NAVY CLUB of the United State of America MILITARY EXCELLENCE Award
“Presented to the graduating recruit who best exemplifies the qualities of enthusiasm, devotion to duty, military appearance and behavior, self-discipline and teamwork.”
This was the highest honor any recruit could be awarded.
I won that sucker in ‘85.
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I am re-blogging this because it kinda sums up all my life’s disappointments.
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Thank you marvelous much for reading and commenting and for the compliments.
Wow!
Peace,
Lance
Wow – I really enjoyed this – right up to the point that your wife didn’t show. That sucked! As a military brat, want to thank you for your service; as a reader, want to thank you for your tales 🙂 You have lived an interesting life, for sure! ☮
Me, too!! (LMAO!!!)
Ya know, actually I don’t recall who did the ‘About Face’.
Coulda been The Nav; coulda been The Wife. I was heading to Coronado and BUD/s so I really wasn’t engaged too much in heartache. Although I was feeling lonely and fragile at that one moment. I did want to see her there.
Anyway,
As to your query:
I looked for that comment at Irish, but I am lazy and gave up.
Believe the post I was so much wanting to share was about Golfin’ With Armadillos. (Please correct me if I am wrong–sometimes I cannot remember what I had for supper last night)
Anyhow…
Here is the link:
‘Armadillos Should Not Golf’
http://wp.me/p2Yfgl-ch
P.S. Be careful: I love the Navy
Hahahahahaa
Navy did the perfect About Face on the wife invitation thing, huh, Lance? Cripers. Glad you busted your ass and showed yourself you could do it regardless.
Laughing my ass off!
I don’t know that my first wife did that, but the second and third did. I try to take it as a compliment that women go looking for gods after I break up with them — like they got used to having one around or something. 😀
You are so welcome. Your stories are really good. 🙂
Thank you Laura. And thanks for reading. Means a lot to me.
Cheers
Man I hear ya! My first wife ‘Found Jesus’ too. Fucking amazing.
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I do appreciate it.
Wow what a story! First, thank you for your service and congrats on that award. So sad that your wife wasn’t there. 🙁
I’ve had a wife or three with that casual kind of relationship with the truth, but the second was the worst of all because she also had many casual relationships with men who weren’t me. Now she’s one of those fanatical religious zealots who attends church at least four times each week.
And, hey, man, thanks for writing! You’ve got a lot more invested in it than I do. I appreciate that you do it.
I did!
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
The marriage was pretty much on the leeward side at that point anyhow.
Thanks for reading this one again. Glad you got a kick out of it.
Love this story this time too. Well, with the exception of the missing wife. Sorry that happened to you. The recruit shit was pretty damn funny though.
My first wife had a rather casual relationship with the truth. I cannot remember what her story was, but I’m sure it made perfect sense to her.
Hey, thanks for reading! Your time is appreciated.
Helluva story, man. I’ve come late to the party so I must’ve missed the telling of it — why wasn’t she there?