Today Marks the 235th Anniversary of the Founding
of the United States Navy.
I would like to take this time to salute all the Navy Veterans
(Coast Guard included) past and present and say Thank You
for your Honorable and valuable service.
And if you have the time please visit
the Thread posted by LeslieWest_Guitargod
to have a look at some of the more notable
US Navy Veterans
Trading Fame for honor, the most notable soldiers
Thank you for all You all do.
You men and women make us very proud.
/Salute.
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10-13-2010, 11:36 AM #1Community Member
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Happy 235th Birthday US Navy!!!
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10-13-2010, 11:38 AM #2Community Member
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10-13-2010, 11:45 AM #3Community Member
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How about a drink instead...
Originally Posted by k1ngp1n
/Bekki pours you a drink...
Happy Birthday Shipmate.Last edited by Bekki; 10-13-2010 at 01:01 PM.
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10-13-2010, 11:55 AM #4Community Member
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Happy Birthday Shipmates!!!
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10-13-2010, 12:03 PM #5Community Member
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Just got back from doing a retirement then a navy bday ceremony as Captain of the Honor Guard. They also threw a party with a live band, started as I was heading home. Working nights, so needed a few hours of sleep. Food looked great though.
For those of you at sea, be safe.
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10-13-2010, 12:11 PM #6Community Member
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I guess I've been out long enough for pretty much all the hate and discontent to have had evaporated. I'm glad I did my six. It was a very good experience for having a relative measure of how crappy life can be. No one in civilian life can really get away with what can be gotten away with in the military...and it is hard to find a work schedule like that which pays so poorly. Oh, and the sea stories....many things that would not be considered "civil and within the forum guidelines" um...happened.
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10-13-2010, 12:15 PM #7Community Member
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Wow, I would have said you sounded like you needed to get out before 6, but as a nuke, that was the required commitment (I know, I took the NFQT). Sorry to hear that you had a bad time of it. It was the best 6 years of my life, and I have kicked myself every day for getting out in the first place. Originally Posted by MartinusWyllt
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10-13-2010, 12:20 PM #8Community Member
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Happy birthday US Navy.
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Electronics Technician( Non Nuke. I dont like subs and bird farms) Originally Posted by MadFloyd
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10-13-2010, 12:46 PM #9Community Member
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Happy Birthday Shipmates!
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I was on what I think was the last nuclear cruiser. (pretty sure the California (CGN-36 was the last one)) Originally Posted by Woody00
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10-13-2010, 01:20 PM #12Community Member
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Don't get me wrong, I'm very glad that I did those six years. I just wasn't terribly happy about it at the time. Very few nukes that I knew were happy about it...the retention numbers spoke to that (and probably still do). It was and probably still is very difficult to get nukes to stay more than the minimum. I could see with some topsider ratings that the whole experience might have had been more enjoyable. (We had cooks that got NAMs for making a good cakes whereas if watchstander action in the plant averted...something...we were just doing our jobs.) My first year of sea duty was spent in locked-train shift work on 10-12 hr days with about 1 day off per month. Then, of course, we were shortmanned at sea so we did 5/10 watch rotations with full maintenance/work schedules....we stayed pretty frakking busy. 3-4 hrs of sleep being the norm. (I'm not crying about any of that, just demonstrating why some nukes might be considered disgruntled...I volunteered and I stood by my contract...I'm also not comparing standing EO in EOS to being in combat.) Originally Posted by flynnjsw
The worst misconception I had about civilian industry after I got out was that I actually expected that every industry followed "verbatim compliance" with regards to procedures and maintenance schedules as well as having mandatory continuous trainings to maintain proficiency.
Boy was I ever wrong.
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10-13-2010, 04:08 PM #13Community Member
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One of the ships my father served on during the Korean War.
This is Doris Day welcoming home a ship of heroes. These two heroes were a bit luckier than most however
God Bless the warriors of the waterways! Thank you all for your dedication and service to this great but sometimes unappreciative land.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY US NAVY!Last edited by LeslieWest_GuitarGod; 10-13-2010 at 04:14 PM.
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10-13-2010, 04:13 PM #14Community Member
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Happy Birthday Guys and Gals! Your service is appreciated!
With out the navy, us Marines would have to swim to foreign shores... and our arms would get tired!
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A few more good folks
Famous People Who Served in The Navy
Jack Benny
Humphrey Bogart
Ernest Borgnine
Tom Bosley
Raymond Burr
Johnny Carson
Bill Cosby
Henry Fonda
Larry Storch
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Lynden B. Johnson
George H.W. Bush
John Paul Jones
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You can also add Montel Williams to that list. Originally Posted by cwfergtx
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10-19-2010, 03:18 PM #17Community Member
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I'm a few days late but still wanted to show my respect. Happy Birthday Navy. Thank you for doing what you'll do. /Salute
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