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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: CG6468 on August 04, 2011, 10:01:00 AM
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8/4/1790 to 8/4/2011
This nation's oldest continuous seagoing military service!
221 years old and counting!!
:cheersmate: :yahoo: :cgflag:
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If you consider staying within wading distance, "seagoing".
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If you consider staying within wading distance, "seagoing".
Tell that to the ships that accompanied Navy vessels on the way to the Middle East. Or the icebreakers that work the North Sea and in the south near Antarctica.
I thought we weren't supposed to denigrate our armed forces here. Guess I was mistaken.
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Tell that to the ships that accompanied Navy vessels on the way to the Middle East. Or the icebreakers that work the North Sea and in the south near Antarctica.
I thought we weren't supposed to denigrate our armed forces here. Guess I was mistaken.
(sigh)...if you confuse friendly rivalry with denigration, then yes, you are. It's okay, young padawan, let the butthurt FLOW through you...
Oh, and I know you never did THIS:
(http://exsubspy.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/pogy_pole_02-scaled1000.jpg?w=500&h=334)
USS Pogy (SSN-647), surfaced at the North Pole. My old boat, a couple of months after I left.
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The United States Coast Guard was established August 4, 1790.
United States Coast Guard Tribute "Semper Paratus" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_C7m_5aZXQ)
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(sigh)...if you confuse friendly rivalry with denigration, then yes, you are. It's okay, young padawan, let the butthurt FLOW through you...
I didn't see that as rivalry. And please stop it with the personal insults.
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The United States Coast Guard was established August 4, 1790.
United States Coast Guard Tribute "Semper Paratus" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_C7m_5aZXQ)
Thank you, from a CG veteran.
I posted this under Military, but without the video. Thanks!
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"Semper Paratus" is a really great march, always loved it. Version at the link is a bit over-orchestrated for my taste, but there are plenty of other versions there.
Happy Birthday, Coasties!
:cheersmate:
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Thanks, DAT! Appreciate that from other vets!
Even one of the normally insulting jarheads at the Legion in town said congratulations, and he bought me a beer! I was flabbergasted that he didn't have some snide comment. :cheersmate:
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"Semper Paratus" is a really great march, always loved it. Version at the link is a bit over-orchestrated for my taste, but there are plenty of other versions there.
:cheersmate:
Unfortunately, it's still left out of many "tributes" and "medlies" to the military services.
Like this version?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rC9WxzBPKw[/youtube]
Or maybe like this one.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pnt5MfSHSw&feature=related[/youtube]
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(sigh)...if you confuse friendly rivalry with denigration, then yes, you are. It's okay, young padawan, let the butthurt FLOW through you...
Oh, and I know you never did THIS:
USS Pogy (SSN-647), surfaced at the North Pole. My old boat, a couple of months after I left.
Cause hot racking with your "buddy" is just so fun... :fuelfire:
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Unfortunately, it's still left out of many "tributes" and "medlies" to the military services.
Both great, but the fanfare in and out is kinda space filler, I like the short version used in those medleys, which you can find by itself in a version done by the USN Band here: http://goatlocker.org/sound/navyband/uscg.mp3 (http://goatlocker.org/sound/navyband/uscg.mp3)
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Cause hot racking with your "buddy" is just so fun... :fuelfire:
Just remember, ya gotta stay UPWIND of the dope ships when they're on fire and you try to sink them. Ya'll only carry so much Twinkies and milk.
(True story.)
Oh, and never hotracked after I got qualified.
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I never had the "pleasure" of hotracking, either.
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I never had the "pleasure" of hotracking, either.
Pulling into places like Singapore, Thailand, Phillipines, Hong Kong, Sydney, Brisbane, and Lahaina more than made up for any temporary inconvenience.
Just sayin.
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Pulling into places like Singapore, Thailand, Phillipines, Hong Kong, Sydney, Brisbane, and Lahaina more than made up for any temporary inconvenience.
Just sayin.
Ummm, I'll still take a pass on it.