[hillarys cankles]

These MF’ers don’t even try to hide their utter contempt for the military anymore.
I cannot believe how much the NAVY has changed since I left active duty in 1993.

[mongo141]

“These MF’ers don’t even try to hide their utter contempt for the military anymore.
I cannot believe how much the NAVY has changed since I left active duty in 1993.”
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When I went aboard my first ship in 1960 (fresh out of Basic to a Fletcher class destroyer) sea store cigs. were .10C a pack $1.00 a carton and we used to get under way a couple of times a year and steam out into international waters just so everyone could buy cases of cancer sticks. When I retired in the early eight's things had already started to change and not for the better. The modern Navy? I think I could only stand about 10 mins of it.

[wally_bert]

I’m glad I got out in 1993 after 4 years. I was told my options if I stayed in and it boiled down to two more years on the worst run destroyer in the fleet. I was the last of the A gang engine men old guard who knew most of the routines and tricks. No bonus, no promotion since the rate was full, and the guy who was going to be my replacement went UA and got kicked out. The seabees were wide open and I had some construction experience. The verdict was you’re staying.

I was 22 and had no obligations so I got out.