Comments on: Patriotism http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/ An onslaught of expository excellence covering web design and development, politics and current events, faith and religion, guitar and music, programming... oh, and anything else. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tony G http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Tony G Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:02:16 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/37#comment-58 Ya know.... I'm in a software engineering class and my recent project was to analyze an example of software from the book that dealt with oil mining. It had a bunch of Objects about rock types and the drilling rates. You know, igneous, metamorphic, and SEDIMENTARY rocks. I guess that word was on the brain. Or maybe I need to proofread my posts next time. Splel chcek eniwhon? Ya know…. I’m in a software engineering class and my recent project was to analyze an example of software from the book that dealt with oil mining. It had a bunch of Objects about rock types and the drilling rates. You know, igneous, metamorphic, and SEDIMENTARY rocks. I guess that word was on the brain. Or maybe I need to proofread my posts next time. Splel chcek eniwhon?

]]> By: WarAxe http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-56 WarAxe Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:04:16 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/37#comment-56 My little bro didn't know we were coming. He had volunteered to shut down the reactor so the other guys could see their families. I sent a LT to go in and tell him we were here... he was surpised. I remember one training stint at Ft. Bragg that had everyone else's family there but I was going off to MORE training so I wasn't done... and everyone else was going home with their girl. That was not cool. Tony:: "Sediments"? My little bro didn’t know we were coming. He had volunteered to shut down the reactor so the other guys could see their families. I sent a LT to go in and tell him we were here… he was surpised.

I remember one training stint at Ft. Bragg that had everyone else’s family there but I was going off to MORE training so I wasn’t done… and everyone else was going home with their girl. That was not cool.

Tony:: “Sediments”?

]]> By: Tony G http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Tony G Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:40:25 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/37#comment-55 I agree with the sediments that were explained so colorfully. Being an ex squid myself, I have "manned the rails" in my dress whites or blues and got to see the reaction as my ship approachd the berth. It tickled the emotions every time. When all the pomp and circumstance was over, however, I was always the one on duty the day our ship pulled in, since I didn't have any family or friends there to greet me. I usually volunteered for duty so that someone else might get to go home with their families. But sometimes I was forced into duty and had to miss all the action because I was in the engine room doing a shutdown. Even though nobody was greeting me, I always experienced the joy just by witnessing what was going on around me. Even though I didn't have anyone close to me there to greet me, Enough sap already - I also liked getting off the ship onto land to get some beer and check out the babes! I agree with the sediments that were explained so colorfully. Being an ex squid myself, I have “manned the rails” in my dress whites or blues and got to see the reaction as my ship approachd the berth. It tickled the emotions every time.
When all the pomp and circumstance was over, however, I was always the one on duty the day our ship pulled in, since I didn’t have any family or friends there to greet me. I usually volunteered for duty so that someone else might get to go home with their families. But sometimes I was forced into duty and had to miss all the action because I was in the engine room doing a shutdown.
Even though nobody was greeting me, I always experienced the joy just by witnessing what was going on around me.
Even though I didn’t have anyone close to me there to greet me,
Enough sap already - I also liked getting off the ship onto land to get
some beer and check out the babes!

]]> By: Branedy http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Branedy Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:57:23 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/37#comment-54 I was always sad pulling in to port after a deployment. There was never anyone to greet me. I was happy for my ship mates, when they would see their families waiting for them. But the loneliness would kill me, knowing that I and only a handfull would be left alone on the ship after the crowds left. I was always sad pulling in to port after a deployment. There was never anyone to greet me. I was happy for my ship mates, when they would see their families waiting for them. But the loneliness would kill me, knowing that I and only a handfull would be left alone on the ship after the crowds left.

]]> By: John http://negative99.com/military/patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-53 John Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:40:07 +0000 http://www.negative99.com/archive/37#comment-53 You did a great job describing it. So what does your brother have to say? You did a great job describing it. So what does your brother have to say?

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