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Tragedy

Imagine being asleep in your rack, and being woken up by freezing water. Navy bunks are stacked 3 high. In this story, the middle guy survived, the bottom and top guy didn't. It's THAT FUCKING CLOSE. How you react determines your fate. Imagine the noise, the cold, the terror, the confusion. This is why I get pissed off when sister service members tell us that the Navy is 'behind the lines' or when infantry say shit like they're the penultimate. You know what? We ALL gave Uncle Sam that blank check, and he's as likely to cash ours as yours.