Happy 248th Navy

[Ross6860]

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Nothing. Nothing comes close to a 10-button Pea Coat for style and warmth. Especially if you have had the pleasure of owning one from WWII, but all the real ones are pretty nice.

Never liked the 8-button or lighter-weight versions.

The new ones from Schott aren't bad. Still made from 32 oz. Melton wool.

FWIW - They are double-breasted so you can button them away from the wind if you have to go aloft and reef some sails...

 

[Pio1980]

Broke

Semper Fi gentlemen!
It's so sad that we provide more funding to other countries war efforts than our own...

Better there than here, the latter 1930s is a costly lesson that should not be lost in the present.

 

[Spiceman50]

I have always Honored our Military, and the older I've become, the stronger that Honor has grown. Dad was Navy during Korea. Was always disappointed in all my playing with Army Men, that there was never a set for the Navy. I was a kid, what did I know? Late father in law served on the Boxer. Always bragged how he had every key to every lock and door on that ship.

Garry~

 

[highvoltage_]

Semper Fi gentlemen!

That's the Marine motto. Their birthday is coming up on November 10.

 

[needforspeed]

Good luck with that..

Their supplied very well, Generally speaking

 

[needforspeed]

Had a blast in the 80’s version
Most of the time

 

[GChief]

I had a blast in the 80s, 90s and 00s

 

[Pio1980]

Happy 248th birthday, U.S. Navy!

You totally don't look a day over 240.

www.navytimes.com

https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2023/NAV23187.txt?ver=dptbHjPEDXRhOt5lAeOnIw%3D%3D

 

[usedto]

I still have a few of these floating around the warehouse - still in original brown paper bag packaging, dated 1957. You carrier guys know what it is.

 

[highvoltage_]

I still have a few of these floating around the warehouse - still in original brown paper bag packaging, dated 1957. You carrier guys know what it is.View attachment 3010422View attachment 3010423View attachment 3010424

Worn by aircraft directors.

 

[Pio1980]

The Last Detail

The Last Detail: Jack Nicholson's Navy Crackerjack Uniform and Pea Coat » BAMF Style

Billy Buddusky wears the Navy's iconic dark blue "Crackerjack" service dress uniform with his white "Dixie cup" hat and dark pea coat.

bamfstyle.com

 

[Shominy]

Heckuva 248th. The Ike Strike is positioning.

 

[GChief]

Heckuva 248th. The Ike Strike is positioning.

It's a scheduled deployment to the 6th Fleet op area.

 

[GChief]

Navy Times - Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times

The Navy Times is the oldest and most trusted source for news and information about U.S. sailors, the military and the DoD.

www.navytimes.com

Edit: Dumba$$ me didn't think about the "Headline" changing in the link.
When posted it was about the USS CARNEY intercepting missiles and drones from Yemen.

 

[Pio1980]

Navy Times - Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times

The Navy Times is the oldest and most trusted source for news and information about U.S. sailors, the military and the DoD.

www.navytimes.com

Fwiw, do you remember the Z-grams?

List of Z-grams

Upon assuming duties as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. was determined to improve the retention of Navy sailors. To assist in this effort he implemented a series of Z-NavOps, naval messages sent direct to the fleet, affectionately known as

www.history.navy.mil

 

[GChief]

Fwiw, do you remember the Z-grams?

Before my time by a decade, bit I know of them, all the old timers would sit around the mast spinning yarns about them.

 

[Pio1980]

Before my time by a decade, bit I know of them, all the old timers would sit around the mast spinning yarns about them.

I remember them being issued when I was Army, he really seemed to care abt welfare & morale.
I also recall horror stories about both after his time.

 

[Mystic]

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[Mystic]

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[highvoltage_]

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