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"I often have to tell the young men to pull their pants up," said Kaisa Benson, one of several civilian tailors. "The uniforms look nice if they follow regulation. They tend to wear the slacks well below their waists. They also wait until the last minute to ask for help with uniform repairs. We try to stay flexible and remember that they are young and far from home." "It's really worth coming to the NEX. I like to roam the store and run into people I know," Anderson said. "Sometimes I go to the base in Everett to pick up my medications and then I stop at the base store and talk with the young sailors. For me, the NEX privileges are about family, camaraderie and feeling the connection to others who have served.Navy Officer Ranks - News
Richard Dillery, 78, of Lynnwood, a retired Navy chief petty officer, likes the $8 haircuts at the NEX. The cut isn't much different than what he wore when he was in the service -- short and neat. "I am so happy now to have a nice place to shop,"
In 2005, she became the Navy's first woman aviator promoted to the rank of admiral. Admiral Carpenter is the daughter of an Air Force veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Raised throughout the United States, she graduated from the University of Georgia
He had denied a charge of disobeying a lawful order, but was found guilty by a panel of senior officers at Portsmouth Naval Base. Lyons, who had been based at HMS Drake in Plymouth, was also demoted to the rank of able seaman and dismissed from the
The terminations, which follow a similar spike in firings last year, have shaken the upper ranks of the Navy, which has long invested enormous responsibility in its commanding officers and prides itself on a tradition of carefully cultivating captains
While attending Dartmouth and playing lacrosse, will look to earn rank as Second Lieutenant in US Marine Corps. Since he was younger Evan Bloom wanted to be a pilot and figured the military would be the best approach to achieving that goal.
Matt's Today in History: David Farragut Born, July 5, 1801
Today in 1801, David Glasgow Farragut was born at Lowe's Ferry, Tennessee, a settlement on the Tennessee River not far from the city of Knoxville. A family tragedy would ultimately propel the young man into a career at sea, a life of service which culminated in his becoming the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is most remembered today for one phrase he uttered in the heat of battle, a phrase that spoke to the man's courage and fortitude under the most dire of circumstances. The child who would become Admiral Farragut was given the first name James upon his birth. When his mother died in 1808, James' father arranged for him to be adopted by David Porter, a naval officer with two sons who would both become admirals during the Civil War along with their adoptive brother, who took the first name David in 1812 to honor the man who agreed to raise him as his own. It almost seemed inevitable that David Farragut would serve his nation at sea. Through David Porter's influence, Farragut was commissioned a midshipman in the United States Navy in 1810; he was nine years old. It was not unusual for boys of his age to go to sea on warships, and Farragut had the good fortune to serve aboard the USS Essex, a frigate commanded by his adoptive father, now a captain. There was no naval academy for American naval officers at that time, so young men and boys slated for leadership positions learned their trade on the job. It was a tough school, even under the best of circumstances. Midshipman Farragut was 11 when the War of 1812 began. By the time of his twelfth birthday, he had held the position of prize master, the temporary captain of a captured ship. In March, 1814, however, he and the crew of the Essex saw the tables turned when they were captured by the British outside Valparaiso Bay, Chile. Farragut was wounded during the engagement, not for the last time during his career. Promotions were unbelievably slow in the post-war navy and Farragut was not promoted to lieutenant until 1822. Senior officers, some of them so elderly they could no longer go to sea, were kept on the active duty list while younger officers were marooned in lower ranks. As a result of this practice, Farragut was not promoted to commander until 1844 and did not achieve the rank of captain until 1855. By this time, he was 54 years old and had been in the service for 45 years.
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