I ran into the guy who used to be the Chief Sonarman on one of the boatS I served on. I had just started working in a shipyard where he was already working.
I was standing behind him and asked, “How are you doing this morning, Chief?” He started to answer without turning around and got about halfway through a sentence then recognized my voice. He spit coffee all over the place, threw his coffee cup away and gave me a big bear hug. ROFL
Its a small world after all L0L
ended up in DC working in the same office with a MOTU chief that fixed our boat in La Spezia.
and now sharing an office with an ex officer that new the same folks as I back in my Squadron 6 days (mid 80s)