Welcome to the animal house, brother! We ARE a fun and surly group, which you will soon find out first-hand. Prepare yourself for the ensuing hazing!

Thank you for your service. My grandfather was a Navy man, and I had the great pleasure of being a very close friend to a WWII Navy fighter pilot veteran, who passed away early this year at the age of 97. Boy, did he ever have some stories to tell....

Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.

Absolutely, and it's very sad to see that generation disappearing. My friend was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific, and had taken off with his squadron shortly before it was hit by two Kamikazes.

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Takes a helluva man to be in the Kentucky Navy...

Hello and welcome....

Triple tap! Lol...

welcome new guy...your name would be more interesting with a precisely placed "r"

Welcome Pat MaGroin!

Aloha from Hawaii and mahalo for your service.

Back in ‘91, for the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was the English voiceover for one of the Japanese pilots. Zenji Abe. While all I did was read the transcript, it felt like I was sitting in the interview. I learned for the first time that when they returned to Japan, the attackers were NOT considered heroes by the Japanese people. The sneak attack went against the Bushido Code thus they were thought to be cowards.

I tried once to talk to my FIL about his WWII experience (...he was an interpreter during the Okinawa campaign...) but all he would say was “You see things you never want to see again.” And that was all he would divulge.

I'm sorry but, you've got to pick a new name..... Every time I see the name Steel Talon I picture Mark Wahlberg as the replacement singer for your cheesy 80's hair band.

Sheesh, sounds like your promotion is going to your head! Telling people what to do...like you’re king now!

I thought this was going to be a Lionel Richie thread!

Wrong we have Jonsie......he’s a spook ninja.

I love Navy guys, they’re great taxi drivers for Uncle Sams crayon eaters and they’re fun to camp with.

This really made me laugh. I had 80's flashbacks.