My dad, his best buddy, and me. We got caught up in a quick moving thunderstorm five miles offshore in the gulf. 20ft carolina skiff, 45hp outboard. Pretty early on in our run for shore, the cable steering seized somewhere between the center console and the rear assembly. My dad started beating the cables, yelling about not being able to break something if it's already broken, while his buddy detached the cables and set it for tiller. I was bailing - we'd plowed into a few nasty waves. Eventually, we got the immediate situation under control and made a bone crunching slow trip back to the lifts.
There was so much confusion at shore that they never got around to checking our well, and even if they had, we'd been cleaning and storing fish in every space that could be stuffed with ice. I've never been more certain that I was about to die, or more wrong, and sitting here today it's hard to recall anything ever being quite as much fun.
There was so much confusion at shore that they never got around to checking our well, and even if they had, we'd been cleaning and storing fish in every space that could be stuffed with ice. I've never been more certain that I was about to die, or more wrong, and sitting here today it's hard to recall anything ever being quite as much fun.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
