I am proud to have served for 8 years from 1976 in the Submarine Service, being too late to enlist in the Rangers to see combat in Vietnam! Honored to have been a member of the"41 for Freedom" while serving on the USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN 655!

Amen! Me too!! I now I want to be a part of the writing of the opening chapters of The United States Space Force! ✝️🇺🇸🚀

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Wow sport your really lucky to be alive!

Good for you! is that why you refer to yourself as “ Prince”? 🤔

@@michaeltalmadge3257 All Chaloner's are descendants of Rhodri the Great of Wales.

@@aldossantosrjbr How would you know?

Same here, brother!!

It was indeed. But then they disbanded the Marine corps because Congress wouldn't pay for it until some years later. It was made more permanent after that.

All the video stated was that in 1798 The Department of The Navy (which, at the time, the Marines were a part of) was PERMANENTLY established. Remember that after the war was won and independence was gained in 1783, that Congress, in its infinite wisdom, abolished ALL ASPECTS of the standing military. ALL aspects. Their thinking was IF we EVER needed a military again that we would just start from scratch like we did with The Revolutionary War. That keeping a standing military in peace time was a waste of money.

@@lancew.6568 i just went back and listened again...three times. Final Analysis: The sentence in question was worded poorly. Applying the proper use of the rules of grammar, in this instance, inherently leaves the audience with little clarity regarding exactly which effects occurred, and to whom these events occurred, and (incorrectly), that the Marine Corps was founded in 1798. That's all. It's just a textbook example of Constructive Criticism...lol

11-10-1775.

Always has been Always will be.

Speaking as a former fisherman. (Bering Sea- Gulf of Alaska) Not much has changed. Crew members still work a specific position. All he needs to know is what things are called and how to follow orders. The ability to ignore the constant fear and seasickness is useful too. The ability to force yourself to eat when you feel like death. Overcome terrible smells. Learning how to take a dump in 50 ft seas... Learning how to sleep in 50 ft seas... Easier to climb a Jacob's ladder without shoes. I actually stuffed my boots in my survival suit during drills, and the one time I had to use one. They are only useful if you live long enough to make landfall. Wood wears down when they swabbed the deck with pumice stones. The splinter from cannon shot would worry me more lol. You could adjust if you had no choice. Navigation was for the rich boys (Midshipmen and Officers) and still is.

The movie 'Master & Commander: Far side of the World' is an excellent movie that illustrates this

@@joem3999 Agreed about going barefoot. It would allow the feet to adhere to the ropes or other surfaces much better

@@joem3999 so a good job to recommend to the chilluns you reckon?

@@joem3999Joe, care to describe the time you had to wear the suit in an emergency? I hope all your crew mates survived uninjured.

So the indigenous islanders don't count. So typical!!!

7 year naval vet ....uss Sumter last 1181 fighting game cock's ....served under commander Reese an executive commander white 1986-1990 ......haze gray and under way boy's

@@robertsettle2590 Get over yourself! The narrator stated "24,000 sailors lost their lives" in that battle, which is BS!

@@robertsettle2590 😂😂😂😂😂

That's journalism for you. Like our old illustrious Senator Hollings used to say, " a million here and a billion there and pretty soon it adds up to real money.

And if they get passed, the Marines meet them on the beach with big guns and bad attitudes. Semper fi brother 👊🏼

Tom?

dunno about your name... but the facts are good

Because the researcher as well as the narrator on this so-called documentary are stark raving ignorant retards, that's why. See my comments above.

Gun ratings were constantly changing according to alterations in the ship's design and/or the captain's wishes. The Constitution sometimes had as many as 54 guns on board.

I laughed at this post!... the hero oliver perry's actions against japan's sovereignity....what would you call that? USA rah rah rah! although I see a different theme in the second half of your post. A bit like jews in ww2, followed by modern day israel's holocaust against palestinians.

You have some imagination. The Chinese Navy is the largest navy in the world now..And the rest of the world would wipe America out. Or just leave the North Vietnamese tp do it AGAIN.

Bill got quoted and there's nothing you could do about it baby!!!!

sounded like Ted Cruz in second seat

They weren't illegal. Just ill-advised consider it wasn't supposed to be carrying arms

@@herbertlewis8442 Under the then Laws of War there were TONS of Banned munitions.

