Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - The Navy birthday is celebrated at the Pentagon..jpg WASHINGTON Oct 9 2012 A Sailor assigned to USS Constitution rings eight bells a nautical tradition to render honors with eight being the highest amount of bells bestowed during a Pentagon Navy staff celebration to commemorate the Navy's 237th birthday Attending from left are Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter Secretary of the Navy SECNAV Ray Mabus Chief of Naval Operations CNO Adm Jonathan Greenert Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy MCPON Mike Stevens and Chief of Chaplains Rear Adm Mark Tidd The U S Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U S interests around the globe Join the conversation on social media using warfighting U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D Lawlor/Released 121009-N-WL435-116 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/8074106571/ The Navy birthday is celebrated at the Pentagon 2012-10-09 10 54 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC1 SW/EXW Peter D Lawlor/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/8074106571 2012-11-12 02 57 21 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check Michael D Stevens Mark L Tidd |