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It seems the slant is that most of the sailors are ignorant hicks who don’t know why they are there and are “just doing their job”...I come from a Navy family and this young crop of swabbies portrayed in this series are different from the Navy I knew.

Do you ever find yourself sitting on your front porch waving your cane and yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS!!!"

Jokes aside about our ages - I've seen plenty of young people in the military in recent years that are just like these kids. There has been a shift in our society - a combination of many factors. Take bad or missing parents - a lot of these kids - the military is the way out of a crappy life for them - it's their shot at doing something other than flipping burgers or working at the movie theater - it maybe their only shot at going to college.

You also have a generation of 18-22 year olds that did not necessary grow up with parents who served in the military. The 18-22 year olds these days - in many cases their parents were too young to have served in Vietnam.

That said - I've been impressed by most of the NCOs and the officers.

Do you ever find yourself sitting on your front porch waving your cane and yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS!!!"

Actually, I do. But not with a cane...a .22/20 over and under.

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I see your point about "those darn kids these days", and it's a sad result of society losing it's way. (Thank you, Me Generation, thank you, hippies.) I just hope these kids find some sort of discipline and guidance from serving that was lacking in their lives. Maybe, maybe not. It just bugs me how lost they seem. But then again, it's PBS. Let's focus on the bad side of the evil military complex.

“That said - I’ve been impressed by most of the NCOs and the officers.”

Well, my favorites continue to be the CMC and the Marine SSgt who was promoted to GySgt on last night’s episode. They really shine, and bring great credit to the Navy and Marine Corps. BZ to them!