Comments on: Video: The world’s greatest Navy recruitment ad

By: corbettw

corbettw — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:15:49 +0000

Go Navy!

By: rmgraha

rmgraha — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:21:01 +0000

nothing but respect fellas, nothing but respect.

Limerick on January 19, 2007 at 5:05 PM

True, but you have to admit there is a small bit of reality to the vid. We used to joke that:

In the Marines, you live in a foxhole.
In the Army, you live in tents, maybe with a cot.
In the Navy, you take your city (quarters, dining hall, showers, etc.) with you wherever you go.
In the Air Force, you stay on solid ground at the base, and send your officers off to fight (“Good luck, sir, and please don’t scratch the paint on my bird during combat!”).

MSgt, USAF (Ret)

By: Vincenzo

Vincenzo — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:05:39 +0000

This was a ripoff of a much better done original version here:

http://uploads.ungrounded.net/content.php?id=341929&name=341929_navy.swf&title=Navy%20Recruiting%20Ad&date=1169269200&quality=b&uj=0&w=650&h=350

By: Buck Turgidson

Buck Turgidson — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:07:25 +0000

Slink not, Scot. I always loved that Whale groove. Never saw the video before. Thanks.

By: omegaram

omegaram — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:59:47 +0000

I enjoyed this video, the humor was refreshing! We need a good dose of humor in these times and this one was good.

Colbert and Navy recruiting video on 2 days, getting better Hot Air folk.

By: Reaps

Reaps — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:20:03 +0000

Likewise

Always pays to, you know, watch things before commenting on them.

*Backs away slowly*

By: Scot

Scot — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:02:13 +0000

You may be thinking of this video ViperPilot, the one Allah posted is a different one. Ithought the same thing when i saw the screenshot.

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:33:24 +0000

that was very funny

By: ViperPilot

ViperPilot — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:09:37 +0000

It's the Royal Mud Marines! Or in short, AP, you gotta quit posting vids that are older than dirt! ;) This video has become quite the running joke in the MilitaryPhotos.net community because there was a time that it seemed like just about every other new member thought it was the greatest video ever and that we'd not seen it before. So this resulted in them posted it without even bothering to use the search function, which in turn resulted in the phrase "Royal Mud Marines!" being used whenever something that's been posted before several times, getting posted again. It also inspired such art as this.

By: ritethinker

ritethinker — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:05:58 +0000

RightWinged I feel for you brother having to be a Vermonter these days with the likes of Leaky Leahy and Comrade Sanders. I live in NC where we have the highest gasoline taxes in the south and our benevolent governor still wants to hike them higher. As for the guy in NH, hey I always sympathize with guys who fight paying their taxes, or don’t pay them at all. I even sympathize with the Hollywierd leftie Snipes. I support any act of defiance in regards to taxes(this side of terrorism and violence). So any IRS agents reading this, bring it on…..man am I a fool…

By: Scot

Scot — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:43:38 +0000

My earlier link seems very out of place on this thread.

*slinks away in shame*

By: JetBoy

JetBoy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:49:26 +0000

And in case anyone need a little Party Posse remider...

By: allie

allie — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:03:20 +0000

But why use the Miami Vice soundtrack at the end?
Monty Python or Benny Hill would have been better.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:47:40 +0000

Friday afternoon laugh, thanks… loved the credits at the end too…

By: navy1946

navy1946 — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:33:35 +0000

Hmmmmm. Seems the Navy has changed since my days!

By: MCPO Airdale

MCPO Airdale — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:33:29 +0000

Yup, that pretty much sums up my 30 years in the Navy.

Well, that and 5 aircraft carriers, years away from my family, months on “Groundhog days” making circles in the ocean, 16 hour flightdeck evolutions, 3 section duty, blasts of 200 degree exhaust from jets, walking the deck looking for FOD, having my pillow 4 feet under an active runway and sharing my bathroom with 150 of my closest friends. But, other than that, it pretty much sums it up. ;-)

By: Limerick

Limerick — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:31:16 +0000

If I could find em I would buy them the Budweiser brewery and throw in a couple of micro’s to boot!

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:29:45 +0000

eh, “your fanny”

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:28:58 +0000

Limerick on January 19, 2007 at 5:05 PM

I’m sure you bought the “Navy flyboys” the traditional pack of beer for saving you “fanny”.

By: arteest

arteest — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:27:08 +0000

Slublog said:

Hey, I think that’s my “Stuck on Stupid” photoshop.

It’s probably on ebaumsworld too, with one of their copyright logos slapped on it as well. They are notorious for stealing content from everyone on the web and then claiming it as their own to pimp their site.

By: budorob

budorob — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:16:07 +0000

Great Simpsons reference AP!

By: TugboatPhil

TugboatPhil — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:13:44 +0000

This one is much funnier than the one SNL did back in the 70s. The tagline at the end of it was, “Navy. It’s not just a job, it’s $1.98 a day.”

USN(ret)

By: Slublog

Slublog — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:07:04 +0000

“Baby Gaileo” is the best one. and yes they are kinda creepy. But happy baby= happy mommy.

We’re watching “Language Nursery” at the moment.

There were dolls, with creepy dead doll eyes.

In close up.

Creeeeeepy.

By: Limerick

Limerick — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:05:35 +0000

Very funny…..but..

not to be a party pooper but here is a list of all U.S. Navy ships lost in combat since 1898.

http://www.nwc.navy.mil/usnhdb/losses_war.asp

And here is a list of all U.S. Navy accidental losses during the same time frame.

http://www.nwc.navy.mil/usnhdb/losses_accidental.asp

I think the length of the list will surprise most people…

I’m an ex-doggie who owes his fanny to a couple of Navy flyboys……nothing but respect fellas, nothing but respect.

By: KelliD

KelliD — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:05:33 +0000

“Baby Gaileo” is the best one. and yes they are kinda creepy. But happy baby= happy mommy.