El Capitan
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- Jul 9, 2014
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- Boat Info
- 1970 SRV 180 w 2.5L Mercruiser.
2000 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer
- Engines
- 120HP Mercruiser
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We always kinda looked down on the other services!
This was the mid-50's? His homeport would have been Villefranche, a small town just outside Monaco on the Riviera. The flagship was there until France bailed out of NATO, then moved to Naples, a considerable step down.Dad was in the 6th Fleet on the USS Salem, so Go Navy!
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1948-1952. Then he went to Penn State on GI Bill after that, where he met MomThis was the mid-50's? His homeport would have been Villefranche, a small town just outside Monaco on the Riviera. The flagship was there until France bailed out of NATO, then moved to Naples, a considerable step down.
Interesting he has a Springfield '03. I didn't realize the Navy had not gone to the M1 by then but not surprised since the service is usually at least one small-arms weapon generation behind the rest of the services. When I was in we used M14s at least up to the 1990's. But, we did also still had Thompson sub-machine guns in the 70's which were a lot of fun.
Pick up your rifle???? Did they drop it????
Ya…. Tough to go army in your town. But I’m with youGoooooOOOOO NAVY! beat army...
Pick up your rifle???? Did they drop it????
In the USAF they didn't let us have rifles. Or handguns unless you were an MP. We qualified once with the M-16 in Basic Training (for me that was in 1969) then again in the mid-70's when I was in AK and there was some big crisis. Seems IIRC the Army couldn't hold up their end of the bargain somewhere and it got so bad they figured they would give rifles to the AF guys. Musta been REAL desperate!
At qualification, I had about an extra dozen holes on my target and the guy next to me only had about a dozen and the guy on the other side of him had a shit-load of holes. They averaged the three scores and we all passed qualification.
Army? Air Force? I think the last is real.Pirate Lady, who did those good looking ladies borrow those Navy uniforms form?
Army? Air Force? I think the last is real.