"There's an old saying that the difference between a fairy tale and a sea story is that a fairy tale starts off with ""Once upon a time"" and a sea story starts off with ""This is no shit.""
Here in these pages is a heaping pile of ""This is no shit"" and it starts with the notion that in the Navy, the cardinal rule is: If you can't pay attention, take notes.
When does this rule apply? In the Navy, all the time: when training for war includes playing pinochle, when you're mistaken for an NIS agent, when Robert Mitchum (yes, that Robert Mitchum) stops by your barracks for a beer or two, when advancing in the Navy is one damn thing after another.
The fun frolic through the sea stories of a Navy ""lifer"" (seen partly through the eyes of his Navy brat daughter) includes a series of adventures and misadventures when he commandeers an Army jeep in Vietnam, discovers that some side work in New Jersey was mob-related, and commutes to the ship via helicopter.
Hear that? They're piping us aboard. Let's weigh anchor and get the sea stories underway!"
By:
Shelia Watson Imprint: Tidal Creek Productions Dimensions:
Height: 152mm,
Width: 102mm,
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 104g ISBN:9780578458199 ISBN 10: 0578458195 Pages: 124 Publication Date:10 May 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
