(August 11, 2021 at 7:25 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:Fortunately, I never got caught up in that shit. Maybe not so fortunate, as I worked in the engine room and various other places like a shaft alley during sea and anchor detail, so was never actually a "presentable" example of squid life. In my experience, one could always spot the holes snipes (boiler room and engine room workers, for you non-Navy types out there in WWW-land) as they left the ship, because even the black guys didn't have much of a tan, and we all had wet hair. We were busy making the barge go and stop, not trying to look pretty for the sweet "maidens"(August 11, 2021 at 11:46 am)arewethereyet Wrote: He was. Helped build the base at Buxton that's since been decommissioned. He was a SeaBee. That's where he met mom and where I was born. His Naval service helped pay for vet school.We stand the rail.
( ir' s how the whole ship salutes - by standing shoulder to shoulder at the gunwale rail....)


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