Belated Happy Birthday U.S. Navy!!

"For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command."

Admiral Arleigh Burke, CNO, 1 August 1961, Change of command address at Annapolis, MD

Today (Oct. 13, 2008) is the 233rd birthday of the United States Navy.

And 100 years after President Teddy Roosevelt used the Navy's "Great White Fleet"  to promote America's emerging role in the world, take a look at.....

Where in the world is the Great White Fleet?