[Aquamarine]

[Aquamarine]

Welcome to the Military Monday
at the Finest!

[Calpernia]

GOOOOD Morning to the FINEST!!

[ladtx]

Good morning all. Since it's Military Monday again here are 3 more of America's Finest.

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on SEP 15. God bless them all.

1968 CW3 Frank W. Cross (USAR) -- A/228 Assault Support Helicopter Battalion 1 CAV, Age 36, Married, Ft. Belvoir, Virgina
1968 WO1 William M. Miller (USAR) -- 135th Assault Helicopter Company, Age 21, Single, Keene, New Hampshire
1970 LTJG William A. Pedersen (USNR) -- HA(L)-3, Age 25, Single, La Canada, California

Patch of A Company 228th ASHB 1st Cavalry

Patch of 135th Assault Helicopter Company

The 135th unit crest was designed by the men of this unique company, and used the extended eagle wings to represent Army Aviation and the traditional anchor to symbolize the Royal Australian Navy element. Since this unit was the only integrated U.S. - Australian aviation company in Vietnam, and always sought perfection, it chose the Olympian laurel wreath to symbolize both the unity and the goal. From the official term "Experimental Military Unit" comes EMU, which was the unit's call sign. The motto "Get The Bloody Job Done" was a direct quote from a congratulatory signal sent by a supported unit after a successful operation west of Chi Lang, Republic of Vietnam. (From the 135th EMU's website)

Unit patch of the HA(L)-3 Seawolves.

SCOUTS OUT!

[Mo1]

Good Morning Aquamarine!

[Libertina]

Morning Aquamarine! thank you for posting this thread today :) Have a good one!

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' FR's Finest... Hostessess.

Another fine tribute to our military.

Thanks and Salute to our Armed Forces past and present.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

030909-N-0905V-056 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 9, 2003) -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Landon Randal fires an M240 machine gun from a SH-60F Sea Hawk assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) during a training exercise. Carl Vinson is scheduled to pull into Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., before returning to its homeport in Bremerton, Wash. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez. (RELEASED)

030909-N-9954T-001 Amite, La. (Sept. 9, 2003) -- A distinguished group to include the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, acting Secretary of the Navy, and ship's sponsor Dotty England, initiate the pouring of molten steel, which will be poured into a mold to form the bow stem of the Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). About 24 tons of steel was salvaged from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 10-percent of the steel was lost when the foundry superheated the 48,780 pounds of steel to 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit. U.S. Navy photo Photographer's Mate 2nd Class George Trian. (RELEASED)

030909-N-9907G-503 Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 9, 2003) -- Aircrew assigned to the “Gunslingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105) stand ready as an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the “Bear Aces” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Four (VAW-124) makes an arrested landing aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The nuclear powered aircraft carrier is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Floyd Grimm. (RELEASED)