Day of the Deployed 2022
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Actually, I was the last to enlist which is strange being the oldest. I came to a fork in the road which was actually that space between a rock and a hard place.
I recall how glad my daddy was that I had enlisted and he even took me down there to see to it all.
Of my brothers and I none made a career of the navy.
I'm sorry that my daddy didn't live to see my nephew make Chief Petty Officer.
He is better than halfway through a 20 year enlistment and he seems to have taken to it quite nicely.
Today is National Day of the Deployed. It happens on October 26 and is the day to say Thank You to all military serving outside the US and to their families who keep things running at home in their absence.
My nephew is deployed overseas while his family remains stateside.
So in the vernacular of the Navy I say Bravo Zulu.
Well done and smooth sailing.
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