Posted on Apr 4, 2015
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"Platoon..........On my command............FIRE!"
If you ain't CAV.......!!!!!!!!!!
If you ain't CAV.......!!!!!!!!!!
SFC Mark Merino
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If I had not see some like these i would not believe they were possible 1LT Sandy Annala. As it is I have see a few myself. These are from USS Anzio (CG-68) and show a Missile Launch, 5" Gun Shoot, and the rest storm at sea.
If you look at Pictures 3 and 4 you will see the Anzio is not really a Submarine. The last picture is from the Bridge.
If you look at Pictures 3 and 4 you will see the Anzio is not really a Submarine. The last picture is from the Bridge.
CMDCM Gene Treants
This was in 2008 - 2009 and Anzio was used as a platform as part of a group of ships fighting pirates. this is a role Navy has done almost since its inception, taking along Marines to fight on shore ("From the shores of Tripoli.") I agree that Cruisers may not seem ideal in this role, I actually prefer the multifaceted Gators, like an LPD, but i do not make those decisions.
CMC Robert Young
Nice photos!! The designation for all Coast Guard cutters is W. Regardless of class, all prefixes begin with a "W".
That is WHEC 719, US Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell. WHECs served in Vietnam through the "War on Drugs" and still provide the Coast Guard much of it's blue water capability. At 378 feet long, they were among the longest cutters in the Coast Guard inventory until the Legend Class cutters came on board several years ago. Several remain in service, but all are headed for decommissioning.
Then there's the USCGC Mackinaw - WLBB 30, a Great Lakes icebreaker. To comply with federal law requiring the Coast Guard to maintain heavy ice breaking capability on the Great Lakes, it was actually built at a shipyard on the Great lakes and intentionally designed to be too large to enter the locks of the St Lawrence Seaway thereby preventing it from ever leaving the lakes.
The tall ship is the USCGC Eagle - WIX 327. It is a three masted sailing barque used to train cadets from the CG Academy, and is a war prize seized from Germany following WWII. It's actually pretty cool. I was lucky enough to get a tour of the cutter while attending a course leadership course on the academy campus.
Finally, there is the Deepwater recapitalization poster showing all of what the Coast Guard hopes to purchase over the next generation.
If you see the red racing stripe (tilted at 64 degrees), it's Coast Guard!! It you see the Haze Gray, It's Navy!
That is WHEC 719, US Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell. WHECs served in Vietnam through the "War on Drugs" and still provide the Coast Guard much of it's blue water capability. At 378 feet long, they were among the longest cutters in the Coast Guard inventory until the Legend Class cutters came on board several years ago. Several remain in service, but all are headed for decommissioning.
Then there's the USCGC Mackinaw - WLBB 30, a Great Lakes icebreaker. To comply with federal law requiring the Coast Guard to maintain heavy ice breaking capability on the Great Lakes, it was actually built at a shipyard on the Great lakes and intentionally designed to be too large to enter the locks of the St Lawrence Seaway thereby preventing it from ever leaving the lakes.
The tall ship is the USCGC Eagle - WIX 327. It is a three masted sailing barque used to train cadets from the CG Academy, and is a war prize seized from Germany following WWII. It's actually pretty cool. I was lucky enough to get a tour of the cutter while attending a course leadership course on the academy campus.
Finally, there is the Deepwater recapitalization poster showing all of what the Coast Guard hopes to purchase over the next generation.
If you see the red racing stripe (tilted at 64 degrees), it's Coast Guard!! It you see the Haze Gray, It's Navy!
CMDCM Gene Treants
Gee SSG Christopher Parrish that was one of the reasons i joined the Navy; I love Roller Coasters. Besides; warm beds, real meals and no mud.
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