Sunday, January 11, 2009

Traditions . . .

. . . of the sea.

The U. S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) was commissioned today at Norfolk Naval Station. It was done in the same tradition as all Navy ships since the Navy was formed. Quite an impressive ceremony, don't you think?

Since I work at the Naval Station, I wanted to be there, but the ceremony was by invitation only.

Growlings by at

2 comments:

Lisa said...

I wonder who the guy is with the weird hat on.

Do you think he took a ride on his big ship after the ceremony? :)

12:56 AM
Jack said...

Do you mean the guy in the gray fedora in the back, stage right? Bush 41 had some of the people who served with him in the crowd of dignitaries. It could have been one of them, or some high-ranking bureaucrat from DC.

The manning of the ship, and the flyovers always give me chills.

12:01 AM

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