclear Navy"

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Live jazz trio.

One of the greatest gifts in this world.

The Passing of the Armies Can the U.S.

What happens when you visit a historic museum house, like that of Joshua Chamberlain.

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Find a good place for lunch.

Check

A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution Amazon.com: A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution: 9781574885187: Claude Berube, John Rodgaard: Books

20 years ago this month my first book was published a month after returning from deployment & weeks from starting a nearly two-decade teaching career at the Academy.

I'd love to do a 2nd edition based on additional research over the years and to correct a few items.

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"A Modest Proposal": Put South Park in Charge of NPR Jonathan Swift, in his famously satirical 1729 essay “A Modest Proposal,” suggested the unthinkable to solve the intractable: Why not, with a straight face, let the outrageous provoke serious solution...

"A Modest Proposal": Put South Park in Charge of NPR
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Find a trail. Take a walk. Enjoy the day.

The bees are busy in the garden. I recommend anyone taking an adult ed course on bees. It's the most fascinating and informative course I've ever taken.

When the Goat and the Anchorman Met in the Civil War Footnotes in History

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Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek Discover 'Second Star to the Right,' exploring how Star Trek inspires leadership lessons for diverse academic and professional fields.

Honored to have been asked to contribute a chapter for this book that is now available vernonpress.com/book/2348

My chapter: "Producing the Future: The Naval Academy and Starfleet Academy" where I compare the two organizations.

Now reading what he called "the interior view" of history.

A literary man experienced this event. Joshua Chamberlain.

80 Years Ago This Summer, We Helped Ho Chi Minh In courses I’ve taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, I’ve encouraged students to treat their research paper with the intent of expanding and publishing it.

80 years ago this month, a US team trained Ho Chi Minh, Giap, and their men.

I interviewed the last two surviving members of that team before they passed:

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- century-old jazz
- the coast
- a park
- boats
- a bald eagle

"Is this Heaven?"
"No, it's Maine."

Armed Guards on Ships in the Red Sea The recent attack on the Eternity C that left crew members dead, kidnapped, or missing and the ship itself on the seafloor was more than another statistic in the Red Sea.

Armed Guards on Ships in the Red Sea

A changing threat may need a modified security solution.

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"A Riddle of Turandot: The US Opera Singer and the Imperial Chinese Navy Officer"

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A Riddle of Turandot: The US Opera Singer and the Imperial Chinese Navy Officer Some ties in history are clear and complete; others are more tangential.

A Riddle of Turandot: The US Opera Singer and the Imperial Chinese Navy Officer

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History is all around us.

A preview to my Substack post tomorrow.

I'm thinking of calling it, "China's Navy Hero and the American Opera Singer"

(Inside) Inside the Wire The People’s Liberation Army Navy doesn’t have to undermine us - we do that pretty well to each other.

"(Inside) Inside the Wire"

Thoughts about a new book, the relief of a flag officer, and some context

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Nomad

#Neverforget

With All Due Respect to Mr. Jefferson... A 4th of July Pondering

With All Due Respect to Mr. Jefferson...
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"All will be well in the garden."
- Chauncey Gardener, Being There

Whether in the long-ago before time playing hockey, working through my doctoral dissertation or writing naval battles in my novels, I've always had to visualize to learn.

The latest is working through a new Tai Chi set with my instructor:

I don't normally describe a book as "beautifully written," but in the case of "A Gentleman in Moscow" I find myself stopping and thinking more about the poignancy of certain paragraphs in a similar manner of the protagonist who has suddenly faced reality.

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Podcast recommendations?

No politics - I'm looking to be informed, not inflamed.

Maine’s Decline in Education and Demographics Impacts National Security Education builds civilization.

Two downward trends in Maine - education and demographics - will make future shipbuilding a challenge.

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"And lo he built a garden Northeast of Eden..."

It's late but a Victory Garden serves many purposes.