Command Master Chief. Can I just say wow. OK being wow'ed over and stopping the bowing at your feet. Did 6 yrs Navy OS6. Spent some time on Okinawa with Marines in an Expeditionary Team (tough bunch of boys) for 3 yrs starting in 1972, did a few runs looking for POW's.
When that quit being fun asked to go back to fleet. Spent the rest of my time floating around on west pacs. Find a ship coming out and do a transfer to stay in Orient. Ships belong at sea and it takes "people" (to be gender correct) to keep them there.