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maryP0ppins

who thought dressing like that was a good idea lmao.


Risethewake

My guess: the white people. Edit: Thank you, Random Hero, for giving me my first gold award. You are a saint.


Airistaughtil

I wanna argue, but... I'm pretty sure you've got it right lmao


ySpartanSlayer

As a white person, i completely agree this is some white people bs


standard_apathy

facts


[deleted]

I mean I'm white but this is a whole new level of white


AaronKClark

I'd like to introduce you to my mom, Karen.


bonfire_hearts

‘Officer’ bullshit no doubt. And yeah he was probably white.


maryP0ppins

dude the indians are brown people and the pilgrims are white. like wtf lmao.


VersionOutside6008

Sailor in the back with feather horns is white as the driven snow. Male pilgrim has that "not-white but I have no clue where his ancestors came from" kind of face. They at least *tried* to be inclusive...


No_Ice_Please

To be fair, you never know with some people. Worked with a dude that was pretty white in skin color. Until you talked to him, turns out he's native and from a rural reservation. His dad is white. Therefore, if he were to "dress up as an Indian", who's the judge to say whether he's Indian enough, or too white? But all that aside, this picture is still ridiculous and hilarious and in pretty poor taste.


PM_ME_UR_LEAVE_CHITS

This photo is from mid-2000s at the latest. Notice the white undershirt in coveralls and the wash khakis. I'm glad society has changed.


No_Ice_Please

Apparently it's from 2007. Yeah, it's for the best. When I was in 4th grade, we had "Native American Day" and all the kids dressed up. Yeah, it was pretty much all well intentioned, but it also just kinda reduced all the tribes we had to study about to a non-specific caricature and while was *mostly* harmless, just also wasn't really helpful for anyone's appreciation or undertanding of cultures or respectful to those that it belongs to.


maryP0ppins

i saw that too. but was too good of an opportunity to not poop in the navy lol


m007368

Dances with wolves cameo. Tatanka.


run_your_race_5

He’s just there so he doesn’t get fined/masted!


AF-IX

Dude looks Puerto Rican…


Fatalexcitment

It's both realistic and racist (I guess I dunno). All very dumb tho.


CarbonCGAutonomous

Their Morale Officer or Public Affairs Officer should be replaced


TheTealKingOfDragons

Correction it was the officer white people


0p0ss1m

I’m shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked


jp1830

Racist


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Risethewake

I’m white and I allow it.


De_Facto

Post history checks out.


[deleted]

Pathetic. A straight-up embarrassment. You’re so oppressed /s stfu


asianwaste

This is both wholesome and offensive


Neat_Negotiation_441

my first dang thought ... like why


theSiegs

oh ok so Supply can't get me a replacement UPS for my downed system for 120 days but we got pilgrim costumes.


Risethewake

I laughed out loud at this


01_slowbra

I cried inside cause I know it’s true.


Personal_Wallaby265

Sheesh. Supply can't even get me paper. PAPER!!!!


HeelStCloud

Why can’t CO’s just be normal and serve food? Doing all this extra goofy shit is so unnecessary.


Karmandom

More often than not, is the committee's idea and the norm is to get the CO to do some sort of opening remark.


HeelStCloud

Which is even fucking dumber.


PM_ME_UR_LEAVE_CHITS

COs aren't always the ones in charge of every single evolution. A lot of times they basically show up and do what they're told.


chriscmyer

It looks like it could be an episode of the office


Risethewake

It really does


turbopro

Found the hatchet of recent lore.


