by Snake Doctor | Feb 9, 2022 | Crows Nest
POPEYE THE SPINACH EATING SAILOR MAN Popeye, the spinach eating Sailor. Beloved by all both young and old alike. Since first making his debut in the Thimble Theater comic strip on Jan 17, 1929 Popeye has proved to all enemies foreign and domestic that US Navy Sailor...
by Salty Dog Old School | Feb 1, 2022 | Crows Nest
Without question US Navy Coffee Mugs and the US military has gone to war, waited and trained and prepared for battle or has gone on deployments the one single truth among all these activities is that their coffee has traveled with them. From the Cup of Joe in the...
by Salty Dog Old School | Jan 20, 2022 | Crows Nest
The heart of the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke’s weapons and communications systems is in its Aegis radar system, which is more than capable of directing a variety of air defense against incoming targets and missiles. The Aegis system has proven to coordinate the defense of...
by Salty Dog Old School | Jan 19, 2022 | Crows Nest
History often reflects on major catastrophes, movements, issues that change the political environment, the actions of countries, empires, kings, queens and more. Military actions and events also forever change how the world turns and at decisive moments in time the...
by Salty Dog Old School | Jan 8, 2022 | Crows Nest
The USS Maryland BB-46 was one of the major United States Navy dreadnoughts at anchor when Japan attacked America at Pearl Harbor. The onset of World War 2 began when the US was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the Empire of Japan resulting in a 4 year world war...
by Salty Dog Old School | Jan 7, 2022 | Crows Nest
Devil Doc the US Marines have a history all unto themselves and their ranks are replete with nicknames and slogans from Semper Fidelis to the ones each Marine can be called from “Leatherneck,” “Jarhead,” and “Devil Dog”. Dates such as 1775 (a year older than the...
