In the mood for a Navy movie....

[Jay Thompson]

Seems this old Army dog has been embracing all things Navy since my Son's enlistment.

New Navy sweatshirt? check. (don't tell any of my buddies)

New Navy coffee mug? check. (see above)

Navy decal on the car? check. (it's says Navy Mom and I was told to do that)

Making a model of Navy ship? check. (although I'm having issues finding USS Marvin Shields. Will probably substitute another Knox Class frigate model and change the hull numbers)

 So with this theme going on, I'm in the mood to watch some Navy movies. Here is my list of favorites in no particular order. Feel free to add any other movie I may want to watch.

Master and Commander (OK...I like this one the best)

Crimson Tide

Hunt for Red October

Men of Honor

The Final Countdown

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Mister Roberts (haven't watched this in a few years...gonna start with this one)

[NavyDads Admin (Paul)]

How about some newer stuff....Act of Valor or Lone Survivor for instance

[NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary]

Can't wait for this one!

[Jim Weintraub]

Not a movie per say, but a few years ago someone re-released an old t.v documentary series from the 50's called Victory At Sea. I found the 26 episode set on ebay for around $10.00 I think I'm going to order it. 

[Jay Thompson]

Haven't seen either of those, going on the list. Thx Curt

[Curt Ritter]

How about.......The Sand Pebbles.  A great one with Steve McQueen.

And another good one........The Last Detail......with Jack Nicholson.

[Jay Thompson]

LOL Jim. I watched that movie with the kids one day on Netflix. It had it's moments.

[Sean Jayson]

Yup... the Johnston and the Roberts were Taffy 3's little ankle biters.

[Jim Weintraub]

Is this the story about the Destroyer? that attacked the Japanese fleet? 

Sean Jayson said:

The story of the Battle of Samar featuring the sailors of Taffy 3 should be shared with any/all Navy families:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNrn2Wl6lg

or the book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Stand_of_the_Tin_Can_Sailors

[Sean Jayson]

The story of the Battle of Samar featuring the sailors of Taffy 3 should be shared with any/all Navy families:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNrn2Wl6lg

or the book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Stand_of_the_Tin_Can_Sailors

[Jim Weintraub]

I watch Military Channel (I think it is now called American Hero's Channel now). Great show on tank battles. Listened to interviews from former Sherman operators who had to go head to head with Tigers. Most of the time the Sherman shells just bounced of the Tiger armor. And the much shorter main gun did not help the Sherman. 

Jay Thompson said:

if you like WW2 movies, check out Fury. I watched that the other night with the wife and it's not bad. I've never seen a combat movie from the perspective of a tank crew and it's eye opening (as much as a movie can depict anyway). It stars Brad Pit who commands a Sherman Tank crew and leads a group of 4 tanks on a mission. One of the best parts of the movie is when they engage a German Tiger Tank, which for the movie, they used the only operating Tiger in the world. Damn thing is bigger then I thought.