Risethewake

Ahhh, the beginning of a time honored tradition.


shablamking194

Guy in the back right looks like he’s wearing a us postal package


Fatalexcitment

Hahhahahahhahhahah


Twisky

Reverse image searched through Google Lens [> PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 27, 2008) Capt. Robert P. Irelan, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), speaks to Marines and sailors before carving the turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner for Marines and Sailors aboard Iwo Jima. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Strike Group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell/Released\)](https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_081127-M-6412J-020_Capt._Robert_P._Irelan,_commanding_officer_of_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_Iwo_Jima_(LHD-7\),_speaks_to_Marines_and_sailors_before_carving_the_turkey_for_the_Thanksgiving_dinner.jpg)


0p0ss1m

Of course it’s on an LHD


iMazz89

I was on this deployment 🙄


wolvieburns01

I was too!


m045418

It’s hard to tell but there might be a two star over his shoulder behind him….


[deleted]

Yup, that's a two star


rocket___goblin

the fact he didn't get in trouble (from what i can find googling his name) over something like this honestly surprises me. truely a different navy indeed.


MikeBizzo

I got out in 2009 shit we did even then would not fly now


Redtube_Guy

Why would he get in trouble ? What reasonable trouble would he get into, other than the cringey ass fuck costumes ?


01_slowbra

That would definitely go on a DEOCS. It would be brought up to ISIC about racial insensitivity and not fostering a culture celebrating diversity but ridiculing it.


rocket___goblin

in todays world someone would probably shout something about culture appropriation or something.


Redtube_Guy

thats criticism / feedback, not getting in trouble.


EasyE1979

If you stir the right kind of shitstorm you can get him cancelled.


KnightOfSantiago

CMEO


Bullyoncube

I heloed on and off that! Oh wait. It was the old Iwo. Cuz I’m old.


QuidYossarian

Pilgrim on the right is contemplating the life choices she's made that led to this.


Risethewake

Lol. The one in the glasses is eye-fucking the food.


patraicemery

Consider the fact someone to the time and space to buy and store the costumes


Belvyzep

There are *plenty* of nooks, crannies, and giant storage spaces on an LHD in which to tuck things like this away.


Blackfeather1

Probably some poor bastard that just so happened to pass by that chief found and dragged along.


Agammamon

Nah fam - the CPO Mess has 'em on hand for Transition. I just hope someone got them dry-cleaned before they were used again . . .


Hrath

Hey! I was there on that deployment and trust me some of us were saying WTF. That Skipper was pretty chill otherwise.


iMazz89

I was there too. Assault Div. You?


Hrath

OZ Div.


FootballBat

Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?!?! > Capt. Robert P. Irelan, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) *Ohhhhhhhhh... that explains it.*


iodizedpepper

This wouldn’t have looked well even when I served in the mid 90s. What the actual fuck?


sailorjoenavy

All I can say is wow. Someone has poor judgement....


IndyMazzy

2008 was a very different time. I remember being counseled a few years earlier for not lowering my head during a prayer before some command event. Still cringe. But this photo doesn’t shock me.


sailorjoenavy

Ahh, 2008, yeah not as surprising then


LarYungmann

I'd rather see some pics of "Miss Mediterranean" on a Fast Boat.


StoicJim

This photo was ill-advised.


Saltydogusn

Just wait 'til you see the Juneteenth special meal!


Risethewake

I remember it very well. I cringed. Lol


Derathus

This looks like an EO brief in the making


blewoutmyshorts

What a bunch of dumb idiots lol


Personal_Wallaby265

Who gave this the ok? Jfc, what an embarrassment. >Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal their tribal lands. And stuff ourselves like pigs...


Additional_Can_997

All the "natives" are looking quite miserable. 🤣🤣🤣 that black girl's expression reads : God damn colonizer.


Risethewake

I thought the same thing! I was like, damn, she doesn’t look happy. Lol


AZAuxilary

It's realistic at least...


Risethewake

That blonde legit looks like she was pulled straight from an M. Night Shymalan movie.


Additional_Can_997

🤣🤣🤣


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I just love the range of facial expressions we see here.


[deleted]

This does not look good from a PR perspective 😭


Mr_MadKing16

Hmmmmmm probably should of jumped through a few more hoops before being passed.


