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| Keywords: US Navy 020911-N-0000H-001 Raising the Navy Jack aboard ship.jpg en Cairns Australia Sep 11 2002 -- Signalman 3rd Class Sean Polidore from Franklin La raises the Navy Jack in lieu of the Union Jack aboard USS George Philip FFG 12 during the ship's morning flag raising ceremony The guided-missile frigate on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time U S which gives the Sailors aboard the ship the honor of being the first to raise the Navy Jack Under direction of the Secretary of the Navy Gordon R England all U S Navy ships will fly the Navy Jack in place of the Union Jack for the duration of the war on terrorism The Navy Jack is a flag consisting of a rattlesnake superimposed across thirteen horizontal alternating red and white stripes with the motto Don t Tread on Me Previously only the oldest active commissioned ship USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 was authorized to fly the Navy Jack The temporary substitution of the Navy Jack serves as a historic reminder of the United States' and U S Navy's origin as well as the will of its people to persevere and triumph U S Navy photo by Chief Hospital Corpsman Gary Mihalko RELEASED 2002-09-11 020911-N-0000H-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2632 U S Navy photo by Chief Hospital Corpsman Gary Mihalko PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Cairns Australia USS George Philip FFG-12 First anniversary of the September 11 2001 attacks First Navy Jack 2002 in Australia September 2002 photographs Military people in 2002 Personality rights | ||||
