Crews Lining The Decks

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September 9th, 2005   #1
LeEnfield
 
 

Crews Lining The Decks info


Do you know why the crews line the decks on entering or leaving port, it goes back to the days of sail when they used to man the masts. This was to show the people of that port there was not a chance of the guns being manned as every one was in sight


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September 10th, 2005   #2
Marinerhodes
 
 
Interesting.


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March 29th, 2006   #3
MilidarUSMC
 
 
i thought it was just to piss off the Marines that didnt feel like having to get into chucks for some foreign govt.


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March 30th, 2006   #4
Rob Henderson
 
 
That too..