A Sailor sent an e-mail to
his wife, informing her that his ship would be returning from deployment a day
early. Arriving home, he found his wife with another man. Upset, he stormed off
and got a room at the Navy Lodge to decide what to do next. His thoughts were
interrupted by a call from his mother-in-law.
"Bill!"
… She said …
"I checked with my
daughter and, as I expected, there is a perfectly good explanation for this
whole episode."
"This I've got to hear!"
… The Sailor said …
"It was an honest mistake!"
… The mother-in-law said …
"She never got your
e-mail!"
REAL sailors don't get or send E-Mail! They wait for the Log helo to drop off the snail mail relayed from the Battle Group Post Office!
ReplyDeleteSailors leave their old boondockers on the front porch to ensure that his wife won;t be co-habitating with a Marine while he;s gone. The logic being the Marine will be distracted by the unshined boots and never make it into the house.
ReplyDeleteOr at least get a shined pair of boots in the bargain :-)
ReplyDeleteShip leaving port, "ladies" head to the EM club..
ReplyDeleteWestPac Widows...
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ReplyDeleteI was on BlueRidge LCC19 in Yokosuka in the mid 80's. Midway CVB-42 was the Carrier ported there. Local scuttlebutt was that Midway had some of the highest divorce rates of any ship in WESTPAC. One would assume due to the fact she was deployed it seemed constantly. When she came in for a yard period, the EM club suffered a severe cashflow decrease. A lot of the wives weren't going out while Daddy was in port. The battlecry on many a liberty night in Yokosuka of many a young sailor was "Midway wives serviced the fleet".
ReplyDeleteI believe it was called the Seabreeze Club .. and I can tell you first hand that Midway wives were very comfortable with the fleet when Midway was out to sea.
DeleteWhile stationed aboard the USS Lockwood FF-1064 in Yokosuka, I drove a taxi on base part time for extra cash. While my ship was in dry dock, if the Midway battle group had just left on deployment, there was a mass exodus from Marine barracks to Navy housing. Upon hearing the Midway battle group was returning, the Marines moved back into their barracks. smh
ReplyDeleteI was a radioman and delivered a class easy message to a guy in deck. It was from his wife saying she needed extra money for doctor bills since she was 3 months pregnant. He posted the message on his locker saying I am going to be a father. We had been on cruise for 4 months.
ReplyDeleteIn Australia there is soap powder called OMO and FAB. When the Fleeet was away the soap box with OMO, Old Man's Out, would be in the window and on the fleet return the FAB " F*cking Arsehole's Back" would be displayed.
ReplyDeleteIt's Navy tradition. In my homeport of San Diego, there was a bar in National City where all the "WestPac Wives" ie, those married to deployed sailors, would gather. It has changed names a number of times, but it was called the Westerner in my day.
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