Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

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On the Saipan there was a certain amount of color based prejudges when it came to work shirts. No one wanted to be around the purple shirts, they always stank of jet fuel. And everyone knew to shout when talking to a green shirt. They were always hard of hearing. When it came to safety meetings, if you saw a red shirt smoking, you knew it was safe to smoke.

All kidding aside, the Saipan was full of fuckups, so there was plenty of folks who suffered from pigmentation based bias. Our Electrical Officer was Filipino. He was a great electrician, but his English was not so great. It was not uncommon for someone to say something like "give me (a word for African Americans starting with N), someone I can understand." But then the Navy was last when it came to letting non white folks into the ratings.
 
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"On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress decides to purchase two armed ships (USS Alfred and USS Columbus) to attack British supply ships and keep their supplies from reaching British soldiers in the colonies. A second resolution passes the same day creating a naval committee to oversee the purchase of the ships and write a set of regulations for their management. Thus was born the Continental Navy, and October 13 remains the official birth date of the U.S. Navy."

USS Alfred (1774) Man-of-War Sailing Warship

Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the USS Alfred (1774) Man-of-War Sailing Warship including pictures.
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A soldier assigned to the Florida National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment hugs a resident in the Spanish Lakes community in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Oct. 11, 2024, while delivering aid following Hurricane Milton. Credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith, Air National Guard​
 
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