Is there interest in my creating a table of NAVY Veterans in honor of the Navy's specially anniversary today? TO ALL NAVY VETERANS, THANK YOU!

10/13/2025 | vanity

[ransomnote]

Dear Military Veterans,

In honor of the Navy's special anniversary, I would like to create a table of military service for those who served in the Navy and want to be included. 

Please look at part of a table below which I have provided as an example, and see what I have in mind. I'm open to suggestions, but this table is a quick way to get started.

If you would like to be added to the table, have a look  at the format I've created and repy on this thread to have your name added. Once I get the names, I can post the completed table in a comment at the bottom of this thread, which you can link for later reference.

I could add the other military branches too, but I would like to honor the Navy's special day, and having this thread be Navy-only would help. Once I complete the Navy table, I can post a new thread and invite another branch, complete their table, then another branch etc. I would like to create a master table of all military who wish to share so that all user names would appear in alphabetical order and be easier to reference regardless of branch of military service.

If there's no interest in this table, please accept my gratitude for your service. THANK YOU!

American in Israel	U.S. NAVY	1972 - 1978
GeorgianaCavendish	U.S. NAVY	2009 - 2014, Nuclear Electronics Technician USS Enterprise; Last Crew
granite	U.S. NAVY	1969 - 1973, Ceremonial Guard, USS Massey (DD-778)

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: navy; usn; veterans; vets

[rktman]

My dad (career O-6) swore me in summer of 1967. Count me in.

[BenLurkin]

ping

[Mathews]

GMC(USN), Ret. 1988-2008

[mairdie]

Great idea! Let’s us clap for a lot of Freepers who served. Clapping here!

[Owen]

FYI folks, veteran totals are down to about 7% of the adult US population.

When you run into 4 of them in random locales, be suspicious.

[ransomnote]

do you want me to add in an end date to your service or just note it as you write it? :D

[NEMDF]

Though I don’t qualify as “military family”, per se, I have these links: My dad was US Army in mid 1950s, Husband USMC late 1960s, his dad USMC WWII Pacific, my son and 2 stepsons USMC Iraq War, my son-in-law US Army Afghanistan and later DoD contract employee Kenya/Somalia.

No Navy vets, but some bona fide heroes in there.

[Mariner]

1977 - 1987
VQ-3
USS Tarawa
USS Benjamin Stoddart
NAVCAMS Westpac
NAVCOMMSTA Puget Sound
SERE Warner Springs

[GMMC0987]

GMMC0987, U.S. NAVY, 1969-1991, GMMC (Ret.) Chief Gunner’s Mate (Missile)

[dadfly]

never a vet, but add my congratulations on 250 and thanks to all our Navy vets.

[The Klingon]

Career Navy 1981-2007 O-6 Surface Warfare. USS Tarawa LHA-1, USS Hayler DD-997, USS Pensacola LSD-38 (Desert Shield/Storm, USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, USS Harlan County LST-1196

[power2]

1979 -1985

MM1/SS.. NUC MM, Leading ELT

USS Flasher SSN-613

San Diego, Vallejo (Ship yard)

Thanks for doing this.

[Red Badger]

Happy Birthday, Squids!.................

[mairdie]

>>FYI folks, veteran totals are down to about 7% of the adult US population. When you run into 4 of them in random locales, be suspicious.

Good advice, generally, but Free Republic isn’t random. It brings patriots out of the corners.

[Jim Robinson]

USN 1965-1969 Interior Communications Electrician. DD806, DD945, DD716

[atomic_dog]

1974-1984
EM1(SS) nuclear,
USS Greenling (SSN-614) New London, Charleston
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) Norfolk, Pearl Harbor
USS Omaha (SSN-692) Pearl Harbor
Naval Submarine Training Center Pearl Harbor
1986-1993
LT (O-3) (Surface Warfare)
USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) Pearl Harbor

[Bonemaker]

Like hell you don’t qualify! You’re in madam!😃

[Bonemaker]

Good start...welcome Navy! Let me know when you start working on the Air Force.

[JBW1949]

DC2PO (Damage Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer) 1967-1974...

USS Puget Sound AD38...USS Yosemite AD19...