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.
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| back with propeller |
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| USS Alabama (sub) missle |
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| Don't mess with the US |
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| Is your McDonald's this protected? |
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| Hawthorne Ordnance Museum |
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| Underwater Mines |
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| God bless the USO volunteers! |
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 :)
ReplyDeletethat is so cool! My son would love the missiles and the tanks.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a blast - pun intended. Hamburlger certainly isn't getting near that McDonald's!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures came out great. My son would enjoy the museum. The underwater mines are pretty neat.
ReplyDeleteHow cool! My kids would love to see tanks and all that. Especially my boys they are right into this stuff! - jeanine
ReplyDeleteI love the old paint jobs. Do they still do that nowadays? I haven't seen anything new in terms of paint jobs.
ReplyDeleteWow I what an awesome museum. My two Army brats would love to visit it.
ReplyDeleteThose are some intense weapons. Those missiles are massive!
ReplyDeleteThey really shared some great memorabilia. My dad is a veteran and would really appreciate seeing something like this.
ReplyDeleteLove the protected McDonalds! It's neat to see what the Armed Forces use to protect our country.
ReplyDeleteI love the caption you put about McDonalds. I know my boy would go crazy with excitement seeing all of this stuff.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a really interesting area. Thanks for sharing the great photos of your time there.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad was part of the Canadian Air Force. I grew up living on Base and it was a great experience.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really neat place. My kids would love to see it and learn about the history there.
ReplyDeleteGoing anywhere near Nevada would be too tempting for me to hop over to Las Vegas and play the slots! LOL
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the museum, thanks for sharing!
Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly
What a great collection of our military history, must have been great to see it all in person!
ReplyDeleteThis 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!
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteWe live in Vegas and debated going here! Looks like a really awesome time!
ReplyDeleteThe don't mess wit US one is my favorite. Thank you for braving the whether to share with us!
ReplyDeleteI had to giggle a little at the McDonalds! I live in a big military area so there's lots of celebrations here.
ReplyDeleteMy son is really into military history. I'm loving all of the great pieces...even at McD
ReplyDeleteI love the McDonald's picture. What a great way to recognize Armed Forces Day.
ReplyDeleteAnything that honors the men and women of the Armed Forces is awesome in my books. Looks like that was a great event to attend.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was a super fun day! I love your caption about a well-protected McDonald's!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great trip. So cool.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection! Looks like a very cool trip!
ReplyDelete~Amanda