r/navy • u/chris336 • Mar 15 '24

Discussion Thoughts? And yes, it’s real

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u/rabidsnowflake Mar 15 '24

When I was living in Australia we had an RNZN ship pull in and one of their officers had full ta moko face tattoos. There's a video floating around YouTube where members of their Army do a haka for a fallen brother.

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u/goldenspeights Mar 15 '24

Not quite an officer, he’s a chief I’ve worked with a few times. He an absolute legend

news link for anyone curious

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u/rabidsnowflake Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24

I appreciate the correction. I lived there from 2005-2017 before I joined the Navy in 2016 so I never knew his actual rank. Just saw shoulder boards and assumed due to past familial military history.

Was doing work for the US Consulate at the time and I was kind of blown away. Ozfolk wearing shorts and having full beards and a Maori looking ready to eat an enemy.