The Continental Congress approved the construction of the first frigate and formation of the US Navy on October 13, 1775. Having recently observed the Air Force 60th anniversary, we wanted appropriate celebration. We formed up in the parade area for a picture (I'm in the second row between the two middle flags) and singing Anchors Aweigh. One line is "Roll out the TNT"; we like to shout BOOM after TNT, but one of our commanders was able to generate a firecracker boom at just the right moment. We also had a reading of the birthday message from the new CNO. You can read the message at www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=32488.
The cake cutting is traditionally done by the youngest and oldest sailor at the command; yes, that's me next to a 21 year old enlisted.
Posted by LCDR Bruce at 5:59 AM
2 comments:
Roy & Paula said...
OK, two comments.
First, did you end the singing of Anchors Aweigh properly? Namely, BEAT ARMY!!!!?
Secondly, you should send the Navy Birthday picture to Navy Times or Stars and Stripes, or both.
-- Roy
October 14, 2007 1:04 PM
LCDR Bruce said...
We were told to NOT antagonize our Army colleagues. We did the general version, not the USNA version.
Our public affairs officer will submit to the publications, but I think I might submit to Headline News since they show pictures from the troops.
October 15, 2007 8:18 AM
2 comments:
In an earlier post you mentioned you were actually 10 klicks south of Herat. Using Google Earth, this puts you closer to Rauzabagh than Herat, and across a river. True? And what is the name of the river? The only Afghani river I know of is the Helmand, which is the name of the facility where Chris and Lena had their wedding reception.
--roy
We haven't been in Herat yet (might never get there for security reasons). We are about 10 Km south of the airport, which is itself south of Rauzabagh. We are just east of the main north-south highway, which is part of the "ring road" that almost circumnavigates the country.
The river is the Harirud River. They had 10 years of drought that ended last year, but it is still a desert climate with limited rainfall in November to March. We have cloudless skys at least 4 days out of 5. The river is dry right now and water is pumped from wells.
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