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The U.S. Navy celebrates its birthday on Oct. 13. In 1775, a naval force was established by the Continental Congress to aid in the conflict with the British.
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Daniel Dowling, a member of Louis K. Juden Post 63 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., contributed last summer before the service branch鈥檚 250th birthday:
鈥淚n 1987, I saw the TV commercial 鈥楶ort of Call, Hong Kong,鈥 showing sailors running off a ship and experiencing downtown Hong Kong with dragons dancing. 鈥業t's Not Just a Job, It's an Adventure鈥 was the theme. Being a warm-blooded Midwestern boy, I was inspired to visit the local Navy recruiter in Overland, Mo. My recruiters were great and offered the training and rate I was interested in (data processing technician, which no longer exists), so I enlisted in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP). They were truthful. I spent most of my 12-year career as a WestPac sailor, living in Hawaii and traveling throughout the Far East, Persian Gulf and Australia. It was truly the best decision I ever made.鈥
Happy birthday, Navy!
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