13 travel hacks to help sailors deploy like pros
They say that life at sea is like living in a prison, but you don’t have to live like an inmate.
A sailor’s life at sea means not stepping on land for long periods of time. Sailors have to live with the items they board the ship with un…
16 intense photos that show how sailors fight fires at sea
Firefighting is dangerous, scary work even when it’s done on solid ground where firemen can fall back if the flames get too fierce.
Sailors at sea, on the other hand, don’t have that luxury. They have to battle the fire on a ship fi…
This is the intrepid history of the military sea bags we know and love
The modern olive-green seabag we have in service today is from the 1970s era. It’s sturdy, the straps can carry a lot of weight and they are deceptively spacious. Sometimes troops write the places they been on them. To have an ol’ salty looking one is a badge of honor in the Corps – as … Continued
This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day
Gordon Lease was 17-years-old and living in California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The next day Lease was queued up to join the Navy, but the line was so long, the recruiters told him he wouldn’t be able to join that day. Lease joined …
13 lessons every new sailor learns the hard way
Being a “NUB” or “boot” in the Navy usually involves a fair amount of pride swallowing and large doses of embarrassment. Old salts get their jollies by giving their fresh-caught shipmates impossible or fallacious tasks. Here are 13 fool’s err…
7 first-world problems only sailors will understand
Living in American can be tough when you have to deal with problems most people in other countries can’t even imagine, such as having so much food in the fridge that there’s no room for leftovers. Yes, the struggle is real.
Being a sai…
This is why sailors have 13 buttons on their trousers
An old sailor’s tale is that the buttons represent the 13 original colonies.
In the early 1800s, the iconic trouser’s front flap (crotch area) or “<a href="h…
Scott Eastwood thinks It’s time you start buying goods that are Made Here, in America
We’ve all seen the labels on our clothes, our cars and everything in between. As much as we hate to admit it, sometimes it’s cheaper (and easier) to buy products that aren’t made here in the good ole’ U.S. of A.
Actor Scott Eastwood (The O…
Over 400 US Navy sailors are desperately fighting the 1,000-degree fire raging on a warship for more than a day
A devastating fire continues to spread throughout the US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, a US Navy official revealed in an update Monday, over 24 hours after the ship burst into flames.
Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, the commander…