I'm ex-Navy and this pisses me off!!

The Navy has thousands of photos approved for use by politicians and others, why didn't they go and ask them for some photos? 

Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets

http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/news/2012/09/navy-russian-warships-displayed-dnc-veterans-tribute-091112

Why I’m a Heathen (or how to explain Asatru to family and friends)

For many years as an atheist I thought that if there were gods I would want them to be the Æsir and Vanir as they appealed to me.  They were exciting and even fun, but there was more, I just couldn’t seem to understand what.  As I’ve read more and more about my ancestors’ religion (many thanks to all those that have translated, researched and written about it), I realized that it matched me, my attitudes, and my way of behaving.  This led me to understand what that ‘more’ was.  It’s a way of understanding the world, how it works and my place in it.  I can ‘hear’ the voices of Odin, his kin and even his foes,  I can ‘feel’ the sense of life found in all the Æsir and Vanir, I see how my life, my wyrd, fits within their wyrd, my ancestors wyrd and the örlog of the world.

What in my life matches to Asatru?

1.      Family bonds

2.      Ethnicity/heritage

3.      Wyrd

What in Asatru attracts me?

1.      Gods that have learned

2.      Wyrd

3.      Orlog

4.      Sense of life

5.      Acknowledgement of fallibility and learning from it

6.      Family bonds

7.      Connection to my life and world

8.      Connection to my history and heritage

Why even bother with any religion?

1.      Makes sense of my past

2.      Makes sense of my life now

3.      Guidance on how to conduct my life and interact with others

How does Asatru improve me and my life?

1.      Applies a structure to existence and life

2.      Provides lessons that can be applied to my being a husband and father

3.      Gives me an ethnic specific identity and religion