OT: Army v. Navy

[Chin Diesel]

With Army / Navy game on Saturday, time to see what each side has for uniforms.

Navy paying homage to Old Ironsides

 

[Chin Diesel]

Army going with a 250th anniversary uniform.

 

[Nameless]

I really like the designs of both unis!

 

[ZooCougar]

Did someone say Old Ironsides?

 

[ZooCougar]

With Army / Navy game on Saturday, time to see what each side has for uniforms.

Navy paying homage to Old Ironsides


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It took 4 hours to paint each helmet.

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[Kolumbo]

It took 4 hours to paint each helmet.

 

[BRS24]

From my hub, USNA '71, SING SECOND! GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Army coach said he's only dressing 22 players for the game. The rest of the players are able to dress themselves.

 

[freescooter]

honestly I hate these “special” uniforms. Not just for Army-Navy though they have been particularly awful in recent years. A few years ago Navy looked more like a bunch of Little Lord Fauntleroys than future Naval officers! Army just looked dumb in camo. Just wear what you wore all season. It was good enough for Roger Staubach and Joe Bellino, and Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis and Pete Dawkins. Should be good enough for the current group.

The single time I saw a “special” uniform work well was the year Dan Devine had Notre Dame change into green jerseys between warm ups and the intro against USC. But that was pretty unique. John Robinson is reputed to have said “ we’re f#*%ed” when he saw them. And it wasn’t all over the news 2 weeks before the game or designed by Nike to sell more merch!

 

[KryHavok]

I'll be rooting for Navy for 2 reasons:
1) I wanted to attend the Naval Academy when I was younger.
2) I want Navy to beat the bejesus out of Army so that they'll be in worse shape when they play us in the Fenway Bowl...but who am I kidding, this is Army, they're just built differently.
3) [I can count, this is really in keeping with item 1] I really like Navy's helmets, and they've had some great ones over the years like ships of the fleet in 2015 and Jolly Rogers in 2024.

 

[ZooCougar]

honestly I hate these “special” uniforms. Not just for Army-Navy though they have been particularly awful in recent years. A few years ago Navy looked more like a bunch of Little Lord Fauntleroys than future Naval officers! Army just looked dumb in camo. Just wear what you wore all season. It was good enough for Roger Staubach and Joe Bellino, and Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis and Pete Dawkins. Should be good enough for the current group.

The single time I saw a “special” uniform work well was the year Dan Devine had Notre Dame change into green jerseys between warm ups and the intro against USC. But that was pretty unique. John Robinson is reputed to have said “ we’re f#*%ed” when he saw them. And it wasn’t all over the news 2 weeks before the game or designed by Nike to sell more merch!

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'll be rooting for Navy for 2 reasons:
1) I wanted to attend the Naval Academy when I was younger
2) I want Navy to beat the bejesus out of Army so that they'll be in worse shape when they play us in the Fenway Bowl...but who am I kidding, this is Army, they're just build different
3) [I can count, this is really in keeping with item 1] I really like Navy's helmets, and they've had some great ones over the years like ships of the fleet in 2015 and Jolly Rogers in 2024.

Four of my years in the Navy were spent chasing wires on Jolly Rogers aircraft. Both Tomcats and SuperHornets. Loved those uniforms.

 

[RSTuthill]

Four of my years in the Navy were spent chasing wires on Jolly Rogers aircraft. Both Tomcats and SuperHornets. Loved those uniforms.

Flying what? F4's?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Flying what? F4's?

Flying? Hell no. That takes brains and balls. I fixed electrical systems.

 

[BeatNavy]

Ours are are better. No bias.

 

[husky8273]

love the March On

 

[ZooCougar]

Flying? Hell no. That takes brains and balls. I fixed electrical systems.

You mean you aren’t like 90 years old and used to fly F4s that have been out of service for like 50 years?

 

[RSTuthill]

Flying? Hell no. That takes brains and balls. I fixed electrical systems.

Oh, yeah, you said wires, not cables.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Oh, yeah, you said wires, not cables.

Well, -14 did have cables connecting the throttle to the engines. And I had to do the electrical rigging on top of th3 mehanical rigging. Super Hornet was all fly by wire.

My first supervisor put this on his Facebook page a few days ago. We lived on top of -14 for flight controls, wing sweep and fuel systems.

 

[Chin Diesel]

You mean you aren’t like 90 years old and used to fly F4s that have been out of service for like 50 years?

I can barely sneak in to The Villages without a sponsor.

 

[uconnfan68]

You mean you aren’t like 90 years old and used to fly F4s that have been out of service for like 50 years?

Loved those Phantoms. They’d cruise over Torrey Pines on the way from Miramar to the wide open Pacific at about 3-400’. Loud and smoking. Could almost feel the rumble. Always made me look.

 

[ZooCougar]

I can barely sneak in to The Villages without a sponsor.

When I was deployed to Turkey for 6 months in the ‘10s the Turks had an airbase nearby and they used to have F4s passing by. Those old third generation planes look like the are towing boat anchors compared to F-16s/15s and 18s.

 

[cullaville]

Flying? Hell no. That takes brains and balls. I fixed electrical systems.

Thanks for serving.