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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... Watching the live commissioning ceremonies for the USS George Herbert Walker Bush CVN 77. Love the tradition. Eisboch What network?? |
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"Don White" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Watching the live commissioning ceremonies for the USS George Herbert Walker Bush CVN 77. Love the tradition. Eisboch What network?? I forgot. I think it was on a couple. The live coverage was cool. They go through the ceremonial commissioning as an active warship, then announce "Set the watch, section one". Then a civilian guest (in this case the elder Bush's daughter), says a few words then issues the order for the sailers assigned to the new ship (who are all standing at attention on the dock) to man their stations and "bring the ship alive". All the ships complement then run in single or double lines down the dock, up the gangway and take their positions on the ship. From that time on, until it is de-commissioned, there will always be naval people on watch aboard the ship. The commissioning crew are known as "plank owners" of the newly commissioned ship. They had a typical flyover by some modern Navy fighters, then they surprised the elder Bush by having a solo, WWII vintage Avenger (the type of airplane Bush flew in the war) fly over the ship. You could tell he was both surprised and moved. Even the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in Boston harbor still has active duty sailers standing watch aboard her. She's still an active duty ship in the US Navy. Eisboch |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Watching the live commissioning ceremonies for the USS George Herbert Walker Bush CVN 77. Love the tradition. Eisboch What network?? I forgot. I think it was on a couple. The live coverage was cool. They go through the ceremonial commissioning as an active warship, then announce "Set the watch, section one". Then a civilian guest (in this case the elder Bush's daughter), says a few words then issues the order for the sailers assigned to the new ship (who are all standing at attention on the dock) to man their stations and "bring the ship alive". All the ships complement then run in single or double lines down the dock, up the gangway and take their positions on the ship. From that time on, until it is de-commissioned, there will always be naval people on watch aboard the ship. The commissioning crew are known as "plank owners" of the newly commissioned ship. They had a typical flyover by some modern Navy fighters, then they surprised the elder Bush by having a solo, WWII vintage Avenger (the type of airplane Bush flew in the war) fly over the ship. You could tell he was both surprised and moved. Even the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in Boston harbor still has active duty sailers standing watch aboard her. She's still an active duty ship in the US Navy. Eisboch There you go, wasting tax dollars on all the ceremony. Especially the flyover. 8) |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Watching the live commissioning ceremonies for the USS George Herbert Walker Bush CVN 77. Love the tradition. Eisboch What network?? I forgot. I think it was on a couple. The live coverage was cool. They go through the ceremonial commissioning as an active warship, then announce "Set the watch, section one". Then a civilian guest (in this case the elder Bush's daughter), says a few words then issues the order for the sailers assigned to the new ship (who are all standing at attention on the dock) to man their stations and "bring the ship alive". All the ships complement then run in single or double lines down the dock, up the gangway and take their positions on the ship. From that time on, until it is de-commissioned, there will always be naval people on watch aboard the ship. The commissioning crew are known as "plank owners" of the newly commissioned ship. They had a typical flyover by some modern Navy fighters, then they surprised the elder Bush by having a solo, WWII vintage Avenger (the type of airplane Bush flew in the war) fly over the ship. You could tell he was both surprised and moved. Even the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in Boston harbor still has active duty sailers standing watch aboard her. She's still an active duty ship in the US Navy. Eisboch Too bad there's a war ongoing. We used to get visits from the new carriers each summer. http://bushcommissioning.com/ |
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