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When? And from precisely where? Serious question. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "And it's time that particularly, some of our corporations learned, that when you get in bed with government, you're going to get more than a good night's sleep." - Ronald Reagan | |||
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Go Army! “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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The true story behind Army's 1990 mission to steal Navy's goat “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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IIRC, it was in the fall of 1972. Picture is on page 580 of my yearbook. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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There were several other times in the past as well: https://sports.vice.com/en_ca/...rmy-navy-mascot-wars “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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From the archives: The greatest prank in Army-Navy history The raid took place December 1991. Seventeen Naval Academy seniors have ensured their place in academy lore for a land assault that captured four West Point mascots on the eve of last year's Army-Navy game. The raid occurred in December, but a dispute over the incident was only settled in February, said Midshipman 1st Class Chris Middleton of Laurel. "They were accusing us of federal crimes: misappropriation of government property, grand theft mule," said Midshipman Middleton, a planner and leader of the foray. With graduation less than a month away, the conspirators say they are only now able to talk freely about the caper. Yet a version of the escapade appeared in The Sunday Capital the day after Navy's upset of Army. At the time, Midshipman Middleton outlined the details of "Operation Missing Mascot." He also talked his superiors into giving one of his civilian co-conspirators a seat on the 50-yard line during the game. Anne Arundel County farmer Weir "Tennessee" Denton, 76, taught one of the midshipmen to handle mules during a three-month training period. "Tennessee worked at the Naval Academy dairy farm 37 years ago and some cadets stole one of Navy's goats. He never forgot that," Midshipman Middleton said at the time. The midshipmen's raid was a bit more daring, however. The Army mules were locked in a veterinary compound at West Point, in the heart of a military complex that serves as a federal silver repository. The raid, a year in the making, was conceived by members of the Class of 1991 after the 1990 Army-Navy game and passed to the incoming seniors. An attempt to steal the mules at Thanksgiving failed when a mule tender changed the feeding time. Then Army tightened security after word leaked that Navy was after the mules. Midshipman Middleton recruited a new, smaller group of seniors. Several days before the football game, they disguised themselves as Army Military Police and soldiers at a motel near West Point. Plastering their vehicles with "Beat Navy" stickers, they drove unchallenged through the unguarded Stony Lonesome Gate to the veterinary office and stables. The raiders "subdued and restrained" several soldiers and a civilian employee, with gags and plastic handcuffs, Midshipman Middleton said. Elsewhere in the building, a midshipman disguised as an military policeman conned another group of employees into believing the raiders were Army security men. When two cadets asked the "MP" why the mules were being taken away, the midshipman told them "a rabies virus vial has broken." Then, one of the "prisoners," a 6-foot-3-inch Ranger sergeant, shattered a window and rolled outside, shouting an alarm. One soldier tried to block the last fleeing Navy car, then leaped into his own car for a brief high-speed chase to the West Point gate, they said. The fugitives evaded the gate guards, but the guards got the tag number of the last car. "If that hadn't happened, they never would have caught us because no one had seen any of the vehicles," said Midshipman 1st Class Dave Rudko of Long Island, N.Y. The Army scrambled three helicopters to search for the mules, the midshipmen said. State police were alerted and Defense Department security police gathered at Naval Academy gates. Most of the raiding party, now dressed in civilian clothes, drove south to Annapolis. But the midshipmen with the mules took evasive action. Instead of heading south, the shortest way, they drove north to Albany. From there, they followed a roundabout route south through Pennsylvania to the academy dairy farm outside Annapolis, where the mules were fed and watered. There they linked up with the other raiders for the final dash to a pep rally. When the convoy reached the Naval Academy gate, police cars roared out of the darkness. Defense Department agents pulled the midshipmen from their vehicles and made them stand spread-eagle against a baseball backstop. Lt. Angela Smith, as duty officer, was in temporary command of the naval station. She ordered the agents to release the midshipmen and escort them and the mules to the pep rally, Midshipman Middleton said. "We didn't hurt anyone and we compensated for everything we did," Midshipman Middleton said. "We took along new locks to replace what we cut and we paid that big sergeant for ripping his uniform." The big week ended Dec. 7 when Navy's football team clobbered Army 24-3, its only win of the season. The embarrassed Army never pressed charges. The commandant of midshipmen created a unique honor for the raiders: "The Order of the Mule," certifying their exploit to be "in the highest traditions of the naval service." http://www.capitalgazette.com/...-20151210-story.html NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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GO ARMY, SINK NAVY!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuAs3LaJG_M _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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I was reading that the Navy is releasing a new slogan during the game. "Forged by the Sea." "The tagline has been under development since 2016 by the marketing agency Young & Rubicam, which surveyed the Navy's youngest sailors, as well as veterans and "key influencers" to come up with a message that would capture the essence of the service." ""In May 2015, the service inked a $457.5 million contract with Young & Rubicam for Navy recruiting advertising and marketing slogans, to include the new tagline."" Really, 457.5 million to focus on the Centennial generation. I don't know about the Navy, but the Army recruits we seem to be getting have no common sense, and sure are not motivated to do PT. On the other hand though they can nail finding an app so they can get out of doing anything especially if it is physical. | |||
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Now on the flip side. The Army is wearing all white uniforms and will be honoring the 10th MTN Division of World War II. On the right shoulders of each jersey, Army's players will wear the unit patches for the 85th, 86th, and 87th Mountain Infantry Regiments, and the 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division. "Army's helmets will be white and feature a crossed ski pin on the front crown, similar to the ones the World War II soldiers bought from local Italian craftsmen and wore on their covers. The back of the helmets will feature a gold vertical bar similar to the white vertical bars worn on the back of officers' covers." The only thing I do not like is the insignia of the Pando Commandos, is skiing panda. The panda be featured prominently throughout the jersey. The players will wear it on their cleats and also on the shirts the players will wear underneath their pads. | |||
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https://www.facebook.com/USNavy/videos/10155033463507823/ Ah no, I can't a link to work. Facebook page of UNITED STATES NAVY BAND has a video of the USS Abraham Lincoln's Captain cutting a wake in the water that reads BEAT ARMY. You will have to find it yourself. It's creative, I liked it. A lot. | |||
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LET'S GO NAVY! T-minus 6hrs and 22min... It's cold and nasty here but I need to go find something to toss on the grill. Woo hoo! | |||
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Sheriff and I have a bet. Who ever loses has to serve the other a cup of coffee and a doughnut, in their dress uniform, in the lobby of the Sheriff's Department. And make a donation to the relief fund of the winning service. | |||
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Best College Game on television today !!!! | |||
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You're making me do math? It's too early and I was out too late... 3:00 p.m. ET TV: CBS Sports  "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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fixed that for you: Best College Game on television!!!! Watching the march on in the snow. Flash backs to the early 1980’s, doing the same in cold Philadelphia. Except 1983, when the game was played in LA at the Rose Bowl. Playing in the snow - should be a great game... This message has been edited. Last edited by: feersum dreadnaught, NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
I just caught the National Anthen, sung by the combined choirs of USMA and USNA, dozens of neatly groomed young men and women, fully attired, singing in a dignified manner and accompanied by thousands of future military officers standing at attention, saluting. Incredible. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Formations of apaches and fighter jets have been flying low overhead for the past two days practicing for half time. Last time I went to Army Navy, we had jets and an awesome low flyover by 6 Osprey. There's no better site than watching the cadets march into the stadium. Love this game. | |||
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Flyovers cancelled due to WX, kick off time! | |||
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Boooooooooo. It is rather snowy here. | |||
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