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Coffee

Doug G

On the 737 around 2002 the cooks decided to replace the BUNN coffee makers with that instant hot brew concentrate crap There was nearly a mutiny!

Coffee

Doug G

On the 737 around 2002 the cooks decided to replace the BUNN coffee makers with that instant hot brew concentrate crap There was nearly a mutiny!

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Chief Selects - For the WIN!

Brian S

Deployed on a destroyer when the Chief Petty Officer selection list was announced. Our ship had eight Chief selectees that year. There is a period of about a month between...

Chief Selects - For the WIN!

Brian S

Deployed on a destroyer when the Chief Petty Officer selection list was announced. Our ship had eight Chief selectees that year. There is a period of about a month between...

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Pineapple

Kellison V

In 1981 I was a BM1 on the USS Turner Joy DD951. We stopped in Pearl Harbor Hawaii on the way to West Pac. So while we were inport I...

Pineapple

Kellison V

In 1981 I was a BM1 on the USS Turner Joy DD951. We stopped in Pearl Harbor Hawaii on the way to West Pac. So while we were inport I...

Don't Mess With the LPO

Andrew J

My ship, USS Comstock (LSD-45) was pulling liberty in Mazatlan, Mexico. I had the duty the first day, and had just gotten out of the rain locker, getting ready to...

Don't Mess With the LPO

Andrew J

My ship, USS Comstock (LSD-45) was pulling liberty in Mazatlan, Mexico. I had the duty the first day, and had just gotten out of the rain locker, getting ready to...

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Command at Sea

Brian S

Command at Sea – the pinnacle of a Naval Officer’s career. The Navy established The Command at Sea insignia in 1960 for commissioned officers who are in, or have been...

Command at Sea

Brian S

Command at Sea – the pinnacle of a Naval Officer’s career. The Navy established The Command at Sea insignia in 1960 for commissioned officers who are in, or have been...

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Black Shoes

Brian S

Black Shoes – the Navy’s colloquial term for Surface Warfare Officers (SWO), and often extended to refer to all Sailors who serve aboard surface ships. Black Shoes have a breadth...

Black Shoes

Brian S

Black Shoes – the Navy’s colloquial term for Surface Warfare Officers (SWO), and often extended to refer to all Sailors who serve aboard surface ships. Black Shoes have a breadth...