I recently received an Admirals coin while aboard the USS John C Stennis. My first :D

jessewvu

I received the coin after briefing the rear admiral on the status of our flight testing while underway on the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) last week. The most interesting point of the coin is the Rear Admirals name, Joseph P. Aucoin. I always buy a ship coin and a ship patch when I go out on ships for work. I have a ship coin from all the carriers currently in service, except the Stennis, they were out of stock I guess my next chance will be in two years when we visit the ship again.

BG

<< <i>I received the coin after briefing the rear admiral on the status of our flight testing while underway on the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) last week. The most interesting point of the coin is the Rear Admirals name, Joseph P. Aucoin. I always buy a ship coin and a ship patch when I go out on ships for work. I have a ship coin from all the carriers currently in service, except the Stennis, they were out of stock I guess my next chance will be in two years when we visit the ship again.

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Cool.


I'm a Plank Owner of this ship.

MidLifeCrisis

Congrats!

derryb

Nice. I have a collection of Zippos from most of the Ohio class subs from my days as civil servant.

llafoe

I feel like I'm with family!

I received lots of coins from flag/general officers/dignitaries while in Iraq/Afghanistan. I even received three different challenge coins from General Petraeus in a six month period (one as CENTCOM and two as ISAF/USFOR-A). I still prefer Navy over any other service/agency. I prefer SEAL coins the best, although I received a really neat NCIS Polygraph coin in Kabul.

epcjimi1

<< <i>The most interesting point of the coin is the Rear Admirals name, Joseph P. Aucoin. >>



Are you kidding me!?! Great name for the rear admiral! Too bad the ship coin isn't an au coin.

Think the admiral has a 'boatload' collection of gold coins?

hockeyfan9

Very cool, I didn't know these things even existed. Thanks for sharing!

jessewvu

<< <i>Very cool, I didn't know these things even existed. Thanks for sharing! >>



Here is an old thread I posted with pictures of most of my coins at the time:

Link to picture post

MidLifeCrisis

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<< <i>Very cool, I didn't know these things even existed. Thanks for sharing! >>



Here is an old thread I posted with pictures of most of my coins at the time: >>


Since I missed that thread, here are some of the coins I've received over the past 25+ years. I retired from the Army in 2005.

JapanJohn

Outstanding. I have some Commanders coins as well but none from Flag Staff.

My best "Navy" coin is the 1990 Ike Commen. I made the med cruise on CVN-69 Eisenhower in 1990 so it was mighty fine timing and makes a great memory.

John