This is great

 

 

liberty 1.doc

liberty 2.doc

Now that is NEAT!

COOL!

 

I remember seeing that picture years ago. I wondered then how they could get that many people to stand still in one place while they were hearding other people into place.  

In AWE! Thanks Preston. Great post!!

Too cool.

Had to be army.  if it had been the navy, they would still be trying to get the group organized.

Just now, scott.livesey said:

Had to be army.  if it had been the navy, they would still be trying to get the group organized.

There we go!!!! Fittin in already @scott.livesey !!!

Just now, John Morris said:

There we go!!!! Fittin in already @scott.livesey !!!

My last deployment, we had about 70 US Marines attached to the department.  Going to have department meeting and working uniform inspection.  the Marines were ready for inspection in 2 minutes.  4 different navy officers tried to organize the ranks for almost 25 minutes.  I never knew "Tall guys to right, harch" was part of close order drill.

5 minutes ago, scott.livesey said:

 4 different navy officers tried to organize the ranks for almost 25 minutes.  I never knew "Tall guys to right, harch" was part of close order drill.

Well it is Navy ya know! And from reading your profile, you are retired Navy, so you outta know! So what we have here I believe, is Navy folks are very inquisitive, thinkers, and they tend to over think things, unlike us Army and Marine folks, we just listen and do it.

As a USAF vet, I kinda feel left out of discussions about military precision. 

The Navy just needed a Coastie to show them the way.

On 4/30/2017 at 8:22 AM, Gene Howe said:

As a USAF vet, I kinda feel left out of discussions about military precision. 

me too.  I still tell folks, I  wasn't in the military, I was in the Navy.  the Navy didn't really care how fast you could complete a 10 mile hike with a 50 pound pack or how well you could shoot a rifle.  They wanted folks who could work 12 on/12 off for 70 to 80 straight days and kill the fat slob who had the bunk above yours and farted in his sleep.