Navy Recruiting Slogans
June 27th, 2010
Join Them - Enlist in the Navy
For just about the entire time the United States Navy has been in existence, we have had slogans that were used to help recruit Sailors, but it wasn’t until 1973, that the need for a focused recruiting campaign became a true necessity. It was in 1973 that the draft had ended. It was the first year in modern times that our military had to recruit an “all volunteer force.” Each service could no longer count on conscription as a means to fill the ranks. True, the Navy really never counted on the draft, but it benefited greatly from the amount of people who sought out a Navy Recruiter before their draft number was announced, a good chunk in an effort to avoid service in the Army. Amazingly, every once and a while, when I was serving as a Recruiter in the mid-80′s, someone would walk into the recruiting station and announce that they wanted to join the Navy “before they got drafted.”
In 1973, competition between the services for finding the best qualified applicant was on. It was time for the Navy to hire a full time advertising agency. The advertising company would have to research the (Read the rest of the article…)
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Boston Maggie Has Put Out the Call!
June 27th, 2010
Boston Maggie’s Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate has found a particular problem in Khandahar. His unit has come across a group of wounded Marines who have slipped through the cracks so to speak. They come in straight from the field with the clothes on their back. In most cases, these Marines have suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). They are in this location to see the doctors at the nearby facility, which is top-notch, before being shipped out to other facilities.
So, what’s the problem? Get yourself over to her blog and find out how you can help! (Read the rest of the article…)
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The FID Made it to Philly
June 19th, 2010
USS FORRESTAL (CV-59)
Thursday, I received an email from a friend of mine with whom I attended ET school, many years ago. After school we both went to different commands, he to the USS Impervious (MSO-449), and I to the FID – both of which were ported at Mayport. When I arrived shortly after C school, I had 8 days until we were to deploy to the Med. During that short time, we toured each other’s vessels, and remembered the good times we had up in Glakes.
Anyway, his email told me that his daughter, who is in the Coast Guard, escorted my old ship, the USS Forrestal, from Rhode Island to Philadelphia. It is great to hear from him. Small world.
Update! He was kind enough to forward a couple of pictures taken from the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mako (WPB 87303) as they escorted the Forrestal to Philly. The CGC Mako, an 87′ coastal patrol boat, is homeported at Cape May, New Jersey.
USS Forrestal in-tow to Philadelphia, PA. Photo by: SN Kris Metzler aboard CGC Mako
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Father’s Day Present
June 13th, 2010
My family and I have always had a hard time keeping presents a secret. Father’s Day 2010 has turned out to be no different.
Today, my wife gave me a new lens for my camera; a 55-250mm lens, so I can take close up shots of the animals at the zoo, and as it turns out, the animals that happen to roam our back yard in the middle of the day. We named him “Ranger.” (Read the rest of the article…)
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Bucket List
June 6th, 2010
DEP Time Bucket List
A popular movie of 2007, The Bucket List, staring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, and Sean Hayes, had two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and try to complete a list of things they always wanted to do before they “kicked the bucket.”
Lately, I have been hearing the term thrown around more and more. Mostly by my parents, who are still pretty young and energetic. One example is just this last Christmas, my father booked a North Atlantic cruise and they will see such countries as Estonia, Russia and more. The card he used to surprise her had written, “Mark this off the bucket list!” Incidentally, they are on the cruise right now – we haven’t heard anything yet, but I assume they are having the time of their lives.
Just the other day, I received an email from (Read the rest of the article…)
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