“Run, hide”.
Well it is the Navy.
What do you expect?
Seals ????
“Run, hide”.
Well it is the Navy.
What do you expect?
Having served 11 years in the Navy.
I take offense at your derogatory comment about the Navy.
Excellent.
Pretty harsh. The US Navy doesn't run and hide. We've been patrolling the seas since there was a US and have lost many Sailors in defense of liberty.
That said, I have always stated that my first respect goes to the in-country grunts who are the most likely to die and be maimed. BTW, you do know that we have Navy SEAL units along side the Army/Marine grunts in the ME shithole? They were sailors first before they became SEAL's.
Also, just being an Aviation Swabbie during the cold war, we went to general quarters many times when a Soviet sub or surface warship pressed our resolve. Even without today's advance tech weapons, one torpedo could have sent every sailor on my ships to the bottom. I'm talking hundreds of sailors all at once. On my amphibious carrier, that would include 2000 marines.
With the missile tech of today and China's imperialism and growing navy, it's even more likely today. So, give our sailors a break. They work their asses off to keep the seas free.
The Navy has its faults, no doubt, especially in today’s Navy.
But is is good to keep in mind that they have taken their licks over the years too.
In the time frame of the direct fight for Guadalcanal, three out of every four combat fatalities in the theater for the main island where 4000 Americans died (3000 to about a 1000 for Marines and Army) were sailors.
It was savage, and the butchery didn’t go on slowly for days, the carnage happened in frames of minutes and hours. And when death wasn’t sudden, there was exposure and sharks, lots of sharks.
Our current military does have its issues, no doubt, but those issues aren’t limited to the Navy.