Happy Birthday US Navy!!!

[JamesG161]

On this day in 1775 the Continental Congress created the Navy. Now 245 years old!

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt

"I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" - John F. Kennedy

" I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones

Go Navy!!!!
Jim....

PS: Yes we created the Marines later, November 10, 1775

 

[kappykaplan]

Now 245 years old!

Happy Birthday, indeed!

 

[jssailem]

Anchors Aweigh,

 

[Mikem]

Anchors Aweigh,

That was awesome. Go Navy!!!

 

[Will Gilmore]

Non sibi sed patriae

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Justin_NSA]

Projecting power, stability, and performing humanitarian care across the globe for over 200 years.
Semper Fi brothers in arms.

 

[JamesG161]

First US Navy colors flown on the USS Bonhomme Richard

John Paul Jones ordered his Marines to fire on the decks of the HMS Serapis, with withering fire from His ship's riggings.

One Marine tossed a grenade in the British Ship's powder magazine. This marked the beginning of the surrender of the Serapis.

Go Marines...
Jim...

PS: Imagine how the Marines, locked their feet, fired and reloaded in those riggings.
PSS: Of course the Navy was in hand to hand combat on the Decks.

 

[shemandr]

Ditto on Happy Birthday USN. Go Navy!
For anyone who hasn't read Six Frigates by Ian Toll, I highly recommend it. It's the early history of the Navy and I summarize it as "1776 - the Sequel."

 

[JamesG161]

Non sibi sed patriae

Very close to what JF Kennedy [USNavy] said....

"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
Jim...