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Navy Chief upset calling out all you squids both past and present
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<blockquote data-quote="carlstretch" data-source="post: 2051936" data-attributes="member: 19692"><p>I was active duty US Navy from 1991-1997. I got my share of chevrons "tacked on", got a BT Punch and earned my Trusty Shellback status in those years. I knew those traditions were not going to be long for the Navy. My Polliwog initiation was a PC version of the real thing but,... it still included garbage, firehoses shooting seawater, crawling around on the damn non-skid decks, and of course shillelaghs. I wouldn't trade any of it because that's the stuff you remember. I still remember not being able to hold my tray of food in the chow line because my arm was so damn sore.</p><p></p><p>It's sad that these traditions are going away but we're living in the "Everybody gets a trophy,.. whether they earn it or not" generation. </p><p></p><p>I tell you what,... The day the tradition of pulling into Pearl Harbor and Manning the Rails in dress whites goes away,... I will go insane. Probably the most emotional moment of my time in the Navy.</p><p></p><p>GO NAVY !!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carlstretch, post: 2051936, member: 19692"] I was active duty US Navy from 1991-1997. I got my share of chevrons "tacked on", got a BT Punch and earned my Trusty Shellback status in those years. I knew those traditions were not going to be long for the Navy. My Polliwog initiation was a PC version of the real thing but,... it still included garbage, firehoses shooting seawater, crawling around on the damn non-skid decks, and of course shillelaghs. I wouldn't trade any of it because that's the stuff you remember. I still remember not being able to hold my tray of food in the chow line because my arm was so damn sore. It's sad that these traditions are going away but we're living in the "Everybody gets a trophy,.. whether they earn it or not" generation. I tell you what,... The day the tradition of pulling into Pearl Harbor and Manning the Rails in dress whites goes away,... I will go insane. Probably the most emotional moment of my time in the Navy. GO NAVY !!! [/QUOTE]
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