Keywords: Raising the First Naval Jack.jpg en 020911-N-4397B-001 Naval Station Pascagoula Miss Sep 11 2002 -- Operations Specialist 2nd Class Michael McKenna from Providence R I raises the Navy Jack for the first time at morning colors on Sept 11 2002 aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S Gates CG 51 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 Gates is undergoing a maintenance availability at Naval Station Pascagoula http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 2636 Hoisting the Navy Jack aboard USS Thomas S Gates http //www news navy mil/management/photodb/photos/020911-N-4397B-001 jpg direct link 2002-09-11 U S Navy photo by Stacey Byington PD-USGov-Military-Navy September 2002 in the United States USS Thomas S Gates CG-51 Photographs of flags of the United States 2002 in Mississippi 11 September Naval Station Pascagoula First Navy Jack Military people in 2002 September 2002 photographs |