Veterans On the Board

Revhendo said

Much respect to you. I can't do confined spaces for any length of time.
I spent a day with a group of WWII diesel sub vets one 4th of July. Those guys and their wives were rowdy as all get out and a lot of fun to hang out with and they were all in their eighties or so at the time. There was one Chief of Boat (?) who had 4 boats shot out from under him by the Japanese and he went back again. Twice.
The funniest part was their wives trying to hook me up with every cutie on the side of the parade route we were on.

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Those Men & their wives were a different cut of special and badass. I don’t enjoy the diesel boats-exactly like you said ‘claustrophobic.’ Many submariner parties are the epitome of heathen & immoral. They are kept uptight for so long and completely unwind. I love them, from a safe distance.

Thank GOD I had faith, family, & my Mopar family/hobby. I would have spent tens of thousands on liquor (like others) to compensate other wise. I knew a few men that consumed entire bottles of alcohol daily to cope with the stress, & stupidity. The Special Forces are blessed, they filter out 99.9% of the stupidity prior to training them. Big Navy believes in success through attrition-the fleet filtering the trash that the schools were supposed to filter. Thanks @Revhendo