Posted on Apr 3, 2014
What was your theme song while in the military?
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<P>For me, it was "The Game" by Motorhead. At one point in my career, I worked for someone that made up a lot of stuff as he went, thinking that we lower ranking wouldn't know any better. It became a game between all of us that we get the better of him using "the book" against him. I became go good at it that people started calling me "The Game", and then HHH from the WWE debuted that as his theme song. When I finally sat down to listen to the words, it just seemed to fit.</P>
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<P>Because it is, indeed, all about the game and how you play it. As for me, I'm now retired from the service and working as a Navy contractor. That means that I am still the game and I still play.</P>
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<P>Because it is, indeed, all about the game and how you play it. As for me, I'm now retired from the service and working as a Navy contractor. That means that I am still the game and I still play.</P>
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Funny enough you brought this up. I was watching one of our homecoming videos when we were pulling back into San Diego after deployment...One of the songs they always played was "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy
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Navy is powered by Music. On the California CGN-36 if you asked the skipper it was "California Dreaming" if you asked the crew it was "Hotel California". My favorite Music story comes courtesy of 50th Aniversary of VJ Day, We were Lead Ship in the parade of ships in front of Waikiki with every victorius country in the Pacific Represented (To Include the Russians). I was USS Arkansas CGN-41 Presidents Flag Ship. After the pass in review the were putting the ships back into place in Pearl Harbor, Tied our bow first Where I was standing "Manning the Rail" and then swung our rear around on Hotel Pier,. All of a sudden I hear the Collision Alarm, Can't leave my post but "WTH". After we tied up I asked those from Aft what happened, "Look Port next to us" USS Sacramento our floating gas station that had a huge "Key Job" down the Starboard Side, Apparently the crew put up the Aft Flag Mast/Staff and the tugs drug it across the Starboard Side of the Sacramento, 3 days later we do a Refuel with Sacramento and as Navy Tradition Dictates a song is played on the Speakers, What does Sacramento Play "You got to keep them Seperated".
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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025
Is there a roster of the ships that have attained that dubious distinction? PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 - Good Question, Not that I'm aware of but You probably need to ask someone who sailed on Oilers.
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I always liked to pretend the theme song to Shaft was playing in the background whenever I walked. In reality, though, it was probably the Benny Hill song.
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Guns 'N' Roses, "Civil War" was perfect for Iraq.
Honorable mention to "The Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys. "...this is the worst trip, I've ever been on..."
Honorable mention to "The Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys. "...this is the worst trip, I've ever been on..."
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The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) HD/widescreen
Special widescreen version of The Animals performing 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' from an American motion picture Eric Burdon - vocals Hilton Valen...
Mine would prolly work for there too. https://youtu.be/Q3mgapAcVdU
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PO3 Shaun Taylor
PO2 Jennifer Heraty I think that's a tradition because that's one of the reasons why we used to play it.
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PO2 Jennifer Heraty
While on deployment driving on the flight line we would always blast "In the Navy" if we saw the Marines doing PT
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"We Gotta Get Outta This Place;" The Animals. ('theme song' for all Vietnam vets)
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Subscribe to The Best Of for more classic music history, videos and playlists: http://bit.ly/WdJ36u Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded "Free Bird"...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird.
To me this song describes a huge part of the military lifestyle. With all the moving I've done as active duty, all the people I've met, all the places I've yet to see and the people have yet to meet.
I even got a tattoo across my back because of this song. It's an eagle with a heart in one claw and a skull in the other.
The heart simply symbolizes the people I captivate and that have done the same to me ('cause lets face it, when we leave we feel a part of our selves gets left behind and the folks we leave, feel a part of themselves leaving as well).
The skull symbolizes the heads of the enemy and the heads of those who've tried to harm those I've decided to protect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA
"If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you can not change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows I can't change.
Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah,
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it so badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you cannot change.
And this bird you cannot change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord, help me, I can't change.
Lord, I can't change.
Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah?"
To me this song describes a huge part of the military lifestyle. With all the moving I've done as active duty, all the people I've met, all the places I've yet to see and the people have yet to meet.
I even got a tattoo across my back because of this song. It's an eagle with a heart in one claw and a skull in the other.
The heart simply symbolizes the people I captivate and that have done the same to me ('cause lets face it, when we leave we feel a part of our selves gets left behind and the folks we leave, feel a part of themselves leaving as well).
The skull symbolizes the heads of the enemy and the heads of those who've tried to harm those I've decided to protect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA
"If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you can not change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows I can't change.
Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah,
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it so badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you cannot change.
And this bird you cannot change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord, help me, I can't change.
Lord, I can't change.
Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah?"
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