Posted on 03/28/2005 8:32:56 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit
Friday March 18 was a bitterly cold day in Charleston whence I had traveled to the ceremonies attending the graduation of almost 300 new Navy Nuclear Engineers from the Navy Nuclear Power Command Training school. This event was held out doors where a crowd of parents, family and friends watched our sons and daughters received their certificates marking the end of a grueling and intellectually challenging course of study which will enable the men to be assigned to the Submarines and Carriers defending our freedom across the globe. Female graduates will be performing their duties upon the air craft carriers and surface ships.
One of the graduates was my son, Arlen, who also sang in a quartet our National Anthem. His mother would have been brimming with pride as well.
These young sailors raised a great flame of pride, love and hope for the future in my heart and those of others there. Our Navy will be in good hands while our nation produces young citizens like these.
After graduation most transferred to Ballston Spa in New York's beautiful Hudson River Valley where they will be assigned to prototype training working on actual reactors.
Hats off to these sailors.
Careful, Doohick,
Those girlie sonarman jokes might be hitting close to home. People who live in glass houses....
I heard several bouys had your name in their black books.
sonobouys that is. :)
Regards,
The skimmer fleet.
Smiling here. Congratulation's Arlen
Go Navy!
To: Doohickey
Right!
My only claim to infamy is a Communist nun cousin who worships Fidel and Cesar instead of Jesus.
At least this Bozo is not related to me. :)
Sorry, This was supposed to go to Doug from upland re; radical prof., Michael McGuire.
"I went through a few years before you did, in Orlando. Sounds like it didn't change a bit--I hated the b#st@rds that could do it in just a few extra hours a week, too!!"
Oops--guilty! My Section Advisor got pissed at me once cause I was on S-15 and only did 14.8 hours, but couldn't really punish me cause I had lucked out and gotten >3.8 on both my tests that week. Made me a "Mando-Commando" for a week to make his point.
I was in Orlando last year and they still have that bar with the 200 types of beer. My name is still up on the wall. Oh, what a few payday weekends not during Spring Break would do to a liver....
Warmest regards to your son from a Class 8801 grad. But really--only 300 graduates? What the heck? My class was "small" for our time but even we got something like 475 out of it.
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