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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Navy


No, I didn’t write that, but it is a sentiment I’ve seen written on quite a few walls. Every now and then, I’ve seen similar things written about The Army, but that graffiti is short lived. Someone erases it in short order. Is it leadership? Pride in service? Who knows? The Navy graffiti seems to stick around for a while.
If the Navy were a county, it would be the 3rd largest collation partner over here with over 5,000 Sailors.
I would venture a guess that the majority of the navy guys over here are individual augmentees—guys that were plucked from shore duty on very short notice and sent to Iraq to work in jobs very far from what they normally do. We have quite a few disgruntled folks over here. To listen to some of their tales of woe is pretty depressing. I lucked out, however, I have a job that is rewarding and I work with truly outstanding Army unit.

1 comment:

ea6bflyr said...

Or from Sea-Duty (like me).