The FReeper Foxhole Presents the Saturday Symposium - May 7th, 2005

our own minds :-)

[snippy_about_it]

Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.


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Who is your favorite Admiral in American Military History and Why?



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sym·po·sium : a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas

So now let's get on with the discussion. Pull up a chair or grab a spot on the floor around the virtual Foxhole Cabin and let's chat about "Who is your favorite Admiralin American Military History and Why?"

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[alfa6]

1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies. Flag-o-Gram.

[alfa6]

1933 Johnny Unitas NFL QB (Baltimore Colts, San Diego); one of the greats

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone!
Guess I missed the Foxhole ping.

[alfa6]

1959 Tamara E Jernigan Chattanooga, PhD/astronaut (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)

Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan totes part of Russian-built Strela ("Arrow") crane during first logistics mission STS-96/2A.1

Kinda makes wants me to be an astronaut :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[snippy_about_it]

Uh-oh. I didn't ping anyone. ZZzzzzz. Thanks for letting me know. ;-)

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[E.G.C.]

Good morning, snippy and everyone at the Foxhole.

[Professional Engineer]

I was wonderin'

[snippy_about_it]

I also thought it was the reason I wasn't pinged this morning. ;^)

LOL. That would have been a good excuse if it weren't for the fact that I forgot the entire list. Love your tagline today btw. :-)

[snippy_about_it]

Great quote by Halsey! Thanks and welcome to the Foxhole.

[Valin]

." It turns out the French can't stand the Brits, Spaniards, Germans, Italians . . . the list goes on.

The reverse is also true.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning PE. Sometimes my mind just doesn't work right. :-)

[ken5050]

Easy..Really no contest...Charlie Lockwood..COMSUBPAC..IMHO, he won the war in the Pacific. His tactics strangled the Japanese empire..interrupting the flow of men, raw materials, and supplies for the Jap military. Also, at the start of the war, when many of the first war patrols were returning to Pearl without expending any torpedos..Lockwood relieved a great many of the boat commanders..appointing those who would take the war to the enemy. He ignored the ironclad convention that only Annapolis grads could get a command..he named Reserve officers at boat commanders. He also fought a battle with the Navy brass over the faulty torpedos that plagued the subs during the early part of the war.. and he did it all without having a PR officer in his command.....Charlie Lockwood..he was the best, without a doubt...In the first year after Pearl Harbor, he WAS the offensive arm of the US Navy in the Pacific..

[Darksheare]

Morning!

[snippy_about_it]

FYI- Some of the Admirals the Foxhole has covered.

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance - July 5th, 2003

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz - Apr. 12th, 2003

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Fleet Admiral William (Bull) Halsey, Jr. USN - Apr. 19th, 2003

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy - June 7th, 2004

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Admiral John H. Towers - Feb. 16th, 2004

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Admiral David Farragut - Apr. 12th, 2004

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King - June 28th, 2003

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. - Nov. 15th, 2004

The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Rear Admiral Richard H. O'Kane and the USS Tang (1944) - Nov. 22, 2004

[alfa6]

Good morning PE. Sometimes my mind just doesn't work right. :-)

A waist is a terrible thing to mind :-)

Regards he he he

alfa6 ;>}

[Peanut Gallery]

There are many deserving Admirals in our Navy. Just to be different, I am going to say Adm Thomas C. Kinkaid.

He commanded a task force built around the USS Enterprise in 1942 to sieze and hold the Solomon Islands. And in 1943, he retook the Aleutian Islands. He was Commander, 7th Fleet from 1946-1950.

[PAR35]

Technically not an admiral, but Commodore George Dewey - that would probably be an Admiral's command today.

Raphael Semmes - Rear Admiral, CSN