In the Navy the holiday meals were as good as grandma’s.
And steak and lobster every Friday night at sea.
Truth.
My BIL AF pilot always said if they landed at a Naval AS, they’d head to Navy mess, it was the best chow.
My Step-Father, Retired Navy Captain, Submariner etc..
He would ask for coffee and in order for the crewman to get the cup of coffee down the stairs during rough seas without spilling it was to transfer the coffee into his mouth, run down the stairs and spit it back into the cup.
SOP.
He passed in July 2019.
Not my real dad but a stand up guy.
The last time I saw him was in the hospital, literally on his death bed. The nurse came in to check on him. She asked him “What day is it?” He got it wrong.
She asked him “What month is it?”
He got it wrong again.
She then asked him “Who is the President?”
He said “Make America Great Again”
I love that man.
He is resting now at Arlington National Cemetery. Thirty years of dedicated honorable service to a Great Nation that he loved.