My family friend is Acting Secretary of the Navy

[margotb822]

cool!

I suppose now is the time for me to ask for some new orders, huh??

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43453

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/pennBio.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Awesome! I'd like to be assistant Sec. Nav. Would you put in a good word for me?

[margotb822]

2. Haha, yea

right after I put in some good words for me :)

[Captain Hilts]

3. Can I be your lovely assistant?

My mother worked in the Sec. of War's office, and that became the Sec. of Army.

She knew Eisenhower, Bradley, etc.

[margotb822]

4. Uncoincidentally, I'm going to work for the Secretary of the Navy

In the White House and Congressional Liaison office. Now I know how I got these orders. I am excited with the prospect of meeting a lot of people. And, one of the job requirements is planning events for the Army-Navy game. Maybe I can sit with Obama!!

[Captain Hilts]

5. Okay, now IREALLY want a job...

I spend every Saturday getting grubby on a historic naval vessel.

[driver8]

7. Which historic naval vessel?

Is it the submarine in the photo of your first post?

Which boat is that?

My father was career Navy and I served 6 years -- was stationed onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[margotb822]

8. Which vessel?

That does not sound like a lot of fun to me, but I have spent a lot of M-F getting grubby on a ship that should have been decommissioned.

[ddeclue]

6. What is THAT? A Gato class sub from WWII?

:)

[Captain Hilts]

9. Just about the last of the BALAO class prior to TENCH.

USS SEA ROBIN in '63.

And the USN really did paint BALAO pink for the movie:

[ddeclue]

11. Like the last US diesel sub ever then..

:)

[Captain Hilts]

12. Not quite. The fastest boat outta Groton when decommissioned.

TIRU and TIGRONE lasted a few years more.

TANG, TROUT, TRIGGER were in commission until the '80s.

Now, there are two TENCH class boats still operating for Taiwan. Evidently, they're in great condition.

USS CUTLASS - aka 'cuteass' longest continuously serving submarine EVER:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08478.htm

[ddeclue]

10. In The Navy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw&feature=channel

:)