@@michaelschneider6106 what exactly is, or better maybe, was, the Laws of War? the only thing i can find on the subject are about manuals, which have absolutely nothing to do with illegality

@@christopherc8563 Then, as now, a ship is not allowed to carry wartime contraband. To do so makes it a legitimate target. Lusitania was also a Royal Navy Auxiliary Cruiser. The Lusitania was carrying a cargo of rifle ammunition and shells (together about 173 tons) The ship's manifest made no secret that it carried weapons in its hold, including 4,200 cases of Remington rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells and fuses. "Successive British governments have always maintained that there was no munitions on board the Lusitania (and that the Germans were therefore in the wrong to claim to the contrary as an excuse for sinking the ship)," the department's North America head wrote in July 1982. "The facts are that there is a large amount of ammunition in the wreck, some of which is highly dangerous." A 1980s salvage operation on the wreck of the Lusitania, the Cunard luxury liner that was torpedoed in the first world war, triggered a startling Foreign Office warning that its sinking could still "literally blow up on us". Newly released secret Whitehall files disclose that a Ministry of Defence warning that "something startling" was going to be found during the August 1982 salvage operation raised such serious concerns that previously undeclared war munitions and explosives might be found that divers involved were officially warned in the strongest terms of the possible "danger to life and limb" they faced. Foreign Office officials also voiced serious concerns that a final British admission that there were high explosives on the Lusitania could still trigger serious political repercussions with America even though it was nearly 70 years after the event. The Foreign Office files released by the National Archives at Kew on Thursday show that news of the imminent salvage operation in 1982 sparked alarm across Whitehall. "The facts are that there is a large amount of ammunition in the wreck, some of which is highly dangerous. The Treasury have decided that they must inform the salvage company of this fact in the interests of the safety of all concerned. Although there have been rumours in the press that the previous denial of the presence of munitions was untrue, this would be the first acknowledgement of the facts by HMG."

@@michaelschneider6106 Perhaps you might do yourself some good by understanding the difference between illegal & banned. There was a rule the prevented the targeting of civilian vessels by the German navy. It's long been an open secret that Britain was using civilian ships to carry munitions between America & Britain to lessen the chances of being sunk. This was done so because the Atlantic Wolf packs were having the desired impact on England. The sole reasons the US got involved in the war was this sinking. No munitions are illegal for shipping ALL are dangerous. As I originally stated

None have the strength of belief of the blind! Hands you a pair of glasses so you can see the world, and perhaps start to understand it a bit more.

Ice is melting, sea is rising.... If a person leaves a car running in a building, temps in the building rises..... not rocket science, just facts. Also, the fumes are poisonous and doesn't disappear in earths atmosphere like Houdini. Its just common sense, keep listening to the oil companies propaganda and not believing facts.

Shush, child.

Japan should not have attacked Pearl Harbor but focus on the Chinese enemy, if they had defeated China, the Chinese communists woul not be a problem now

This was the early 20 the century and such actions were not the sole province of the U.S. suggest checking docs on early Japanese history.Viewing the past threw a lens of the present can be misleading.Japan then was a feudal society closed to the outside world and consequently behind in technology and thus vulnerable.I neither defend or condemn it was history.Japan in a span of 20 years became a major power as a result of contact with the outside world.As far as imperialism Japan had its share as attested by China and Korea.

that’s what is said in the video

You’re splitting hairs here man

@Just a 12 Pack Of RC Cola I spent 8 years in the US Navy as a corpsman. I'm not "splitting" hairs. Try reading some history. We weren't even the United States until 1781. Yes, it took that long for it to be ratified. 5 years ain't "splitting hairs". Now, that whole concept of the United States Navy being around since 1775 is something that they push in boot camp to inspire you. The fact that so many people take that up as a point of pride is disingenuous.

@@markwagoner3599 Yes, the US didn’t exist until 1781 but Continental Navy was a Navy protecting Americans, made up of Americans, and was made by an American Congress. The only thing that changed between the Continental Navy and the US Navy was the US going from a colony to a country

@markwagoner3599 Sorry, Bubba, I got to call BS on you. If you spent "8 years in the Navy as a corpsman" then how do you NOT KNOW that October 13, 1775 is the OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY of the United States Navy?!? Let me ask you a history question, Mr. Expert. On what date did the American Revolutionary War BEGIN? TO SIMPLIFY THE QUESTION FOR YOU: When were the first shots fired? (Additional comment after reading a few more of your replies.) What do you think was ratified in 1781? The US Constitution??? (LOUD BUZZER) WRONG AGAIN, MR. EDUCATED IDIOT. 1781 was the year Washington defeated Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown. The war wasn't OFFICIALLY OVER until the naval battles near the English coast in 1783. The Continental Congress went to work drafting a constitution during the summer of 1787 and approved the final draft on, I believe, "the 17th day of September IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1787". (The bold type there is for the ignorant people who say that the US Constitution makes no reference to God.) It then took 10 MONTHS for it to become "the law of the land". Delaware was the first state to ratify it in December of 1787 and New Hampshire became the ninth (and deciding) state to ratify it in June of 1788.