Sea Story Thursday Steel Beach Picnic & The Straits of Gibraltar

Sea Story Thursday, where I tell you a Navy related Story, just because. How Sea Story Thursday was born: My Uncle…

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Sixth Fleet Staff Ride, Salerno Italy

What is a staff ride? In the summer of 1906, the assistant commandant of the General Service Staff School, Major Eben Swift…

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My First Dining Out, Steeped in U. S. Naval Tradition

What exactly is a Dining Out you ask? ***ALERT*** (There’s about to be quite a bit of Naval tradition thrown your…

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My Breakout.

Well, I’ve been onboard the ship for six months and yes I’m making a mark but I hadn’t done anything that…

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Goodbye for 12 weeks, Virtual World!

And so the time has come. Tomorrow morning I will be making the journey, by plane, over to the Newport RI…

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