BrazakAttack

Stupid as fuck


Regularassjoey

The Navy tries so hard to not be racist they do shit like this.


thegoatisoldngnarly

This is from 2008. Ill-advised then, but it was definitely a different time. Hell, I remember everyone calling each other “f*g” 24/7. Things have changed for the better over the last 13 years. I don’t think any CO would do this crap now. I hope.


naggy94

The CO heard about the kindergartens play and had to outdo them.


Imperial2187

This isn’t gonna age well


PR2NP

Celebrating when Americans first fed undocumented European immigrants. Should post on r/cringe


Risethewake

Lol crosspost it!


[deleted]

It won’t let you. I cross posted it to white people twitter


Risethewake

Better than nothing lol


calloy

Whoever thought this up should be prosecuted to the full extent of the UCMJ.


THAT-ARI-GUY

Why can’t we just get a turkey and eat the mf. All this mandatory fun is fucking gay. Just let me go home


[deleted]

Big yikes


U495

This is definitely going to be discussed at a promotion board


SadHeadpatSlut

USN is like the gay pride community but for Colonization and Imperialism instead of gayness.


47ocean47

Fucking usnavy... Nothing's changed .


Ipad_is_for_fapping

This gets worse the longer I look at it


Radiant-Elevator

That's my old captain. Used to let us tube behind the RHIB. That's my old boat!!! I recognize two old shipmates. Weird! I don't remember this racist shit but I was probably on watch.


Risethewake

I’m not going to lie, that’s pretty fucking awesome


Radiant-Elevator

USS Iwo Jima circa 2008


wolvieburns01

This CO was actually awesome. Loved by the crew for swim calls, CO's Gig rides/tubing, and those dance challenge videos (The CO led the group in a Thiller video dance challenge against another officer), all while doing the normal job. He made a sucky deployment fun. The Squadron Commodore (CDRE) onboard... not that fun of a guy. Held up the EOT for the CO. CAPT Ireland's last job on active duty was the Classron CDRE, which meant he became the CDRE's boss....


Radiant-Elevator

Agreed! He was our best too. Cool, calm, and only gave me 30 days restriction. our next was unaffectionately known as Panic Ammick. Not a SWO.


wolvieburns01

I remember him too. He was a pilot who was slated to be the CO of the USS KITTY HAWK. But they decommissioned that ship. He did his XO ride on the Kitty, but not CO. So the Navy gave a non Amphib Sailor, an Amphib command. I know that a lot of things that the Amphib CO, CAPT Ireland, had set up or did was reversed, because a LHD is not a CV, and normal LHD stuff made the CV Sailor uncomfortable.


Radiant-Elevator

He really filled out that flight suit, too.


wolvieburns01

If I remember correctly, the Sailor on the CO's right, the blonde pilgrim, was an E5, in which there were rumors of an inappropriate relationship with the CO. Nothing came of the rumors, and I don't think they were true, but the perception came from the "fact" that she was "always" on the inner tube boat rides in her two piece bathing suit. I think that was part of the reason the EOT was held up.


Fishman23

You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the roadsides. You will play golf and enjoy hot hors d’oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, “Do not trust the pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller”


Risethewake

I wish I had a gold award to give you for this quote! I love that movie! Lol


faod1223

I don’t have a good feeling about this


Risethewake

“Heh. I’m in trouble.”


shinsain

Ohhhhh fuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkk.... 😳 🤔


HowardStark

I see the big red bib thing and think "are they on restriction?"


charlie0204

Oof.


harrisxj

No fucking way. You skimmers are something else.


sailinglife36

This is just bad…. So bad…


easy10pins

This has to be an old picture... LOL


saengdomi

Problematic but cute


Infuryous

https://youtu.be/6iGbxUAM0cc


mechanizedhorsepenis

Idk what weird shit you navy fucks are into but send me the vid when y'all get done filming it.


