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10-31-2013, 01:30 PM | #16 |
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He's British. Be glad he didn't call it a "bonnet".
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10-31-2013, 01:33 PM | #17 |
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That's a badass looking ship. Bigger than it looks, too. 600' long.
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Admiral Zumwalt was very popular and let us grow mustaches and our hair longer. He relaxed a lot of rules so we didn't stand out so much to the civilians that hated us at the time. Glad to see this class of ships named after him.
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10-31-2013, 01:55 PM | #20 |
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I remember when I was in, all the old farts spoke fondly of him.
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10-31-2013, 01:58 PM | #21 |
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I bet they were old by the time you got in.
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You just know Kirk is a steely eyed, womanizing badass.
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10-31-2013, 02:11 PM | #24 |
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I could have retired with 20 by then boot! Well almost(68-73) He was literally the best thing to happen to the Navy, ever, IMO. At that time it was, "Sailors and Dogs Keep off of the grass!"
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yeah, I'd be 3 years away from retiring if I stayed in. Sometimes I wish I would've, but man.....I was SO ready to get out after 4.
though my sea/shore rotation for my job was 4 at sea, 6 on shore.
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I think my re-enlistment bonus back in 2000 was $36k.
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