Military honors this morning at All Souls cemetery in Long Beach for Commander Oren William Skeith (USN ret.), who died last month at the age of 90. The father of my St. John's friend Brian, Commander Skeith is survived by his brother, George, 93, and three children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
U.S. Navy deck crew coordinate with U.S. Naval aviators of the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter attack aircraft as they prepare to launch off the deck of the USS George Washington, during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea, in South Korea's West Sea on Tuesday. Jets roared off a supercarrier in U.S.-South Korean war games Tuesday, as the U.S. and two crucial Asian allies agreed to talk in Washington about North Korea's attack on a South Korean island and the North's nuclear weapons programs. (Photo and caption: AP/Wally Santana)