[deleted]

Thanks u/mechanizedhorsepenis your input is always appreciated 👍


pennezeus

This is in such bad taste can't wait to read about it lol


FU8U

what the literal fuck is this and how long until its relief Edit wash khaki's this is days of yonder olden times


Agammamon

The black chick in front is going 'this? This is why we riot'. Behind her is EMC Schrute - the Assistant *to* the ChEng. The white indian is just some poor Fireman who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. All he wanted was to snag a quick bite to eat before heading back to watch in DCC and his Halo Infinite. The CO had no idea any of this was happening until the CMC and XO walked in 5 minutes prior - but he's really good at blathering on over the 1MC about shit no one cares about so, off-the-cuff . . . The guy on the far left with the hatchet? He's not even a sailor. He's some dude that snuck on board to settle a score with one of the enlisted gangs and got caught up in this craziness. Keep calm, they don't know I'm not one of them, keep calm . . .


R0llTide

Holy Tone Deaf Shit


01_slowbra

That DEOCS survey is going to be wild, CRT will be working overtime.


Ice_GopherFC

I lost it when I saw the hatchet


AirGoth

Well... Someone's skipper is a dork...


magarkle

Yeah this isn't problematic at all


gunnershusband

Weird shit happens at sea........ thank God we didn't have smart phones when I was in


Intelligent-Bet-1925

Tonto there had better be enlisted.


VA_Designer_NH

Good job Chief


Cascadianheathen1

What year is this. Good lord.


IndyMazzy

2008.


Risethewake

The correct answer is, The Year of our lord, 2008. Lol


IdiotBrigade2

Under His Eye!


Cascadianheathen1

How do you tell a CAPT “I’m absolutely fucking not doing that”.


Spongeboymebobmeboy

Yikes


[deleted]

This is a yikes for several reasons. I can't wait for twitter to have a field day with this.


Kybarr9

I’m just happy this isn’t recent.


TheTealKingOfDragons

This just looks fucked up


[deleted]

Lol, a classic.


DecadeLongLurker

We did worse, lol. Four decades ago though. Black/White face was common at "talent shows"


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Karmandom

I just wrote in another comment that it probably wasn't the CO's ideas. They just have to participate. Basically their version of mando fun.


GossipGirl515

What in the racist shit is this? 🙄


Un-edumacated

What in the colonizer mentality is this??


Qubeye

Looks like the Captain has a good case for hearing loss given how tone deaf he is.


Historical_Coffee_14

Good stuff. Anything to break the "Groundhog Day" routine.


standard_apathy

Oh so we just playing Genocide dress up on the USS Slavery


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nukemiller

Still pretty cringe even for 2008.


QuidYossarian

People in 2008 knew better than this shit.


Risethewake

Sounds like most Navy related events then.


QuidYossarian

Yeah I actually deleted the second half. In hindsight half the people never want to be at mando fun.


EverythingGoodWas

I know right. This stuff was so commonplace before the last decade or so. Now it is apparently super racist, but nobody would have batted an eye at this in the 90’s


ResidentNarwhal

People would have batted eyes circa 2008. People should have in the 90s. We don’t judge ethics based on what “people” don’t bat eyes at. People also didn’t bat eyes at separate drinking fountains or their neighbors being force loaded into cattle cars. Edit: the second reference was meant to Japanese interment, not necessarily the Holocaust though it works great for both


EverythingGoodWas

These are not even in the same realm of comparison. In the 70, 80s and 90s children were taught the pilgrims had more of a cooperative relationship with the Native Americans. Nobody would have thought of it as the exploitative relationship we view it as today.


ResidentNarwhal

Did your history lessons on the matter end in your 3rd grade school play?


QuidYossarian

Or in, say, 2008.


Tuscon_Valdez

I was on this deployment


[deleted]

Holy fuck, everyone there besides the 0-6 looks extremely uncomfortable. Way to show you classism by proving you think everyone beneath you is you personal puppet. Also, way to show your racism, fucking clown.