I am the American Sailor

US Navy graduation ceremony | unknown | unknown

[Nitro]

I am the American sailor

Hear my voice America
Though I speak through the mist of over 200 hundred years
My shout for freedom will echo through Liberty's hall for many centuries to come

Hear me speak for my words are truth, justice and the rights of man
For these ideals I have spilled my blood upon the worlds troubled waters
Listen well for my time is eternal yours is but a moment
I am the spirit of heroes past and future

I am the American sailor

My eyes have grown dim from the glare of sunshine on blue waters
My heart is full of star strewn nights under the Southern Cross
I have seen the sun set on a thousand lonely distant lands
Yet always have my people and their hopes lighted my horizon

Yes I am the American sailor

My standard is an outstreched hand of Liberty
My watchword is prepared and my joy is in the power of freedom
My spirit is The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
I am Democracy's servant and I will serve her honorably ever again

Today my youthful spirit stands as it always has
A shining hope for peace, a tower of strength to my country
Today I serve around the world on land, in the air, on and under the sea
I serve proudly at peace armed with the fervent prayer that I need not be called again

Tell your children of me
Tell them of my sacrifice and my spirit that soared above their country

I spread the mantle of my Nation over the shoulders of the ocean and I shall gaurd her forever

I am her heritage and yours
I am the American sailor.

[quietolong]

Bump

[COB1]

Thanks, Nitro, and I salute you for your service.
Short story:
Brother...
U.S. Navy...
Destroyer - Pacific...
WWII...
Sunk by Japanese torpedo with loss of many lives...
Brother made it back.
I love the United States Navy almost as much as I do the United States Marine Corps.

[Nitro]

Dad, Marine, Korea, came home, made and quit the family!

Uncle Navy, percieved cool!

I joined Navy!!

You do know what NAVY stands for?

[RandallFlagg]

Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself

[Nitro]

I have read "The Stand!"

[RandallFlagg]

I have read "Unintended Consequences".
Scarier than any King novel..

[Nitro]

Get thee behind me, Satan!

[Nitro]

BUMP!!

[Nitro]

A dusty ping!!

[RaceBannon]

My Mom and my Dad were sailors in WWII.

[RonDog]

BUMP!

[cynicom]

Sailors??? Those guys in funny little hats and pants that haul Marines around????

[Nimitz]

Me thinks Kennedy said it best, "Any man in this century when asked what he did to make his life worth while can reply with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the United States Navy."" No truer words have been spoken.

USS Bluefish

USS South Carolina

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

9 years

Regards Fellow Bluejackets!

[Pumba]

I just entered the navy from the army and am helping out my recruter at home. About the boot bamp issue, as long as you have 6 months of continuous active duty on record, you do not have to re-do boot camp. Also, if you have to lose a stripe to come back in, you can have your orders state that you are to be promoted at least one rank higher than what you came in as.

[philman_36]

I am Democracy's servant and I will serve her honorably ever again
And this is exactly what is wrong with this!
I am no servant of "democracy" and I'm insulted as an American Sailor!
This ain't no damned "demobcracy"!
It's a Republic!
whoever wrote it probably didn't even look at the Constitution, much less read it

[cmsgop]

Nice Post Bump!

[aomagrat]

Navy Bump!

[Nitro]

Thanks, Go Navy!!!

[Nitro]

Thanks for the support but I'm ex-Navy, you should get with the boys that are serving today!!

Go Navy, Sink the Army Gray!!!

[Nitro]

Ping!!

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