Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

"During the Solomon Islands campaign, a Marine on night sentry duty heard someone approaching in the jungle and fired a few bursts from his machine gun. A voice called out: "Hold up your fire! We are Americans. I am bringing in my platoon." The Marine responded by blasting away with his weapon, wiping out a Japanese patrol. When asked how he knew they were the enemy, he explained that they were "Just too damned grammatical to be Marines." "
 
GreatwhiteNorth said:
In 24 years of service I don't believe I ever heard of anyone receiving the DFC but then again I was a Ship Snipe.
Bravo Zulu shipmates !!
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Roll of Valor - Coast Guard Aviation Association

The Roll Of Valor was created to honor those personnel who have received higher ranking medals during or associated with flight. The Aviation Association realizes that some citations may be sparse in written justification for the medal in question, but under the rules of award the absence of...
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Roll of Valor - Coast Guard Aviation Association

The Roll Of Valor was created to honor those personnel who have received higher ranking medals during or associated with flight. The Aviation Association realizes that some citations may be sparse in written justification for the medal in question, but under the rules of award the absence of...
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The DFC is not passed out like chicklets. Proud of both the recipients, the crew was in the right place at the right time to make heroic rescues.
Bravo Zulu.
 
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.

The National WWII Museum is preparing an exhibit on the city’s namesake ship to open next year.
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Explore the ocean with us! We seek out new discoveries while conducting scientific exploration of the seafloor and stream live to the world aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus.
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"The bow represents a war grave. Some 183 USS New Orleans sailors were killed on the ship that night and many went down with the number one turret and separated bow section. USS New Orleans received 17 battle stars during WW2. Members of New Orleans′s crew were awarded five Navy Crosses, 10 Silver Stars, one Bronze Star, one Air Medal and 206 Purple Hearts"
 
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WWII shipwreck found in Pacific linked to famous David-vs-Goliath sea battle

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"The Battle Of Samar would come to be known as the last stand of the Tin Can Sailors"

read more about the Battle of Leyte Gulf in this post:
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This week in Military History:

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USS Enterprise under Kamikaze attack​

The Battle of Leyte Gulf is considered to have been the largest naval battle of World War II and is, by some criteria, a contender for the title "largest naval battle in history", with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, from 23–26 October 1944, between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), as part of the invasion of Leyte, which aimed to isolate Japan from the...
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“A Navy Chief noticed a new seaman and barked at him, “Get over here! What’s your name sailor?”“John,” the new seaman replied.“Look, I don’t know what kind of bleeding-heart pansy crap they’re teaching sailors in boot camp nowadays, but I don’t call anyone by his first name,” the chief scowled. “It breeds familiarity, and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last names only; Smith, Jones, Baker, whatever. And you are to refer to me as ‘Chief’. Do I make myself clear?”“Aye, Aye Chief!”“Now that we’ve got that straight, what’s your last name?”The seaman sighed. “Darling, My name is John Darling, Chief.”“Okay, John, here’s what I want you to do.”

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raratt said:
“A Navy Chief noticed a new seaman and barked at him, “Get over here! What’s your name sailor?”“John,” the new seaman replied.“Look, I don’t know what kind of bleeding-heart pansy crap they’re teaching sailors in boot camp nowadays, but I don’t call anyone by his first name,” the chief scowled. “It breeds familiarity, and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last names only; Smith, Jones, Baker, whatever. And you are to refer to me as ‘Chief’. Do I make myself clear?”“Aye, Aye Chief!”“Now that we’ve got that straight, what’s your last name?”The seaman sighed. “Darling, My name is John Darling, Chief.”“Okay, John, here’s what I want you to do.”

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Sounds about right , lmfao !!!!

When I got busted out of my rate and forced into deck division . I met an oaf of a kid who’s last name was seaman …when he was an e3 he was seaman seaman … he ran that title for 3-4 failed e 4 tests . So funny over the 1mc , seaman seaman to the bridge etc …

At the San Fran rose festival(fleet week).he was a hit w/the locals . they equally loved saying his name seaman seaman ,truth (hysterical how he blushed every time it was said )
 
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SpaceGrease said:
Sounds about right , lmfao !!!!

When I got busted out of my rate and forced into deck division . I met an oaf of a kid who’s last name was seaman …when he was an e3 he was seaman seaman … he ran that title for 3-4 failed e 4 tests . So funny over the 1mc , seaman seaman to the bridge etc …

At the San Fran rose festival(fleet week).he was a hit w/the locals . they equally loved saying his name seaman seaman ,truth (so funny how he blushed every time it was said )
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I went to tech school with an Airman Sergeant, same result over time.
 
raratt said:
“A Navy Chief noticed a new seaman and barked at him, “Get over here! What’s your name sailor?”“John,” the new seaman replied.“Look, I don’t know what kind of bleeding-heart pansy crap they’re teaching sailors in boot camp nowadays, but I don’t call anyone by his first name,” the chief scowled. “It breeds familiarity, and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last names only; Smith, Jones, Baker, whatever. And you are to refer to me as ‘Chief’. Do I make myself clear?”“Aye, Aye Chief!”“Now that we’ve got that straight, what’s your last name?”The seaman sighed. “Darling, My name is John Darling, Chief.”“Okay, John, here’s what I want you to do.”

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That made me think of Captain Darling from Blackadder
 
Sir Napsalot said:
That's awesome- I've never been on deck when we fired our 5" 54 guns, but I've seen Tartar missiles and ASROCs launched
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NMP, but a hell of a money shot

"INDIAN OCEAN (July 24, 2025) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) fires the Mark 45 5-Inch light-weight gun during a live-fire weapons exercise in the Indian Ocean, July 24, 2025. Milius is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)"

These 2 sites always have lots of photos:
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USS Milius Conducts Live-Fire Exercise with the Mark 45 5-Inch Light-Weight Gun

USS Milius conducts a live-fire exercise with the Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun while operating in the Indian Ocean
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Factoid: As of 2016 the Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Crane, Indiana still had possession of 15,595 surplus 16″/50 caliber shells and were looking for bids for their disposal. :o

USA 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 - NavWeaps

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