DFW Tailhookers History
Secretary Minutes from Meetings
Secretary Minutes from Meetings
Secretary Minutes from Meetings
Historian's Corner
DFWTH Historian Marc Liebman, CAPT USN (Ret)
Marc began his Naval career when he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy in June 1968. He was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1969. During his active duty career, he made deployments to Vietnam, the Mediterranean as well as to the Persian Gulf, Norwegian and Black Seas. He is a combat veteran of Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm and flew helicopters on combat search and rescue, special operations missions, anti-submarine warfare and logistics support missions.
During his career, Marc worked with the armed forces of Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Republic of Korea, the Philippines and the U.K. In 1991, he was recalled for Desert Shield and Desert Storm and during that conflict, was responsibility for the operational tasking and employment of 140 helicopters from 14 nations as well as special operations forces assigned to the Persian Gulf Battle Force.
Marc's Weekly Blog on US history that focuses on the period from 1775 to the end of the War of 1812.
Monroe Doctrine Down Through the Years
However, with the War of 1812 in the rearview mirror, the United States didn't have a large enough Navy (or Army) to enforce what became known as the Monroe Doctrine. But the British did. And, for a time, the Royal Navy became the enforcer of an American policy, particularly if it was a French or Spanish colony revolting against their colonial rulers.
Shared Member Links
Ward "Mooch" Carroll Zoom presentation at October 19, 2023 DFWTH Happy Hour
Shared by Bob "Spock" Champney, Webmaster
A Day in the Life of US Navy Pilots on a $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier
Shared by RADM "Gramps" Lair
Is the Navy ready?
How the US is preparing amid a naval buildup in China | 60 Minutes shared by Bob Champney
Best WWII Documentary on Naval Aviation in the Pacific
Video shared by RADM "Gramps" Lair 2/1/2023
Heroism during WWII Battle of Britain
YouTube video shared by John Miller and Bill Newman
Film Legends of Carrier Aviation
YouTube Tailhook Association Video shared by Bill "Soupy" Campbell
DFWTH Mike Schuster Mission "The Scent of Pine"
In December 1972 LT Mike "Schu" Schuster flew a missioin in an A-6A over North Vietnam. Read the aritcle published in the Intruder Association Windscreen in September 2018
Black Shoe Brown Shoe
Interesting article in Summer 2022 "The Hook" Journal of Carrier Aviation. Shared by Bob Champney