Games of Interest: I just have 4 words for you...

[NOCajun]

I just have 4 MORE words:

WAY TO GEAUX NAVY!!!

NAVY 31
Army 13 FINAL

[Esqueleto]

Surprised. I thought Army would win easily.

[Big Buds]

Surprised. I thought Army would win easily.

I always said Army was fools gold. They proved me wrong against Tulane but otherwise they have beaten nobody.

[ZoomZoom]

Y’all cut Army some slack. Marshall dropping out was quite the blow.

[Swamp]

Surprised. I thought Army would win easily.

Same here until I watched that Navy video NOCajun posted

This one: and use headphones for the audio

[R1Letterman]

GEAUX NAVY, BEAT ARMY!!!

From HM2 Jack Knauer, USN (NOCajun)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMOP0fSNG4

Fly the W

[Boomer]

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[Boomer]

ARMY and NAVY uniform tribute to 2 iconic units that were borne for World War II and continue fighting for our freedom today.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1859288345064460404
"FEAR THE BONES" VFA-103 Squadron - The JOLLY RODGERS

https://twitter.com/i/status/1858571434135831025
101st AIRBORNE

#GeauxNAVY
#BeatArmy

….couldnt get the Jolly Roger story…..www?…..anybody….I know it wasn’t Roger starbach Well I think!

[R1Letterman]

The Jolly Rogers were established in 1943 and are the most lethal and history-rich squadron in all of Naval Aviation and continue to exemplify the traditions and excellence of professionalism of the United States Navy. Their tagline is Fear the Bones and their callsign is Victory.

Flying over nine different types of fighter aircraft in the past 63 years, the Skull and Crossbones have become the most recognized and feared insignia in the world. The Skull and Crossbones first flew in January 1943 on the F4U Corsairs assigned to VF-17, the most lethal Navy fighter squadron of World War II. By the end of the war, the original Jolly Rogers had racked up over 150 kills in the skies over the Pacific.

[R1Letterman]

This is the second time the Navy football team has honored the Jolly Rogers. In 1962, Roger Staubach and the Mids wore a Jolly Rogers-inspired helmet design in a 34-14 rout of the Cadets at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium.

1962 helmet

[R1Letterman]

Good thing we didnt make the 12 team playoff, only 1 of the 11 games is on a saturday night- signed RPCA

[CajunFun]

Same here until I watched that Navy video NOCajun posted

This one: and use headphones for the audio

Some ships have a 'cruise song.' As the ship is being towed from a harbor or anchorage, the crew is typically manning the rail in dress uniform. When the ship drops the lines to the tug boats, the command is given, "Underway, shift colors." The screws begin turning, the flag is lowered on the fantail, and a larger one is raised on the main mast.

At that point, some ships will play music. The USS Ranger was, appropriately enough, the William Tell 'Overture,' (for you youngsters, it was the theme for The Lone Ranger). The USS Kitty Hawk was 'The Pink Panther.' I was on a repair ship, the USS Samuel Gompers; we didn't have one, but I suggested to some officers that we consider 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.'

The best I ever heard or saw, however, was the USS Long Beach. I tried to find a video of it, no luck.

When the command, 'shift colors' was given, the fore and aft rocket launchers became active (couldn't find a video of that, either... so this is all from 40 year-old memory). But as I remember, the launchers were rotating columns with stubby pivoting arms, and behind them was a sloped bulkhead with two sets of double-doors. In arming, the doors popped open, the arms tilted into position, a track extended through the open doors and connected to the arms, and the rocket zipped up the track to load the launchers. Then the rails withdrew, the doors snapped shut, and the rocket launcher rotated and tilted the rockets into dramatic angles. This all took place in under 10 seconds.

At that point, the cruise song began: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra,' better known as the theme from '2001.'

Gave you les frissons.