I have just had a nice visit from my cuzzys boy who is doing a tour on a patrol boat here.
He did a trip to the Gulf last year and got a gong for it.
Absolutely loves the life, his job as well as other duties is to look after the guns on board and shoot the .50 cal regularly
He s 2 1/2 years into a 4 year hitch looks a million $ and says he is gonna sign up for another hitch.
He said he got absolute **** piled on him for 12 weeks in boot camp "just like in the movies Uncle", in fact of 125 went in only 70 came out.
Nothing like the lifetime of **** poured on some pilots.
More power to him he turns 21 in 2 weeks.