The blogmeister at Vociferous Yawpings politely calls me to task for my military emblems on the left side.
“By the way, you could use a Coast Guard emblem. The GC riverine is patrolling the Iraqi/Iranian boarder along the Shatt al Arab waterway and guarding the offshore oil transfer stations. I�d even be happy if we were listed after the Marines�”
I guess my unintentional U.S. Navy Sailor bias got in the way of remembering the Coast Guard. So from a real sailor (oops there I go again) Squid to a Coastie, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa and the graphic has been revised.
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As a Proofreader to a Squid, you forgot mea maxima culpa. 😉
My dad was in the Navy, too, during the late-’50s. (Providentially, his service was right in-between Korea and Vietnam.) He has an interesting theory about military service. Midwesterners join the Navy because they’re sick of cornfields and prairies. Coastal people join the Army because they’re sick of water.
Don’t know how widely that applies, but my dad came from Missouri and joined the Navy. My brother grew up in San Diego and joined the Army.
Thanks Michelle, I have revised the wording.
As for the local geography-military service link, I have heard that proposed before and there is probably some truth to it.
As the aforementioned blogmeister, I thank you from the bottom of my boatswain’s hole…
Thanks,
Mark Windsor
(never going so far out that I can’t swim home)