2023. Dec 9th .The Army Navy Game.

Another fabulous RayGator Game Thread!

 

I do not miss this game. Watching the pregame with the Midshipmen and Corps of Cadets marching into the stadium is something to watch.

 

Navy themed uniform for the game:



Honoring the Silent Service – Designed to honor the service and dedication of the U.S. Submarine Force, its families and supporting personnel.

 

Army themed uniform for the game:

 

Dad, brother, and I are Army veterans. Fight on you Army Mule

 

Go Navy, sing second.

 

Appreciate your service!

One of the best threads we've ever had here was this one last month:

Roll Call: Honoring Military Members & First Responders on Gator Country

 

On Brave Old Army Team.

 

On, Brave Old Army Team by US Military Academy Band

 

This column in the Washington Post written by John Feinstein really captures the essence of the Army-Navy Game.
Nothing in sports moves me like the Army-Navy game

Why do those few moments bring me to tears every year without fail?

Because I understand — as do so many who are similarly moved — that as much as the players desperately want to beat each other on the football field, they recognize that in a much larger sense, they’re all on the same side. Only a cadet can have some understanding of what it’s like to be a midshipman and only a midshipman can understand what it’s like to be a cadet. Each will claim, of course, that their school is tougher or better, but they all know that, in the end, all 8,000 of them are the same.

Maybe that’s why I choke up just a little at the start of the anthem at Army-Navy. As those 8,000 hands go to salute position, I remember something Jim Cantelupe, who was the defensive captain of that 1995 Army team, said to me in 2003 when Kevin Norman, his senior roommate, was killed overseas. When he called to tell me Kevin had been killed, I said something about Kevin dying a hero because he had died fighting for his country. “Kevin was a hero,” Jim said, “because he was willing to die for his country.”

That’s why the 8,000 salutes get to me: Every one of those men and women has volunteered to die for the rest of us if need be. And that’s why my wife knows the answer she will get when she texts at the conclusion of the alma maters: Seeing those kids — and to me they’re all kids at that moment — and knowing what they’re going to do when they graduate always gets to me.​

 

If Army wins, they get the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. If Navy wins, it will be a three-way tie and Air Force retains physical possession of the trophy.

I am former Army and retired Air Force, so this is a win-win for me. Go Army! Beat Navy!

 

Only two types of ships, submarines and targets. Go Navy! Beat Army!

 

Two players reflect on the impact of the Army Navy Game