I'm Going to the Army-Navy Game on Saturday! (1 Viewer)

[ClownCausedChaos2]

My Dad, who is a Navy Vietnam Vet, has had the Army-Navy Game on his bucket list for as long as I can remember.  This year for Father's Day, my wife sprung and bought the tickets for me to take him.

That's all I wanted to say, really.  I'm just excited to be able to take my Dad to the game and I knew that of any group of folks might appreciate my excitement, it would be this place.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

That's awesome. Enjoy!

 

[TheIronSheik]

My Dad, who is a Navy Vietnam Vet, has had the Army-Navy Game on his bucket list for as long as I can remember.  This year for Father's Day, my wife sprung and bought the tickets for me to take him.

That's all I wanted to say, really.  I'm just excited to be able to take my Dad to the game and I knew that of any group of folks might appreciate my excitement, it would be this place.

Wear an Air Force sweatshirt.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Wear an Air Force sweatshirt.

Only you.

 

[nirad3]

Nice!  No dog in the fight but always like watching this (mainly because it's usually the only sporting event on at the time, but I digress).

Seems like it would be fun to go to, and more enjoyable when it is snowing.

 

[Tom Servo]

My Dad, who is a Navy Vietnam Vet, has had the Army-Navy Game on his bucket list for as long as I can remember.  This year for Father's Day, my wife sprung and bought the tickets for me to take him.

That's all I wanted to say, really.  I'm just excited to be able to take my Dad to the game and I knew that of any group of folks might appreciate my excitement, it would be this place.

I knew this had been a thing for you for a while.  I'm glad your wife was able to make it happen for you! 

I normally root for Navy, but I'll root a little harder this year for Papa Chaos!!

 

[Jaysus]

where are they playing at?  I think I am seeing Navy wrestle on Friday  

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I knew this had been a thing for you for a while.  I'm glad your wife was able to make it happen for you! 

I normally root for Navy, but I'll root a little harder this year for Papa Chaos!!

Thanks GB.  

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

where are they playing at?  I think I am seeing Navy wrestle on Friday  

Lincoln Financial in Philly.  Takin' the Turnpike from the West Shore!

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Nice!  No dog in the fight but always like watching this (mainly because it's usually the only sporting event on at the time, but I digress).

Seems like it would be fun to go to, and more enjoyable when it is snowing.

Yes, watch this  every year and enjoy the uniformed crowd always into the game.

 

[The_Man]

Have a great time! My great-grandfather, who lived with us for the last few years of his life, was a New Hampshire farm boy who went to the Naval Academy. He wanted to go to West Point, but someone else got that congressional appointment and he was lucky enough to get the appointment to Annapolis (he finished second on the exam, but the kid who finished first couldn't pass the physical exam).

As soon as he graduated fron Navy, he resigned his commission and took a commission in the Army - which apparently they let you do back then. He spent his entire life in the Army and retired a colonel. Which meant that for decades, he was pretty much the only colonel in the entire Army who was a huge Navy fan when it came to the Army-Navy game. 

Navy needs this one to avoid a 4-year losing streak.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Have a great time! My great-grandfather, who lived with us for the last few years of his life, was a New Hampshire farm boy who went to the Naval Academy. He wanted to go to West Point, but someone else got that congressional appointment and he was lucky enough to get the appointment to Annapolis (he finished second on the exam, but the kid who finished first couldn't pass the physical exam).

As soon as he graduated fron Navy, he resigned his commission and took a commission in the Army - which apparently they let you do back then. He spent his entire life in the Army and retired a colonel. Which meant that for decades, he was pretty much the only colonel in the entire Army who was a huge Navy fan when it came to the Army-Navy game. 

Navy needs this one to avoid a 4-year losing streak.

Awesome story.  Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jaysus]

Lincoln Financial in Philly.  Takin' the Turnpike from the West Shore!

What kind of rain gear will you guys be using?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Just a heads up, not sure if you heard, but the POTUS is going to the game.  So that means extra security and motorcades that will make traffic worse.  

May want to leave earlier than your current departure time, GB. 

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

What kind of rain gear will you guys be using?

Ugh I know.  Been watching the weather, hoping it would change.  Doesn't look too good.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Just a heads up, not sure if you heard, but the POTUS is going to the game.  So that means extra security and motorcades that will make traffic worse.  

May want to leave earlier than your current departure time, GB. 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[SWC]

i think this is awesome and i salute you for making this happen for your pop that is just awesome nice work brohan take that to the bank 

 

[Tom Servo]

Just for @ClownCausedChaos2 and Papa Chaos:

Now colleges from sea to sea  
May sing of colors true, 
But who has better right than we  
To hoist a symbol hue: 
For sailors brave in battle fair  
Since fighting days of old, 
Have proved the sailor’s right to wear  
The Navy Blue & Gold.  

So hoist our colors, hoist them high, 
And vow allegiance true, 
So long as sunset gilds the sky 
Above the ocean blue, 
Unlowered shall those colors be 
Whatever fate they meet, 
So glorious in victory, 
Triumphant in defeat.  

Four years together by the Bay,  
Where Severn joins the tide, 
Then by the Service called away,  
We’re scattered far and wide; 
But still when two or three shall meet,  
And old tales be retold, 
From low to highest in the Fleet,  
We’ll pledge the Blue and Gold

 

[DJackson10]

Nice!  No dog in the fight but always like watching this (mainly because it's usually the only sporting event on at the time, but I digress).

Seems like it would be fun to go to, and more enjoyable when it is snowing.

As someone who has family with experience with this game its a ##### weather wise especially when it was at the vet. It really depends on the weather though. I just wish they'd leave it in Philly because all the years I can go they end up in Baltimore 

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

What an absolutely fantastic day.  The only thing that stunk was that we missed the Midshipmen marching onto the field, because we got stuck behind an accident on the way to the stadium.  We found our seats just as the cadets were in the middle of their march.  I looked over at my Dad and his eyes were misty.  He was just looking around at everything in awe.  I patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is the Army-Navy game."  He never stopped looking around.  He just nodded and said, "This is magical."

Stadium

Cadets

Lining Up

Action Shot

 

[Uruk-Hai]

What an absolutely fantastic day.  The only thing that stunk was that we missed the Midshipmen marching onto the field, because we got stuck behind an accident on the way to the stadium.  We found our seats just as the cadets were in the middle of their march.  I looked over at my Dad and his eyes were misty.  He was just looking around at everything in awe.  I patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is the Army-Navy game."  He never stopped looking around.  He just nodded and said, "This is magical."

Stadium

Cadets

Lining Up

Action Shot

Man, you had fantastic seats. That you got to share this with your dad is awesome.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Man, you had fantastic seats. That you got to share this with your dad is awesome.

Those seats were all my wife's doing. She said when she bought them that you couldn't put a price on the experience and she one of us to have the best time possible.