The US Navy is the greatest organization I was ever associated with. It was also the most infuriating organization I was ever associated with. I was nurtured in its bosom, and my ego was battered relentlessly. My greatest triumphs and most egregious failures came while I wore a Navy uniform. While in the Navy I met people I would not piss on if they were on fire. I also met people I am still in touch with fifteen years after we last saw each other in person.
I know that my Navy is not unique in being a contradictory mix of the noble and the profane. It is dispiriting and inspiring. Part incredible intelligence, also stupefying idiocy. When all is said and done, I think the Navy is distilled, concentrated America, in all its glory and folly. And I am glad to have been a part of it.
porkus, you should be down to less than two years now. Did they lie to you? I don't know. Did you get it in writing?
BT1(SW) Samuel C. Hunt, USN (ret)