Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Traveling Tuesdays: Armed Forces Day at Hawthorne Nevada




Armed Forces Day recognizes the roles covered by the five military branches of the United States. Personnel from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force frequently train and fight together to defend the country and allies.

Although the idea of making one uniform date was to replace individual recognition, all branches celebrate their own birthday as well as the consolidated date.

We traveled to Hawthorne, Nevada on Friday, May 15, 2015 where the community was preparing for Saturday’s celebration. It was wet, windy and cold, but I refused to yield to the weather and forget taking pictures.

These are some of my favorites. 

back with propeller
USS Alabama (sub) missle







Don't mess with the US


Is your McDonald's this protected?


Hawthorne Ordnance Museum


Underwater Mines

God bless the USO volunteers!

27 comments:

  1. That is super cool! My husband is Air Force, so I got to see a lot of stuff that most people don't get to see :)

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  2. that is so cool! My son would love the missiles and the tanks.

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  3. This looks like a blast - pun intended. Hamburlger certainly isn't getting near that McDonald's!

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  4. Your pictures came out great. My son would enjoy the museum. The underwater mines are pretty neat.

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  5. How cool! My kids would love to see tanks and all that. Especially my boys they are right into this stuff! - jeanine

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  6. I love the old paint jobs. Do they still do that nowadays? I haven't seen anything new in terms of paint jobs.

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  7. Wow I what an awesome museum. My two Army brats would love to visit it.

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  8. Those are some intense weapons. Those missiles are massive!

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  9. They really shared some great memorabilia. My dad is a veteran and would really appreciate seeing something like this.

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  10. Love the protected McDonalds! It's neat to see what the Armed Forces use to protect our country.

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  11. I love the caption you put about McDonalds. I know my boy would go crazy with excitement seeing all of this stuff.

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  12. Looks like a really interesting area. Thanks for sharing the great photos of your time there.

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  13. My Dad was part of the Canadian Air Force. I grew up living on Base and it was a great experience.

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  14. That is a really neat place. My kids would love to see it and learn about the history there.

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  15. Going anywhere near Nevada would be too tempting for me to hop over to Las Vegas and play the slots! LOL

    I didn't know about the museum, thanks for sharing!

    Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly

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  16. What a great collection of our military history, must have been great to see it all in person!

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  17. This is really neat! We live near an Air Force base and they have a really nice museum that we have gone to a few times. I love seeing things like these!

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  18. I LOVE all the pictures! We live about an hour from the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Museum and I LOVE taking my son there! I love history! It's quite amazing!

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  19. We live in Vegas and debated going here! Looks like a really awesome time!

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  20. The don't mess wit US one is my favorite. Thank you for braving the whether to share with us!

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  21. I had to giggle a little at the McDonalds! I live in a big military area so there's lots of celebrations here.

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  22. My son is really into military history. I'm loving all of the great pieces...even at McD

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  23. I love the McDonald's picture. What a great way to recognize Armed Forces Day.

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  24. Anything that honors the men and women of the Armed Forces is awesome in my books. Looks like that was a great event to attend.

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  25. Looks like it was a super fun day! I love your caption about a well-protected McDonald's!

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  26. This looks like a great trip. So cool.

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  27. What a great collection! Looks like a very cool trip!
    ~Amanda

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