Blue Feet and Beer

@IndefiniteLT That ain’t just a ship. That’s a WARSHIP.

When SWOs call their boats “ships”

@TracesofTexas Son, I’ve p*ssed more salt water than you’ve ever sailed.

My goodness, check out this photo of Admiral Chester Nimitz of Fredericksburg, Texas, playing horseshoes in Hawaii, 1943. I love the details. I'm pretty sure that several of the men are drinking beer and I THINK it's Budweiser. Adm. Nimitz and his partner, Gunnery Sargent Elmer Helfmann of Minnesota, won the match. Courtesy the fantastic National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg.

Trump posted an AI image of himself as Jesus healing a bedridden--wait, is that Jon Stewart?!

@TheCatsX E4

What would you name this cat?

@USN_Submariner You placed lighted candles underneath a wooden chair? And the DCA said nothing?

This is incredible. At yesterday's Groton Area Submarine Birthday Ball there was a centerpiece on a table of Admiral Rickover's chair with the front legs sawed down with his famous quote, "The Devil is in the details, but so is salvation."

The Vatican is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.

Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace

@TheAngry53586 We all know what happened. TACO.

So, flights were in the air, the stage was set, the orchestra tuned, the curtain about to be raised…. What happened? What triggered this sudden abrupt about face I wonder. Doubt we will ever know.

@TracesofTexas Who is second from left? He looks familiar.

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: It was 153 years ago today, in 1873, that animosity between Texans and Maj. General Phillip Sheridan was greatly defused at an event at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, when Sheridan apologized for an earlier 1866 statement in which, describing Texas, he said "If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell." This was published in newspapers and Texans took offense. Sheridan apologized this way: "Speaking so kindly of Texas ---- and I speak from my heart ----- probably I ought to explain a remark I once made about the Lone Star state. I had just returned to San Antonio from Chihuahua on some Mexican business when I received an order to proceed at once to New Orleans. I hired relays and coaches so that I had only to hitch on the wagon and go speedily to get the boat from Galveston. I rode night and day. It was in August and, need I say, a tad warm. I arrived covered with dust, my eyes and ears and throat filled with it. I went to a little hotel in that condition and had just gone up to the register when one of these newspaper men rushed up to me and said, "General, how do you like Texas?" I was mad and I said, 'If I owned Texas and all Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.' Needless to say, that did not represent my true opinion of this magnificent state." Sheridan was given a standing ovation. Source for this tidbit: Curtis Kent Bishop, "This Day in Texas," 1948, a VERY obscure book. I may be the only person in existence to own a copy. Seen here: Maj. General Phillip Sheridan, standing second from left. There is another famous figure in this photo, even more famous than Sheridan. Without Googling it, can you name him and tell us which man he is?

@HiddenHistoryYT The correct answer is Spru- can

US Destroyers: 1864-2016 Which is your favorite?

.@JamesTalarico to Pete Hegseth in unearthed clip: “You have made a lot of money personally and you've enriched a lot of corporations with advertising by getting on here and spewing lies and conspiracy theories to folks who trust you. I'm asking you to tell your voters right now that Donald Trump lost the election in 2020. Can you admit that?” Hegseth: “I-it’s not your show…” Talarico: “Can you answer the question?” Hegseth: “I-I think I’m answering the questions…” Talarico: “Is this an uncomfortable question for you?”

H/T @TheGoodLiars

Remember what you're fighting for

@Chris428221 @HiddenHistoryYT It would have to be called “Der Tag”

@HiddenHistoryYT Jutland but I'd like if the movie had the german name Schlacht am Skagerrak

If you could have a to scale and accurately done Naval movie on any battle, what would it be?

'This kind of warfare has to be lived through to be really understood'. This British newsreel from 1944 follows Australian troops as they battle the Japanese in New Guinea. You can find the newsreel in full on our website: bit.ly/3MziF71 Film: IWM WPN 163

@zrod10 @TaskandPurpose @JenGriffinFNC Lighten up, wog

@TaskandPurpose @JenGriffinFNC 3… 2… 1… (Awaiting Democrats to reflexively scream RACISM! despite the indisputable truth that Democrats are the racists in the room, responsible for every single Jim Crow law, etc etc … because no sense of irony)

Navy relieves USS Mason commander for ‘loss of confidence’ trib.al/SvZ7BK0

@VoicesofWW2 That is a lousy summary of the Guadalcanal Campaign

The Battle of Guadalcanal

@IndefiniteLT Wog

What’s his call sign? Wrong answers only.