I joined the Navy to see the world – And found out that the world was two-thirds water.
Yeah, I know. I’ll try harder next time.
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LOL, yeah, and you can’t even drink it! I joined the Navy because my brother joined the Navy, my Dad, my uncle, a distant cousin. Yikes…did I have a choice?
Reminds me of the old joke, “….through a porthole.”
Thanks Lex, I thoroughly enjoy your blog and aspcially the “Rhythms” episodes.I’m a closet military guy, having failed to qualify for flying in the RCAF(damned loose seatbelts in the Link)and I have passed your blog on to some retired Canadian Navy types, A Captain and a Chief “salvage” diver.We rent properties in St. Petersburg for the winter.Will you get a command now? Do you want one? Thanks again, Murray
I can’t say why I joined the Navy, you all would laugh at me.
Boy, and here I thought I was going to get a story that started out with “I once knew a midget Sailor….”
What, am I supposed to submit an inflammatory article every day? Forget it. I’m off to Instapundit, where he’s celebrating the 60th anniversary of the bikini (http://instapundit.com/archives/031173.php).
Why I joined the Navy? It was those white dress uniforms. Chicks dig ‘em.
Actually, it would have started off with TINS (This Is No S***t…) to be an authentic sea story
SJS
In my case it was C. S. Forester’s fault. It might not make a lot of sense that books about the British Navy in the Napoleonic wars would make a lad join the U.S Navy in the 1970′s, but there it is…
(My recruiter’s tales about liberty in the Phillipines closed the deal.)
Zane: “…It was those white dress uniforms. Chicks dig ?
Zane: “…It was those white dress uniforms. Chicks dig ‘em. …”
Yeah baby, we sure do!
(And did I get my ellipses right???
)
# Phil Andrilla Says:
June 30th, 2006 at 6:02 am
LOL, yeah, and you can?
# Phil Andrilla Says:
June 30th, 2006 at 6:02 am
LOL, yeah, and you can’t even drink it! I joined the Navy because my brother joined the Navy, my Dad, my uncle, a distant cousin. Yikes…did I have a choice?
You had a choice, and you probably made the correct one, Phil. ::in my best Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) voice:: Tradition!
Now what would you think of a man who’s brother, father, and grandfather were ALL career USAF? And that man chose the NAVY? (Please: no jokes about “finally seeing the light, etc.”)
You can bet said Navy individual suffers merciless ridicule at family reunions…
Ah yes CS Forester; If you get a chance read “The Good Shepard”. No Horatio Hornblower here.
I joined to ride the waves – my recruiter was quite a lady, good looking also.
In the words of the old song…
We joined the Na-vee
To see the world
And what did we see?
We saw the sea!
MM2 Slug,
I just reread “The Good Shephard” last week. Just as good the second time around.
Female recruiters were rare when I joined. A decade or so later when I was EPO at NRD Louisville, I had several working for me. They always made goal…. (4dots)
Hey Lex,
at least the view from angels 20 is much better than the view from -500 ft.
dang Bubbleheads.
lol
When it was time for me to choose, my dad gave me advice based on his having been in both the Navy and Army Air Corps in WW II (long story that.) So Navy it was and every time things got into “Jointedness” later on, it only reinforced the thought that I had made the RIGHT decision. Now if we could only get Subic Bay back !
Ummmmm Subic! Jolos! Damn, OFS slaps self back to PCdom. I joind to avoid the draft, however I found myself at Camp Roberts, in utilities having my shortcomings enumerated by…. you can guess the rest. Join the Navy and see the world, which is flat, blue and covered with water while bordered by muddy rivers populated by hostile agraian reformers. It was fun.
I wanted to get out of rural Indiana (in a town of 900) and a future of working in a factory when I graduated from high school way back in 1984. Wanted to go ‘see the world out there’. Guys a year or two ahead of me in school that had joined the Army or Air Force ended up stationed in places like Missouri, Kentucky, or North Dakota. No offense to those that live there, but not much different scenery than what I could’ve seen in Indiana.
So I’m thinking, well, if I go Navy, good chance of least ending up on a coast…and out of the midwest. After A school in Florida and first duty station in Hawaii for 3 years, I was feeling pretty good about my choice in branch of service
Did 10 years active duty, best thing I ever did for myself. Go Navy!
Hey EPO Craig,
I finished up on recruiting duty at NRD Indy, 1990-1993. Production recruiter, RINC, and then was made the Nuke coordinator for 15 months at district – as a CTR ! About as far from an engineer as you can get – much less a Nuke. CR at the time didn’t have any Nukes onboard, but as I understood it said ‘we got a CT here, they’re smart, lets use him’.
I actually did a pretty good job doing the NF presentations at high schools.
Still have my huntin’ badge with the gold wreaths in the safe with all my ribbons, medals, etc. I like to drop by the local NRS on occasion for a cup of coffee. The guys can unload since I’m not part of their command, but I understand completely what it’ like out there on the bag…
Thanks for bringing back some memories, EPO….
Todd,
We overlapped a little in the Recruiting command, I left NRD Louisville in 1991. (Can you say QIS) We had stations in Evansville and Vincennes and Sellersburg and Madison and over around Larry Bird-land. Our enlisted nuke recruiter–an MM1 submarine type–was the hardest working man in show business. He had his own GOV and set his own hours. He was dead reliable, made goal, didn’t dally with deppers, or cause any other problems– so of course I’ve forgotten his name. Sigh.
Recruiters take a lot of crap, some of it deserved, much of it not. For those who throw stones, I say: Try it. I’m sure your local guys appreciate your visits.