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.

[Long Cut]

Navy Pride Bump, from an Airdale to a Blackshoe!!!!

ORION...The Mighty Hunter

[Long Cut]

OK, so it's a double post, the sentiment still stands!

[Nitro]

Actually, you should have just let it stand!!

Just another way to show that the Navy does double duty as a matter of course!!

As a fellow squid you know there are three numbers the Navy recognizes above all others...

they are 24/7/365!!!

[SERE_DOC]

Maybe NAVVET school when I intraservice transfered from the Marines I went through OSVET school (other service veterans) 3 weeks of intensive drinking & barracks cleaning

[SERE_DOC]

Gator Navy! LST 1185 USS Schenectady bob & pitch & roll then we let go all lines from the pier and get underway.

[oyez]

James Whitmore had a line in some B service movie as the CO of a rescue ship as the action was picking up:

Any man not in the Navy is a jackass!

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Ain't it the truth. We are ALWAYS there.

BUMP!

[Nimitz]

Re:#66 How True.

[oyez]

I guess I'm a jackass, for I've been out for 30 years.

----AW-2 Oyez

[LonePalm]

Two long attentions and an all-hands.


At ease.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LoanPalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Nitro]

FRozen FReep BUMP!!