dfosterf
15 years ago
One of my avatars was the unit patch for the USS Green Bay, LPD-20.

In a thread, I told everyone about the ship. It's part of what is referred to as the Gator Navy (Read Marine Amphibious Assault).

For some pretty obvious reasons, that would be near and dear to my heart.

It is the only US Navy ship to have ever adopted the principles of an NFL football team..it is actually in their mission statement.

You can't get a "real" hat from anywhere but onboard that ship. (At least that's how it usually works, I have traded/bartered/bought many ship's items over the years) Oh, you can get an LPD 20 hat, but it's fakier than our jerseys :thumbleft:

The "real" one has a "G" on the side. That's right. A Green Bay Packers "G"

Go Navy!

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Ship's Insignia


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Check out the side of her hat

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That's the XO of the ship

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Squids letting girls play with guns

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The one standing in the background ain't bad, imo (Oops, I digress)

I am going to e-mail the CO and try to get my hands on at least one of those hats. If anyone is interested, let me know. I will wait a day or two to see if others are interested. My guess is that it would set you back about 20 bucks, but it really is unique in packerhat land, imo

Edit:

This better be easy. I just read the Ship's Captain's bio. Not only is he going to come off some hats, I'm going to insist he joins this website. :thumbleft:

Commander Olson is from Madison, Wisconsin. (So am I) We have served aboard some of the exact same ships. How friggin' cool is it that the Navy selected a "homie" as the the first CO of that ship? I wonder if he might be a Packer fan, and that begins to explain how this ship got so very "Packer-centric" I TOLD you guys and gals that Packer fans are like cockroaches...we are EVERYWHERE (or was that jarheads, I forget, lol)

Something else just struck me. When I go to a Packers game at Lambeau, I fly into Madison. The reason I do that is because I enjoy the drive. One of the the things I really enjoy about that drive is to see what you crazy bastards have done to your cars in order to display your support of the Packers. I have seen giant decals on the sides and hoods of brand new Escalades, for example. Commander Olson is kicking everyone's ass in that department. This lucky bastard has finagled his way into emblazoning an entire friggin' US Navy ship with Packers regalia. That is pretty friggin' impressive, lol lol lol


Associated Press- Pentagon.

Colonel Schmuckatelli, spokesperson for the Department of Defense, had no comment on the reports emanating from Minneapolis that a Marine/Navy air/ground team launched an apparently unauthorized amphibious assault on the Metrodome Sunday. In a statement released from somewhere in Lake Michigan, an apparent rogue Captain of the United States Navy has stated that he will release Brett Favre "after the season is over." Casualties include Jared Allen, the William's wall, and several wide receivers of the Minnesota Vikings football team." Details of the attack were sketchy, but it would appear that no other persons were harmed in the unprecedented misutilization of DOD assets."

longtimefan
15 years ago
Look at the Green Bay logos in front


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Pack93z
15 years ago
I wonder if VR will want to re-enlist now with a tour on this boat. 😉
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
dfosterf
15 years ago

I wonder if VR will want to re-enlist now with a tour on this [strike]boat.[/strike] ;)

"pack93z" wrote:

ship. They only like boat if it's rinky-dink or dunkable.

Wouldn't want to anger the squid, they can get touchy about such small matters.

Minnesota may have their Olson protecting their interests... (See Judge Olson-Williams wall court cases)

If things get any uglier, we can call in OUR Olson, I say.

A cruise missile into that courtroom wouldn't hurt my feelings, one bit, for starters.

:thumbleft:

And Nick thought Vietnam was a bitch, lol

Man, If I had the known the Navy would let you do something like this...

Well, on second thought, it's probably all for the best. There would be no metrodome right now if they let me run that show, lol Them Naval officers have that there "temperament", whatever the hell that is.
Pack93z
15 years ago
The "boat" was on purpose.. if I gotta wear purple, he is getting a boat. ;)



Edit.. All joking aside, I think it would be quite the experience to see these big guns fired and watching the shear power of it all.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
dfosterf
15 years ago
I should have known you were squeezing a "dig" in.

I have our ship ready for battle.


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Rockmolder
15 years ago
That is one nice ship, lol. I recall your previous thread, but it didn't have the impactfull pictures you put up in this one.

Forget those hats, I want one of those name patches. How cool is that? Especially if they somehow got 'our' G in there.
Wade
  • Wade
  • Veteran Member
15 years ago
I'd love one of those hats -- alas, my head is too big (in the physical sense, size 8+), and so virtually no "baseball"-style caps, or any others save the custom-made jobbies, ever fits.

yeah, yeah, I know....swelled head, etc.


p.s. I'd take the lady with the two weapons rather than the one with the semi-purple shirt.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
Pack93z
15 years ago

I should have known you were squeezing a "dig" in.

"dfosterf" wrote:



It was a veiled dig.. not many would get... so no worries.. I am honoring the wager this weekend.. and yes the pictures and video part will be honored as well.. just learned I have Friday free.. so a wager is a wager.

I have little else to dig upon the purple folks this season.. other than I am leading their PPO fantasy football league (10-1).. I have a one game lead on the league for the #1 seed and a three game lead on the division via tiebreakers.. funny how none of them except Zeus has mentioned it.. lol.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
vikesrule
15 years ago

Great ship, the city of Green Bay should be honored!




As for this.......

Go Navy!

"dfosterf" wrote:



I knew it.....I knew it all along!

What hat dfosterf really wants is this one......
::wink:

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