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USNA swim team re-enacts Iwo Jima flag raising, under water

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By on Marine Corps, Naval Academy, Navy, Sports

A Naval Academy photo shoot went viral this week after the academy’s swim and diving team posted of a shot of their senior class re-enacting the Marine Corps’ raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. The Navy men’s swimming and diving team filmed the scene at the bottom of a pool on Sept. 23 with a GoPro video camera. The shot will grace the team poster for the 2013-14 season. “Every year our team does a team picture for the team poster,” said Midshipman 1st Class Luke Hoffer, who’s on the left  holding the flagpole.  “Over the past couple years,…

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Hero corpsmen save unconscious Djiboutian man

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By on 5th Fleet, Hospital corpsman, Marine Corps, Marine Expeditionary Unit, Navy

Two corpsmen put their medical skills to use when they happened upon an unconscious man during convoy operations in Djibouti. Local nationals flagged down members of Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on May 23 to help the young man, an apparent drowning victim who was not breathing when the sailors arrived, a Defense Department release said. Chief Hospital Corpsman (FMF/PJ) Adrian Figueroa and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class James Haddenham were able to resuscitate the man and get him to Arta City Hospital, where is expected to recover, the release said. “The actions of our corpsmen on the…

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Coast Guard loses WWII combat hero

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By on Coast Guard, Historical, Marine Corps, Navy, World War II

A Coast Guardsman who earned a Navy Cross for actions during combat operations in Guadalcanal was buried June 5 in Lakewood, Wash. Retired Cmdr. Ray Evans, whose actions during World War II earned him the Navy’s second-highest award for valor, was part of the a mission to rescue Marines along with Douglas Munro, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient. Evans and Munro were known as “The Gold Dust Twins.”  They were both from Washington State and joined the Coast Guard together in 1939. They subsequently served together in New York before entering the history books in the South…

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Man who provided flag for Iwo Jima dies at 90

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By on Historical, Marine Corps, Navy, World War II

Though his face isn’t on the Iwo Jima memorial in D.C., Alan Wood played a role in one of the most iconic images of World War II. Wood, a former Navy officer, provided the flag raised over Iwo Jima. He died April 18 at the age of 90, the Los Angeles Times reported. Wood was in charge of communications on a landing ship off the coast of the island. During the battle, a Marine boarded the ship and asked for the biggest flag he could find. Wood gave him a 37-square-foot flag from a Pearl Harbor Navy depot, the Times…

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Navy lieutenant aims high for Hornet Ball date, asks Katy Perry via YouTube

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By on Aviation, Carriers, Entertainment, Marine Corps

In cases like this, it’s probably best to let the video speak for itself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueWCnmyH9g8[/youtube] The guy sitting on the plane in the above screen grab (and, in the clip’s opening shot, fixing a fence with a rake while wearing a tuxedo and drinking a martini; we told you it’s best to let the video speak for itself) is F-18 pilot Lt. Clayton Heyward. His YouTube proposal to superstar recording artist Katy Perry — in the form of a parody song set to her hit “E.T.” — is a simple one: Make the trip from Hollywood to Fresno, Calif., and…

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Shellback ceremony, circa 2012

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By on Life at Sea, Marine Corps, Morale, Navy, Traditions

Their ship’s maiden deployment now on the homestretch to San Diego, Calif., after duty in the 5th Fleet region, the crew aboard amphibious assault ship Makin Island took a little time to mark that long-held seagoing tradition of crossing the equator, the Shellback Ceremony. No, it’s not exactly the casting call for the next sequel to “Pirates of the Caribbean.” But from the looks of these photos, a little fun was had by the pollywogs, even the “Boss Wog.” Not as crazy as those ceremonies of years gone by, for sure, but for the sailors aboard the ship, it gives…

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Scholarships for children of Navy enlisted medics

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By on Afghanistan, children, College scholarship, Hospital corpsman, Marine Corps, Medical, Navy, Photos

The Fleet Reserve Association today announced that it has established scholarships for the children of enlisted Navy medics. The Colonel Hazel Elizabeth Benn Scholarship Fund provides a $2,000 scholarship “to an unmarried, dependent child of those who have served or are now serving” in the Navy “as enlisted medical personnel with the U.S. Marine Corps. ” The Benn Scholarship is available to “qualified applicants” entering their freshman or sophomore year of college. The Benn Scholarship is open to all such children regardless of their parents’ affiliation with FRA, according to a press release. Other FRA Education Foundation scholarships are available…

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We should all live so long — and well

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By on Amphibious operations, Historical, Marine Corps, Navy, Photos, Seabees, SEALs, SURFLANT, World War II

Reaching 100 years of age is remarkable enough. But the Navy made it extra special for a former Navy Seabee Dec. 2. Retired Capt. James R. Mims, the nation’s oldest living Seabee, was made an honorary member of Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 by the unit’s top sailor, Command Master Chief (SCW) Johnny DeSarro, during Mims’ 100th birthday party, held at the Oaks Country Club in Richmond, Va.. Mims also received a U.S. flag flown over the Capitol building, a birthday greeting from President Obama and a very cool commemorative paddle. Mims has experienced some remarkable moments in his life. In…

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Three new ships named after Marines — but did the Navy get it right?

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By on Amphibious operations, leadership, Marine Corps, Navy, San Antonio class

Above, you see the destroyer Jason Dunham. It’s named after Cpl. Jason Dunham, who covered a grenade with his helmet on April 14, 2004, in an attempt to shield the blast from fellow Marines. He died eight days later, and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism on Jan. 11, 2007. No human being in their right mind would question the naming of the ship. It’s a logical, sensible case in which a class of ship frequently used to honor war heroes memorialized one of the greatest heroes of the Iraq war. It’s no secret that the Navy…

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