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JayhawkSD

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3. Maybe I'm glad I was in the Navy

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sun Apr 1, 2018, 09:34 AM

Apr 2018

I knew several E-9 Master Chief Petty Officers, and all of them were the finest men I ever served with. (No women in the submarine service back then.) Serious when it came to business, but equally serious about taking care of the men who served under them.

If one of these guys didn't want to pay $1.85 for a baked potato, he would simply not have ordered it. There is no way he would have been so rude as to order it and then complain to the manager about having to pay for it. Of course in those days (during the "Cold War) we were courteous to civilians, and did not expect them to thank us for our service.

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Mystery solved thanks to the polack mst sgt our very own senior Nco [View all] TEB Apr 2018 OP

Reminds me of the saying Ohiogal Apr 2018 #1

Sorta reminds me of my late father-in-law packman Apr 2018 #2

Maybe I'm glad I was in the Navy JayhawkSD Apr 2018 #3

Its all cool TEB Apr 2018 #4