HMMM, Always thought submarines were called boats.
Larry
On Jan 13, 2007, at 8:37 PM, b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
>> Brent Wolf wrote: "Seaman just transferred to the boat."
>>
> Now wait a minute! What kind of a Navy would have a seaman
> transferred
> to a "boat"? The only "boats" in this man's Navy were either pig
> boats
> or boatswain's mates. But a Seaman (E-3) with a wife and two kids?
> He
> must have been either pretty dumb not to have advanced, or was busted
> back as a disciplinary case? But how in the world could his
> records be
> "messed up". Hmmmm. Of course when one of the clients of our
> friendly
> financial assistance fund failed to repay his indebtedness, his pay
> records wound up at NAS Adak (Alaska), his medical records at NAS Rota
> (Spain), and his service record at NB Subic Bay. Him? He was on a
> tin
> can out of Norfolk! Poor guy could not draw pay for a few months, had
> to get his shots all over, and could not take a test for advancement
> for
> a year.
>
> Buster
>
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