July 15, 2018, 03:38 PM
Tuckerrnr1Go Navy.
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I may be a bad person, but at least I use my turn signal.
July 15, 2018, 03:48 PM
CQB60Making Scotch runs look good since 1799!
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Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun…
July 15, 2018, 03:53 PM
HobbsChallenge coin from the Chief's Mess. Was told on tour of the Constitution that just about the only original wood left after these centuries is the keel ... which we were taken down and allowed to see through a small hatch forward.
July 15, 2018, 06:06 PM
Captain MorganWell I am sure the Marines helped too!
Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
Benjamin Franklin July 15, 2018, 06:43 PM
old rugged crossLove it. And we are Making America Great, Again!
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
July 15, 2018, 06:51 PM
LS1 GTORum and scotch don't go rancid - every salty sailor knows that!!
US Navy - 1982 to 2005
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
July 15, 2018, 08:48 PM
cslingerI have walked both her and her sister ship Constellation several times and I always wondered, how the hell could you deal with this bullshit at sea for months at a time, storms, heat, cold etc.
Now I know.......and apparently I was 1800s Navy Material.
Take Care, Shoot Safe,
Chris
July 15, 2018, 10:32 PM
WindhoverIt sounds all fun and all, but unfortunately, not true.
https://ussconstitutionmuseum....busting-favorite-my/Too bad, though, I wish it were true...
July 16, 2018, 07:54 AM
Tommydoggquote:
Originally posted by Hobbs:
Challenge coin from the Chief's Mess. Was told on tour of the Constitution that just about the only original wood left after these centuries is the keel ... which we were taken down and allowed to see through a small hatch forward.
Exact same thing in 1997 aboard the Vella Gulf, and you? My retirement flag was flown above her!
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Beth Greene
July 16, 2018, 09:40 PM
Hobbsquote:
Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Exact same thing in 1997 aboard the Vella Gulf, and you? My retirement flag was flown above her!
2005 John F Kennedy. Port visit Boston, on the way up to or back from Fleet Week NYC. Can't remember which.