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Second one. Navy Musicians fall into two categories: Regular bands and Special bands. Regular units travel to different parts of the country to play for special ceremonies. The two special band units play for the Naval Academy and the White House. The musician rating has a special screening process and seeks very talented individuals with a good knowledge in all things musical.

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Posting two today. OHIO-class submarines are huge, and serve a very important mission in strategic nuclear deterrence. Trust me, I've served on two of them.

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Today in Navy History:

1815 - The frigate President, commanded by Stephen Decatur, encounters HMS Endymion out of New York and attempts to board her, not realizing the War of 1812 ended with the Treaty of Ghent in Dec. 1814. After British reinforcements arrive, Decatur is forced to surrender.

1846 - The sloop of war Jamestown captures the slaver Robert Wilson off Porto Praya.

1865 - In a joint amphibious force with the Union army, Rear Adm. David D. Porter and Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry capture Fort Fisher, Wilmington, N.C., which is the last port by which supplies from Europe could reach Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees troops at Richmond, Va.

1916 - The submarine E-2 explodes at the New York Navy Yard because of escaping gases during an overhaul. The interior ship is severely damaged and four men are killed.

1942 - Bad weather off Iceland causes destroyer Mayo (DD 422) and British trawler HMS Douglas to collide, and damages destroyer Simpson (DD 221).

Today in Navy History (apparently, it was Submarine Day in WWII):

1863 - Navy General Order 4, signed by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, announces the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, which is signed on Jan. 1, 1863.

1911 - Battleship Arkansas (BB 33) is launched. After service in two world wars, she is target ship for Bikini Atoll Atomic bomb tests.

1943 - USS Gudgeon (SS 211) lands six men, 2,000 pounds of equipment and supplies on Negros Island for first resupply mission for a submarine.

1944 - Five U.S. Navy submarines sink five different Japanese vessels in and around the Pacific Ocean. USS Albacore (SS 218) sinks Japanese destroyer Sazanami 300 miles off Yap; USS Scamp (SS 277) sinks the tanker Nippon Maru off Sorol Island; USS Guardfish (SS 217) sinks tanker Kenyo Maru southeast of Palau; USS Seawolf (SS 197) sinks tanker Yamazuru Maru off Okinawa, and USS Swordfish (SS 193) sinks transport Yamakuni Maru off Hachijo Jima.

1945 - USS Cobia (SS 245) sinks the Japanese minelayer Yurijima off the east coast of Malaya.

2006 - Amphibious Transport Dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) is commissioned.

Training dummy operations onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Ship's crew usually names their dummies, sometimes in jest of former (or present) crew. The most common name, however, is usually Oscar.

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Today in Naval History:
1865 - With 8,000 Union soldiers, Rear Adm. David Porter provides 59 warships and 2,000 Sailors and Marines to take Confederate Fort Fisher, N.C., after a 2-day assault.

1943 - PBY-5A aircraft from (VP-83) sink German submarine U-507 off Brazil, which had sunk 19 and damaged one Allied merchant vessels, including seven that were American.

1945 - Destroyer es**rt Fleming (DE 32) sinks a Japanese submarine 320 miles north-northeast of Truk.

1964 - Destroyer Manley (DD-940) evacuates 54 Americans and 36 allied nationals after the Zanzibar government is overthrown.

The last one is pretty significant, as even then, we did a lot of humanitarian missions. Today, humanitarian operations are one of the staples of modern Navy life.

Pic of the Day:
Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure teams are present on many surface ships. They primarily focus on anti-piracy and smuggling operations. This is a job that any member of ship's company can apply to do!

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Today in Navy History:

1813 - During the War of 1812, the frigate Chesapeake, commanded by Capt. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer and two days later, British brig Liverpool Hero.

1943 - Submarine Guardfish (SS 217) sinks Japanese Patrol Boat No.1 about 10 miles southwest of the Tingwon Islands, located just southwest of the northern tip of New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago.

1944 - PB4Ys bomb Japanese shipping in Kwajalein lagoon and sink the gunboat Ikuta Maru, while PBY-5s from Tarawa mine Tokowa and Torappu Channels and the south entrance to Maleolap.

1945 - Task Force 38, commanded by Vice Adm. John S. McCain, continues to bomb Japanese shipping, airfields and installations in French Indochina while also attacking three Japanese convoys, sinking approximately 30 Japanese vessels with numerous other vessels damaged.

1953 - Aircraft landings begin operational tests, day and night, onboard USS Antietam (CVA-36), the first angled flight deck carrier.