As a teenager in the late 1950s, Babbitt joined the Ventures rock group, replacing the original drummer, Skip Moore. Just before the band gained fame with their huge hit "Walk Don’t Run" in 1960, Babbitt had to drop out because he was not old enough to play the nightclubs and bars the band was beginning to work in.
Babbitt was commissioned in 1965 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Washington. He trained as an aircraft maintenance officer and served as officer in charge of fighter flight lines in the United States, the Pacific and Europe.
He twice commanded aircraft maintenance squadrons and was deputy commander for maintenance of a European F-15 wing.
Prior to assuming command of Air Force Materiel Command, Babbitt was director of the Defense Logistics Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. (Wikipedia)
Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly of animal representations, are among the finest examples of art from the Upper Paleolithic period.
(FoxNews) – A Mississippi wildlife processor made a startling discovery when he found that an alligator was carrying around a 6,000-year-old artifact (above) in its stomach.
Shane Smith, a processor and owner of Red Antler Processing, took a look at the 13-foot alligator’s stomach after hearing about a processor in South Carolina who discovered unusual items in another gator. What he found blew him away: an arrowhead and a plummet.
Smith first thought that the alligator could have eaten an arrow that someone shot at it, but the plummet helped him realize that it was likely something just laying around that the gator ate u. A Mississippi state geologist examined a photo of the arrowhead and determined it was between 5,000 and 6,000 years old.
The 750-pound alligator that had the years old items found in its stomach.
Grandparents’ Day, sometimes known as National Grandparents’ Day, is a national holiday observed in several countries to honor the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. Celebrated today, the holiday honors the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
In the United States, Grandparents’ Day is observed on the first Sunday following ‘Labor Day’. This year, it’s being celebrated on September 12. The official site for Grandparents Day states the theme for each year and for 2021 it is, “How will you look at connecting generations differently this Grandparents Day?”
The organization behind this campaign urges people to hold grand intergenerational activism projects. On the occasion, people have been sharing their feelings towards their grandparents on social media.