“You know, with only a year to go this might be the last time I ever have to polish those brown shoes.
“Cool.”
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Stray thoughts of an aviator in his final year of active serviceBy lex, on June 27th, 2007
June 27th, 2007 | Category: Military
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Yep. Whole lotta “last times” coming up.
Enjoy and appreciate them!
Lex,
make sure you get a pic in the Aviation Greens…
Respects,
The calmness sounds like a successful career. It could have been said many other ways.
And the definition of a successful career for an aviator, as I could only imagine, could only mean that that at least part of one of the fighter pilot’s creed may have been completed…
“… and Don’t F#@k Up!”
You could always re-enlist. Still plenty of room in the Navy for sheepdogs.
Jim C
Anybody else get the feeling he definitely wants to… if only he could figure out a way
Come on over to the Dark side Cap’n, The pay is better, though the hours are longer.
…and you can still wear brown shoes
-SJS
But he won’t HAVE to polish them SJS, unless he’s obssessive about that…sometimes it’s hard to break old habits Lex.
Not to mention that with retirement orders in hand you can blow off the PRT. Now that is something to savor!
Know exactly what you mean, Lex. I’m down to about three months until retirement — and I’ve been “counting down” for a while by noting the number of haircuts that I have left…down to about six trims now!
Just promise us that you won’t wear said shoes once you’re retired. Especially if you’re wearing shorts. And black socks. I used to work in an Exchange, and we saw at least one retiree per day in that “uniform”.
Sign on young man, sell with me. The stature of our enterprise is no more than the measure of our products. Our job is to keep it profitable. Our will is to keep the torch of gross margin burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the customer demo. Come sell with me.
Okay doesn’t sound near as impressive, but corporate life isn’t meant to be impressive…
LOL Mark…bingo.
“I have Not Yet Begun to OUTSOURCE!!”
or something like what Mark said..
Though you might need a good pair of brown dress shoes for job interviews once you get out (brown can sometimes be more versatile than black). A nice wingtip or cap toe will do nicely. And don’t shine them yourself, take them to a local cobbler and they’ll make sure they last a long time.
If’n you go civilian don’t go out an just buy some civilians clothes at the exchange..Go to a place like the Mens Wearhouse, or better yet, Jos. A. Banks, get an older saleswoman and tell her you need a bidness wardrobe. Expect to pay about 2K for the works. Of course you have those big bucks, maybe you can go to Nordstroms. LOL.
Trust me. You’ll be prepared and look better than 95% of the civilians out there (most hefty-bald in our vintage) walking around. You can always pick out an unprepared retiree. Blue blazer, charcoal pants-maroon-red tie- all picked up at the exchange.
Either way you’ll get the job and eventually you’ll just start wearing polos and khakis like me! Gee- I should be paid for advice like this.
b2
b2
Concur about Men’s Warehouse. I went in and told them what I needed at what budget and they went to town. Suits & matching shirts with ties that pretty much worked with everything. And it included tailoring.
And if you drift into the IT space, please adhere to our rigorous dress code: “stripes and plaids don’t mix” (most of the time….) But keep a tie or two for clients…oh, and shoes, I guess..
Cap’n,
The bigger questions on the minds of your hordes of readers -
What happens to your blog on your retirement? Will we be cast out into the outer darkness where wailing and gnashing of teeth are common? Or will we continue to be enlightened and entertained by your mastery of the written word?
Ye gads Senior D!
How can you even think such thoughts?! Well, now you went and done it. Spoiled a too hot and too humid summer day LOL
Nah, I ain’t too worried about being thrown out into the dark…
I think the good (ex)Cap’n would be wailing and gnashing his teeth if he couldn’t blog any more.
After all …“Blogito Ergo Sum”, no?
Oh, and the other thing….
No more haircuts at the exchange.
Try to find a place with dead mammals or dead fish on the walls. They can do a good haircut without using only the electric clippers AND won’t cost you a bajjilion like one of those unisex frou-frou places.
Men’s Wearhouse hands down
Oh, and earthtones help hide the coffee stains!
Michelle,
I’d MUCH prefer commenting on this worthy blog rather than saying ‘Fair winds and following seas’ to a Grandmaster of the Written Word.
Perhaps we should throw a gala Web-party upon his ritirement. Everyone pitch in to the Beer Fund and let him have fun. Then, first thing in the morning, blow reveille on the 1MC.
Then, first thing in the morning, blow reveille on the 1MC.
Boy Senior D, That would be Quite a hack, or barring that, be quite an annoyance to the neighbors.
The bell just rang! Les came aboard the summer that ended my time. Astonishing.
If he’s lucky he will take note of one of those new Plebes and follow his career.
Do something that is FUN.
Cheers!
Well, we probably do at least owe him the gala. And most definitely the Guiness. But I don’t know if you’ll be making his favourite person list when you blow reveille.
Still, it would be enertaining