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Originally Posted by bushmaster
i know some ranters and ravers myself. i was fortunate.
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I was pretty fortunate, too. I was stationed on a supply ship. The good thing about that is when you're deployed, you spend half the deployment in port restocking. The longest I was ever continuously out to sea was two weeks (definitely not the case if you get assigned to a combatant). Most of the places I visited were really cool (Rio de Janeiro, Bahamas, and various places in Spain, France and Italy), and I got to fulfill a childhood dream and see Rome. Later, when I was assigned to Great Lakes, it was little more than an 8 to 5 job, and I went home every night.
And I also got the job training from the Navy that I still utilize to this day.
Of course, the tradeoff was shit pay, brutal hours, asshole officers, oppressive loneliness and a failed marriage. But if I had it to do over again, I would.