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Received this from guy over in middle east. He's a writer....not flag
writer.....washington post writer.

You've never been in love, some say you've never been ALIVE,
till you've fallen in love with a sailor. An American Navy
Sailor. Is there another kind?

Likely he's tall. Six feet or more. He's probably thin.
Some say "reedy." He sports a funny white hat. He wears
bell bottom trousers that button. No zipper. He wears a
kerchief he's proud of. It has three stripes that represent
Nelson's three greatest sea battles. No kidding.

He's from Canton, Ohio. Or Sioux City, Iowa. Albany, New
York. Alpine, California.

His ship might be from Norfolk or San Diego. Even
Jacksonville or Alameda.

He's a man from the past and at the same time he's here in
the flesh. He's a sailor. An American Navy Sailor.

You might think of him as a man who climbs the mast to reef
the sails. Despite the history he wears, he is a man of
today, even tomorrow. He is an Air Controller. A Flight
Crewman. A Radarman. An Electronic Warfare Specialist. An
Intelligence Specialist. Yes, he could be a Yeoman, but not
the one from Nelson's Navy. He could be a Parachute Jumper
or a Religious Specialist. A Radioman. A Fire Controlman.
An Electronics Technician. An Interior Communications
Technician. A Mess Management Specialist. He's tall, he's
proud, he aint no Marine. He wears blue. No red stripe. He
has sea legs. He knows women in Thailand and Japan and
Korea. He's tough and soft and crazy-fun and serious as hell
at the same time.

He knows his job.

He's an expert in fire fighting. And all kinds of damage
control. He can keep a ship afloat after serious damage. Or
he can get you to the boats and navigate you home. He might
be able to read light or semaphore or Morse code. Ever hear
of them?

He's a sailor. An American sailor.

He's critical to American Sea Power.

Sea Power. Not a concept lost. A concept found. What is it
that gives us a 360 degree attack angle on Saddam? Sea
Power. Turkey said no troops. No tanks.

Who cares?

We'll attack from where we want, when we want, on vectors of
our choosing. Know why? There is sea all around there.
Pretty much all around everywhere. Carriers my friend.
Fighters and bombers and ECM. Marines in LCACs and helos and
VSTOL aircraft. TOMAHAWK missiles from submarines and
hundreds of surface combatants. From every possible
direction. At any time of the night or day. Flying
thousands of miles. With precision. On target. Pretty much
every time. Day or night. As the President directs.

He's young. He's proud. He's beautiful. He could be Black,
or Latino, or White; it doesn't matter. He's a Sailor.

He's proud. He's trained. He's ready. He's professional.

He's a sailor. A United States Navy Sailor.

God love him.

90 posted on 03/12/2003 10:08 AM EST by bkwells (Deployed on USS TARAWA (LHA-1))

Thanks fer sharing, BKW...MUD

That's a great tribute to our Navy, bkwells!

Mud, thanks for reposting it, FRiend.

BTW, what do you all think of the BIG BLU, M.O.A.B.?

I forget what the acronym stands for, but I like what everyone is calling it...MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS... LOL!

I guess it rattled the houses in the Florida panhandle 30 miles away! However, I heard them calling it a satellite guided bomb on Fox news this AM, and then they show one being pushed out of the back of a C-130, just like they do with Daisy Cutters, on a big parachute!

Now, how the HECK is that satellite guided??? LOL!

FRegards