![]() ![]() The “by Marines, for Marines” podcast, which releases new installments weekly and is recorded on-site at the MCA headquarters aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., has quickly gained subscribers, with more listeners tuning in to each subsequent episode. “Chesty” Puller and recordings of guest speakers from MCA’s professional awards ceremonies and events. With a heavy emphasis on the art of storytelling, “Scuttlebutt: An MCA Podcast” launched its first episodes in September 2021, taking its place among the professional association’s wide array of multimedia resources, which includes audio articles from its flagship publications Leatherneck and Marine Corps Gazette an impressive “Corps Voices” collection featuring interviews with some of the most revered Marines in history, including Lieutenant General Lewis B. Ruble retired from the Corps as a major in 2018 and then went on to earn a master’s degree in creative writing from American University in Washington, D.C. Initially out of his comfort zone perhaps, but to anyone listening, the role seems a natural fit for the former amtrac officer, a prior enlisted Marine with numerous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan under his belt. What he didn’t count on was that he would, by default, end up as its host. When Vic Ruble joined the staff of the Marine Corps Association last year as creative content coordinator and deputy editor of Marine Corps Gazette, he knew he’d be involved in the behind-the-scenes development of the organization’s first-ever podcast. Despite the official change, Navy Day continues to be widely celebrated on October 27, after being deeply entrenched into Navy tradition for more than a quarter – century.“Scuttlebutt” Podcast Posted on SeptemIs Newest Addition To MCA’s Library of Consequently, the Navy’s birthday was officially changed that year from October 27 to October 13. Naval historians conducting research in 1970 determined the authentic birth date of the United States Navy was October 13, 1775. They continued to organize events celebrating the original Navy Day on October 27, well attended by both civilians and Navy personnel. As a civilian organization, the Navy League was not affected by Johnson’s directive. military: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and now the newly created Space Force. Johnson designated the third Saturday in May as Armed Forces Day, a joint celebration recognizing all six traditional branches of the U.S. Johnson, announced that Armed Forces Day would officially replace Navy Day commencing the following year. Navy Day was last officially observed in 1949 when the first Secretary of Defense, Louis A. Truman arrived to review the fleet in New York Harbor. The 1945 celebration was particularly grand and memorable when sitting President Harry S. ![]() ports where public celebrations were held. ![]() Navy participated each year by dispatching ships to various U.S. Navy Day was traditionally celebrated with pomp and circumstance between 19. October 27 also happens to be the birthday of one of the Navy’s most ardent supporters, President Theodore Roosevelt, who once served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and had supported a Navy Day. At the time, October 27 was considered by many to be the birthday of the United States Navy, based on a document presented to the Continent Congress on this date in 1775 that supported the purchase of a fleet of merchant ships to form an American colonial navy. Navy Day was first celebrated in 1922 by the Navy League of the United States, a civilian nonprofit organization, as a day to pay tribute to the men and women we call sailors. ![]()
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