Dylan Interlicchia

I try to sail boats 🇺🇸⚓️

[Tom Cruise @TomCruise]

Days of Thunder. Summer 2028.

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

Burn it ALL the way down, @WilliamByron! 💨

[Arizona Diamondbacks @Dbacks]

Got milk?

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

#RIP Cmdr. Vern Jumper who passed away last Friday at the age of 93. Jumper was the Air Boss of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind in 1975, helping 3,000 people evacuate Saigon by helicopter. At one point, he had 26 Hueys circling the carrier, forcing the crew to push helicopters overboard to make room on the deck. Jumper was also one of the original TOPGUN instructors at NAS Miramar.

[MLB @MLB]

The @Dbacks score FIVE runs in the 9th for the #walkoff win!

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

DBACKS SCORE FIVE IN THE NINTH TO WALK IT OFF

[Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan @SecNavPhelan]

On Friday I visited the @USSArizona Memorial to pay my respects to the service members and civilians we lost at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day of December 7, 1941.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

#RIP actor Val Kilmer who passed away today at the age of 65. In addition to his appearances in BATMAN FOREVER and TOMBSTONE, Kilmer perhaps was best known for his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in TOP GUN. His final film was TOP GUN: MAVERICK in 2022.

[Stephen Schoch @bigdonkey47]

Navy Baseball’s new Jolly Rogers uniforms. “Fear the bones” on the helmets is sick

[Dylan Interlicchia @DInterlicchia]

RT @DAYTONA: BACK TO BACK, YOU’RE A 2X #DAYTONA500 CHAMPION @wiliambyron!

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

And with this ... he leaps into history!

REPOST to congratulate @WilliamByron on his #DAYTONA500 victory!

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

Feel the Thunder. ✈️

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

Here's an example of weak leadership and strong leadership.

[USS Abraham Lincoln @CVN_72]

U.S. Naval Aviation is the best in the world for a reason.

It’s because your @USNavy puts in the work 💪

Day in and day out #LincolnNation and the #Shoguns of Carrier Air Wing 9 conduct flight operations like clockwork ⏰

#FreeAndOpenPacific

[US Capitol Historical Society @CapitolHistory]

#OTD in #history, 1963, #JFK was killed. His life was cut short. But his aspirations were not. Inspired in part by his legacy, much of what he hoped was soon achieved, like Medicare, civil rights reform, and a man on the moon. "A man may die," JFK argued, "but an idea lives on."

[L A R R Y @LarryOConnor]

If you think the @NavyFB uniforms for the @ArmyNavyGame are cool (and they are)... Wait until you hear Ens. Jack Ernie's story.

The uniforms are inspired by Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103), the "Jolly Rogers". They trace their origins to Fighter Squadron 17 whose skull and crossbones insignia was emblazoned on their corsairs during World War II.

Ensign Jack Ernie's valor during the Battle of Okinawa cemented the legend of the Jolly Rogers.

Read on...

"April 1st, 1945, in Ready Room Three onboard USS BUNKER HILL. Stationed one hundred miles off the coast of Okinawa, Fighter Squadron SEVENTEEN would remember this day as the beginning of the invasion of Okinawa. The Jolly Rogers would participate in the invasion, providing air support for the amphibious assault and shore bombardment of the area. Fighter Squadron SEVENTEEN's reputation in the Pacific Theater was well known and the Japanese pilots feared the sight of their Skull and Crossbones emblazoned on F-4U Corsairs.

Ensign Jack Ernie and the other squadron pilots completed their preflight briefings and headed to the flight deck of USS BUNKER HILL to man their aircraft. Jack and his fellow pilots had already shot down over 100 Japanese aircraft, and anxiously awaited the day's opportunity to add more kills to their record.

Two hours later, however, over the skies of Okinawa, Ensign Jack Ernie's aircraft began losing engine oil. In an attempt to disengage from the fight with his crippled Corsair, Jack was attacked by two Japanese Zeroes. Without full power of his engine available, Jack was at too great a disadvantage. He fought valiantly, splashing one Zero before being overcome by the second. As his Corsair plummeted earthward, he made two transmissions; "Skipper, I can't get out!" followed by a short pause and then, "Remember me with the Jolly Rogers!"

For his actions that day, Ensign Ernie was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. His remains were not recovered until many years after VF-17 had been decommissioned and the Skull and Crossbones insignia had been adopted by Fighter Squadron EIGHTY-FOUR. After it's commissioning in 1959, in an attempt to trace the history of its squadron insignia, the story of Ensign Ernie was revealed to VF-84 by Jack's family and, upon their suggestion and consent, Jack's skull and femurs were encases in glass and presented to the squadron, thereby fulfilling Jack's last request of being "remembered with the Jolly Rogers."

Although Ensign Ernie was a member of the original VF-17 JOLLY ROGERS, his legend remains intact with the current VFA-103 JOLLY ROGERS. As was a tradition in VF-84, Ensign Ernie's name is a permanent fixture on the VFA-103 officer's precedence list and social roster, and his glass-encased skull and femurs remain on display in the squadron spaces and at all command functions."

Source: https://t.co/mznVHPfYxq

[Navy Football @NavyFB]

Fear the Bones 🏴‍☠️

#JollyRogers | #GoNavy | #BeatArmy

[USS Abraham Lincoln @CVN_72]

⚡️ First to fight⚡️

@USMC F-35C, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 conducted the first F-35C combat air strikes for the platform, Nov. 9-10.

Link below for the full press release.

#ShallNotPerish #CVN72 #USSAbrahamLincoln

https://t.co/4glFfn475f

[PHNX Diamondbacks @PHNX_Dbacks]

One year ago today, the Diamondbacks were World Series bound.