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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on July 14, 2010 at 7:26am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07DGeLvDw8I&feature=player_embedded

You will enjoy this.

Comment by CCR on June 21, 2010 at 6:55pm

Of course that is what you are most interested in Vicky! I also like to learn about my brothers, uncles and cousins rates and what they did during the vietnam war and WWII. Then its always fun to learn about our Navy mom friends dads and their sailors and what they did. You think you know all the acronyms until you delve into it a little bit.... ! LOL!! In boot camp and A school, my son used to say, "what does that mean?" when I quoted some acronym. Now he talks so fast, I have to ask him to slow down and tell me what HE MEANS!

Comment by Vickyrun on June 13, 2010 at 7:44pm

Found some interesting histoery on the 1st Human Flag done @ GL;
"The pictures below were taken by photographers Arthur Mole and John Thomas who toured army and naval bases in the latter years of the first world war taking these large scale patriotic style photographs, primarily for an advertising campaign to sell war bonds.
The photographs were designed over the course of a week and were marked out on the ground with ribbons so that the troops would know were to stand. The finished design was then photographed from a specially constructed 70 foot tower.
The planning for the layout had to be precise due to the large areas involved, for example, the statue of liberty design stretched over 1235 feet from head to toe and used over 18 000 men. "

To see pics go to; http://netmole.blogspot.com/2008/10/human-flags.html

Comment by Vickyrun on June 2, 2010 at 11:53am

If you friend Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SS/SW) Rick D. West on FB, he does the Historical pic of the day ?s.

Comment by Vickyrun on June 2, 2010 at 11:51am

Since my daughter is in the Navy, I'm most interested in the history of women in the military.

Comment by Vickyrun on June 2, 2010 at 11:49am

This answer provides another link;
1973 -First Four Navy Women chosen for Flight Training Pose at Pensacola, Florida in March 1973. LT Barbara Allen became the first Navy woman to earn her wings on 22 February 1974.

(left to right): Lieutenant Junior Grade Barbara Allen, USN, Ensign Jane M. Skiles, USN, Lieutenant Junior Grade Judith A. Neuffer, USN, and Ensign Kathleen L. McNary, ... See MoreUSN The Naval flight officer program was opened to women six years later.

Referenced at: http://www.history.navy.mil/special%20highlights/women/timeline2.htm

MA3 Martinez, Alexander R (USN)
NAS Sigonella Security

Comment by Vickyrun on June 2, 2010 at 11:46am

I don't know I got it off that FB page I told u about, a few people said the names but he didn't say if they were right or not. Here is the link to the pic and comments; http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=5545927&id=112259639306

Comment by CCR on June 2, 2010 at 9:47am

Vicky, do you think those names of those women might be on the Naval History and Heritage site?

Comment by CCR on June 1, 2010 at 8:43pm

Suzann thanks for the reminder about the flag. We always fly our National Flag and under it, the Navy Flag. Well, its more thread bare than I'd like, so I took it down. I need to find another, but a better quality one this time... and not too expensive.

Comment by CCR on June 1, 2010 at 8:41pm

June 1 - HISTORY
1813 - HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence. As the mortally wounded Lawrence was carried below, he ordered, "Tell the men to fire faster! Don't give up the ship!" These words would live on in naval history. Oliver Hazard Perry honored his dead friend Lawrence when he had the motto sewn onto the private battle flag flown during the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813.
1871 - Rear Adm. Rodgers lands in Korea with a party of Sailors and Marines and captures five forts to secure protection for U.S. citizens after Americans were fired upon and murdered.
1914 - General Order 99 prohibits alcohol aboard naval vessels, or at navy yards or stations.
1915 - First contract for lighter-than-air craft for Navy.
1939 - Director of the Naval Research Laboratory, Capt. Hollis M. Cooley, proposes research in atomic energy for future use in nuclear powered submarine.
1944 - ZP-14 Airships complete first crossing of Atlantic by non-rigid lighter-than-air aircraft.
1954 - First test of steam catapult from USS Hancock (CV/CVA 19).

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