Today, Naval Station Norfolk is hosting America’s Navy 250: Titans of the Sea, marking 250 years of unbroken sea power and global dominance. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, along with Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, will join thousands of sailors, veterans, and their families in a historic salute to the world’s most powerful Navy.
President Trump is anticipated to deliver remarks around 3:00pm EDT. The event is ongoing. Livestream Links Below.
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The White House
America 250
This is a treasury of history to explore.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/
Thank you Sundance!
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“Titans of the Sea, marking 250 years of unbroken sea power and global dominance.”
Never mind all that glorious stuff, what I want to know is something that’s far more important these days. What percent of Navy Admirals, and their Senor Officers and Enlisted men and women, does our Secretary of PT, Pete Hegseth, think are a bunch of fatties who should spend at least two hours a day listening and exercising to old Richard Simmons exercise videos? Last I heard, it was starboard of 70%.
So you are one of those “the glass is always half empty” guy.
I usually just drink straight out of the beer bottle. Sometimes the beer keg.
The real question is how many pushups must you be able to do to push a button and launch a drone to sink another cocaine boat. War is different these days. The Russians and Ukrainians can attest.
At least 100. Daily.
It won’t kill them to keep their tubbie-tubbie selves in shape. Fatsard Milley was a disgrace.
“All swim, All swim!”
HOOYAH!!!
Been there, done that. 😎
Crossing the Line?
Sailors assigned to Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia participate in a swim call at sea in the Pacific Ocean, July 31, 2018. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Vien Nguyen
Thanks Gipper. Just a regular dip then.
USS Olympia (SSN-717)… – 2nd-to-last of the OG Flight-I 688s. Fine boats they were.
Remember Joint Base NATO:
https://jfcnorfolk.nato.int/
Proud mother of a Navy vet 🇺🇸
Long ago the Navy’s recruitment slogan was “Join the Navy. See the world.”
The Navy gave my son purpose which he needed at the time, exposed an aptitude for skills neither we nor he ever knew he possessed, and a deep passion for them. So that after he finished his service, he was able to put them to profitable use in support of his beloved family.
Bonus…
He did indeed see the world which was a better education for him than the degree he received from college.
Happy Birthday, US Navy!!
“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
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“Join the navy, and See the world”…
My then husband did say he saw Bermuda and…and….New Jersey, from a periscope….that was his experience…
I expected the same for our lad’s service, Aggie. He saw all four corners. A lot of which he was unable to discuss.
It was the making of him.
“Joined the navy to see the world and all I saw was the sea.”
Carrier guys in particular in my day got “six-pack cruises”. At the time battle groups from PACFLT typically spent most of deployment in the Arabian Sea, after a brief stop in Subic on the way in. If you were underway for 30 consecutive days, they handed out 2 cans of beer. Thus the “six-pack” cruise for 90 days hull grey and underway.
Of course “Norfork” (always how I heard it pronounced) was not a prime homeport. I hated it because all the major commands are there, so you would get staffies from Lt to Capt down at D&S piers looking for ciggie butts on the pier, “Irish pennants” etc. Or your CO gets the call from SOPA that you were late in following evening colors.
My Dad’s ship: the USS Coral Sea
“The image is a powerful illustration of the impact that the heroic revolution of 1956 made on the memory of the free world. In this article I offer some insights into the symbolism of the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier photographed at a berth in the Gulf of Naples at the end of 1956 or at the beginning of 1957, bearing a message in Hungarian that says ‘Isten segítsen’, meaning May God help you’, a tribute to the defeated revolution of a small Central European country behind the Iron Curtain.”
“An American sailor of Hungarian origin served on the Coral Sea, perhaps as a helmsman. He was probably the one to come up with the idea that the money originally collected for the crew’s Christmas presents be given to Hungarian refugees instead, and a total of 7,500 US dollars were thus donated to the refugee aid fund. It may have been the same serviceman to suggest that the crew form the message ‘May God help you’ in Hungarian on the deck. Unfortunately, the name and story of the Hungarian American sailor remain unknown.”
The Message of a US Aircraft Carrier from 1956 — Fortepan’s 200,000th Photo – Hungarian Conservative
Home Port—Coral Sea Tribute Site
This Hungarian American thanks you for that heart warming story.
US Navy Builder 1st Class 1970-1978.
I salute you, sir. 🇺🇸👍🏻
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_G._Perry
US commander at Joint Base: https://jfcnorfolk.nato.int/leadership
These 2019 cadets were thrilled to have a real CINC!
The only regret my son had during his four years, Gipper, was that his CINC despised the military, just as he did America.
What a splendid heartwarming photo this is 👍🏻
Genuine smiles.
They know he’s in their corner.
Naval History…of the Civil War…
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley.html
https://www.hunley.org/the-search-and-recovery/
Have been watching on RAV since 10. Bannon loves his history, especially naval. Amazing celebration so far! Seeing our Commander in Chief and beautiful Melania on the flight deck watching
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Does anyone know what is the 2nd lapel pin President Trump has been wearing? He wears it to the left of the American Flag pin.
Is it the F35?
I can’t tell what it is.
My daughter said it’s an F22 Raptor.
I suspect it is the F47
Good answer!
Agree
The Navy Concert Band was exceptional! As an old floutist hearing the flute and piccolo go crazy on the marches was a real joy.
Big E – Only the 2nd Most Decorated Ship in United States Navy history…
… – Here’s the Most Decorated:
Her name?…
If you want to read a fantastic book about WWII sub warfare written by the CMO skipper of the highly decorated USS Barb: “Thunder Below”
Thanks for the tip, Expat.
[Added to Reading List]
No takers, save Expat, huh?… – Okay, well then, here it is:
… – She is the USS Parche (SSN-683), Sturgeon-class Spec-Ops boat (Since replaced by the Seawolf-class USS Jimmy Carter)…
… – The amount of *Unreal Sh*t* this boat and her crew got up to in the depths of the Cold War is *Literally Beyond Belief*…
… – For instance: – There was that one time the Parche sailed right on into the Sea of Okhotsk, settled down on the bottom, nice and easy, deployed SEAL divers, and proceeded to tap the Russkie’s undersea phone-line from Vladivostok to Petropavlovsk (Equivalently: Imagine, if you will, a Russkie Sub sailing into the Eastern Pacific and doing the same – Tapping the phone-line between San Diego and Pearl Harbor…)
… – Whoever sailed on this boat were *Absolute* Mad Lads…
Decorations:
Nine Presidential Unit Citations
Ten Navy Unit Commendations
Thirteen Navy Expeditionary Medals
Thirteen Battle ‘E’s
Hmm… – These chaps don’t seem very happy for some reason:
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2nd 1945
Very proud of the Navy, but we need a 400 – 500 ship fleet. Part of that has to be a way to QUICKLY reload AT SEA. Current destroyers can ( and will ) shoot themselves dry of standard SM4/6 missiles , at which point they become sitting ducks instead of destroyers.
Containerized SM-6 batteries would be a great stopgap solution. Say 48 missiles / battery(container) in vertical launch tubes.
The battery is controlled remotely by an Ageis ship within say a 25-50 mile radius.
Fully operational battery must be movable by heavy lift helicopter for UnRep operations.
Battery must be weather deck tight and must be deployable to destroyers, carriers and UnRep support ships.
A shore version for Taiwan would give the Chinese major heart burn.