Robert W. "Rocky" Rachau of Selinsgrove joined the Navy in 1971 as a 19-year-old who wanted to see the world. When he crossed the equator, he went from a pollygow to a shellback aboard the USS ...

USS GARY, At Sea -- Seventy Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Gary (FFG-51) went from being a pollywog to becoming a shellback during a ceremony aboard the ship Dec. 28, while ...

As the U.S.S. Missouri steamed northward through blue, tropical seas, Harry Truman relaxed. Every day he was up early, tramping the decks for an early morning constitutional. He prowled and poked ...

WHILE SERVING in the Marine Corps, I was hazed twice – once when I became a corporal, and once when I crossed the equator aboard a naval vessel and graduated from a spineless “polliwog” to a ...

ABOUT 160 sailors and soldiers considered “pollywogs” aboard the Philippine Navy’s flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar undertook the “shellback ceremony” on Saturday as the vessel crossed the equator on ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As the cruise ship Voyager of the Seas nears the equator, excitement mounts and all Pollywogs – those who have never crossed the line – ...