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OldSWODog

(134 posts)
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 10:29 PM Dec 2023

reporting aboard

Greetings, all. My initial DU qual card has been checked as good to go and I've been advised to introduce myself in the DU Lounge; so here I am and glad to be here. I've been lurking for over a decade but decided to make it official a few weeks back. My first presidential election was '72 ( I voted absentee while stationed in GA). Curiously, I ended up making two careers of the military (Army medic and Navy hospital corpsman) for the first ten years then 13 years as a naval officer (surface line). Most vets would read that and say that's unusual and they would be correct; I retired from the Navy in '95. Through it all, I was a proud Democrat (never missed an election) and remain one to this day. I'm glad to be here. I will endeavor to avoid cliques and drama (but I was a Thespian in HS). No whining or rants tonight. Cheers, OSD

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reporting aboard (Original Post) OldSWODog Dec 2023 OP
enlisted in the navy are offered line officer positions if qualified, surface, so I do not deem that as unusual Shellback Squid Dec 2023 #1
Welcome to DU! 2naSalit Dec 2023 #2
Welcome to DU, OSD. sheshe2 Dec 2023 #3
Welcome aboard to your DU membership. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #4
Hi! Welcome to DU! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 #5
Piping you aboard. 3catwoman3 Dec 2023 #6
Thespian here -- HS and college. Greets! byronius Dec 2023 #7
Welcome aboard! IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 2023 #8
Welcome aboard sailor! Emile Dec 2023 #9
Welcome My Friend BOSSHOG Dec 2023 #10

Shellback Squid

(9,936 posts)
1. enlisted in the navy are offered line officer positions if qualified, surface, so I do not deem that as unusual
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 10:36 PM
Dec 2023

that's why I turned down the boost program as I was always at sea
but maybe that was all I was offered due to other reasons I was not aware of!?

And welcome aboard!

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
10. Welcome My Friend
Fri Dec 8, 2023, 08:50 PM
Dec 2023

Interesting parallels. My first election was 72, voted absentee from RTC San Diego. I was stationed at NAS Atlanta in the 90s. I did miss one presidential election, due to my ignorance, thought getting a drivers license in a different state registered me to vote. I was a thespian in HS, on the debate side of the department. Very comfortable in the podium. Wouldn’t be anything but a (D).

Looking forward to you sharing your two cents worth.

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