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The U.S. Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) has begun its journey across the Southern Ocean to Antarctica for its annual resupply mission. The icebreaker departed Hobart,...
Join Sons of Norway- Mandt Lodge (317 S. Page St. )at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, for a program featuring three Mandt Lodge Navy veterans sharing their military experiences.
"Santa and his elves were born into the Order of the Blue Nose," Navy Region Mid-Atlantic tweeted. The command, which coordinates shore-based naval personnel and shore activities in the Mid-Atlantic region, added in an image attached to the tweet that the order "is a special designation reserved for personnel who have crossed the Arctic Circle above 66°34'N." "After completing assigned activities and a line-crossing ceremony, Sailors are welcomed into the Order and given a certificate," the image says. According to Navy tradition, sailors crossing into the Arctic Circle enter the realm of Bo...
The US Navy says Santa and his elves 'were born into' one of its most exclusive clubs insider@insider.com (Christopher Woody) © US Navy/MCS Seaman Christine Montgomery Lt. Nicholas McGrath plays the role of Boreas Rex, the King of the North, and initiates sailors into the Order of the Blue Nose aboard USS Ross, November 4, 2020. US Navy/MCS Seaman Christine Montgomery Santa Claus, a noted globetrotter, is apparently a member of the Order of the Blue Nose. According to Navy tradition, that accolade is only given to sailors who make it north of the Arctic Circle, and Santa an...