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The Navy has ships. The Marine Corps has gun ships.
Here's a photo of aircraft similar to what I worked on when in the Marines. (AH-1 Cobras and UH-1 Hueys).
That's part of their history but not the beginning. The Marines were formed in 1775, making them older than our actual Country. Their first amphibious assault was in 1776 where they attacked the British in the Bahamas. The Barbary Coast/Tripoli battle was in 1805 and yes, it was ordered by Jefferson.
Washington created the Continental Navy in 1775 and it did it's job during the revolutionary war. The navy was then pretty much shut down for about 10 years. When the aforementioned Barbary war started, the Navy was re-established under Jefferson. I had to look up but they are using 1775 as the Navy birth date. Per Wikipedia "In 1972, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, authorized the Navy to celebrate its birthday on 13 October to honor the establishment of the Continental Navy in 1775."
Could not find one for the USAF.
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My VA Doctor's staff, myself
Thank youGlad you have a good VA staff. Hope all turns out well for you.:thumbs up:
I was 18 years old.You look about 12 in that picture.
My boot camp picture I look about 12 also.
But I was actually all of 17.
So many years , and you never forget,
Smell of Napalm, and death...
Jim
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