While it’s definitely not in the same tone of your standard Marine Corps recruiting video, someone over at the Navy recruiting office has been given a blank check and is coming up with some awesomely humorous ads.
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Bringing their “A” game
Gimme some love…
Say what you will about the man. He knows how to keep it real in the celebrations!!
Sorry for the lack of posts this week. Been very busy with school, working on the thesis, and in general trying to catch back up on rest from the weekend!! More to come this weekend, I promise. I’m also working on a series of posts regarding life on a submarine, daily routines, etc, since one of the highest search items that leads people here is “life on a submarine.”
Memorial Day Tribute
In honor of this Memorial day weekend, I thought I’d go around the blogosphere to show the great things that our men and women on the ground/in the air/on the sea are getting done.
From Major P at One Marine’s Viewcomes an inspiring report of actions on the ground from the Devil Dogs.
LT G entertains with a humorous story of the SNAFU’s that can happen when newly trained soldiers get a little nervous in the service, regardless of the country they serve for.
The North Shore Journal brings a story of redemption and honor. It’s the story of Ross McGinnis, the troubled youth he had, and the actions that will bring him the Medal of Honor on June 2.
An American Soldier brings a couple of tales of uncommon valor and courage under fire.
Doc in the Box relays what it means to be “just a corpsman” in this war of IED’s and suicide bombers. They are the bravest in my book, because they’re the ones running in when everyone else is running out.
There’s tons of stories out there to read. And tons more that will never get told. The saddest thing of all is that you will not find many of these stories in the main stream media. It doesn’t sell papers to show how well things are going. It doesn’t bring in viewers to show Iraqi children going to school and playing soccer.
Many people are complaining that we are losing the war. I would say that they need to change their definition of winning, since the definition of war has changed. There will be no Battleship Missouri gathering of people to sign pieces of paper stating “We were wrong to try that. sorry.” Victory will be defined by our leaving with the Iraqi people standing on their own two feet. There will be no surrender of arms to the victorious, but merely an agreement to not point those arms at each other any longer.
The definition of war has changed.
The definition of victory needs to change.
But the valor and determination of our men and women in the service has never changed, and never will.
The Five for Fighting video “Freedom Never Cries.” Extra points for identifying the Medal of Honor recipient who’s working behind the counter.
Sound the General alarm
The USS GEORGE WASHINGTON recently experienced a “serious” fire while on the way to San Diego to relieve the KITTY HAWK as the forward deployed carrier.
One sailor was treated for first-degree burns and 23 others for heat stress after a fire on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier burned for hours, the Navy said Friday.
There were no fatalities on the ship.
Thursday’s fire on the USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean off South America was classified as “serious,” Navy spokesman Cmdr. Jeff Davis said.
I know it’s different on a surface ship, but submarines fear fire more than anything else. Flooding, yeah we can handle that. Nothing’s taking away our oxygen. There’s time to work.
Fire. Forget that stuff.
Not only is it hard to see, it’s hard to breathe, and the combination makes it impossible to work for any length of time. Consequently, everyone on board fights casualties on the submarine. Part of it is because we just don’t have enough people on board to have a stand alone Damage Control party like the surface guys do. The other reason is because there’s no time to wait. Everyone turns to and gets the job done because if things aren’t under control in short order, then we’re all about to have some serious problems.
The enemy is always out there. It’s the ocean. And it wants inside the boat.
Glad no one was seriously injured on GW. I’m sure we’ll hear more about it in the following days.
