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Outstanding. I would be a hinge pin-remover, as well.
 
Today's White House Medal of Honor Ceremony: Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne, US Army.
Sounds like this Ranger led the way: Past Best Ranger Competition winner. 17 deployments & according to CJCS General Milley who confirmed, "That's a lot!"

 
From YT's Sarah P:
For anyone curious, here’s what they're saying: “À trois, feu.” (On three, fire.)
Soldiers laughing: “Bon matin!” “Bienvenu dans l’artillerie!!” 😂 (Good morning! and; Welcome to the artillery (squad)! )
Last guy: “Comment ça s’passe?” 😉 (How’s it going?)
 
It's done in crayons, you see...
 
I don't know which ships these are. Somebody posted it on one of my sites. I enlarged the pic on my IPad and don't see blue and gold stripes on the stack of the oiler (all auxiliary ships now belong to MSC) and the receiving ship to starboard looks like it could be a Belknap class cruiser (all decommissioned by the early to mid 90s) so the photo is dated. Hopefully a deserving sailor found that pot of gold on the bird farm.

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^--- Aegis cruiser is the leftmost ship. Front facing array is different from the DDGs where they are on diagonal faces. Two centerline domes (one is SPQ-9 which I used to build/support)
 
Greetings from the Arsenal of Democracy!
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From left, USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Chicago (SSN 721), USS America (LHA 6), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Germantown (LSD 42), and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) steam in formation while E/A-18G Growlers and FA-18E Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, a P-8 Poseidon from Commander Task Force 72, and U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and a B-1B Bomber fly over the formation in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Codie Soule.
 
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This is USS Towers DDG-9. My second ship of four was USS Cochrane DDG-21, a Charles F. Adams class destroyer. She was a shooter out of Hawaii until 1983 when we did a homeport shift to Yokosuka. I re-enlisted for Hawaii and did all that that implies and then went to the WESTPAC as a forward deployed Sailor. Life does not get much better for an unmarried young man. Since I re-enlisted for Hawaii and they moved me, I had the option to transfer early.

I would have stayed except I had orders to teach Hospital Corpsman Class "A" School. We called it then and still call it, Corps School. The two "A" schools at both San Diego and Great Lakes where I taught was closed in 2006 I am pretty sure. Entry level Navy enlisted medical training is now at Fort Sam Houston. The tri-service arrangement could not keep up with the Navy Medical training requirements so we separated some time later and started doing our own thing again. Navy Corps School is still in Texas and is putting out young Devil Docs who perform at high levels and continue in the tradition of Sustained Superior Performance.

I got off the subject of tin cans but as always, have a Fine Navy Day.
 
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