Yeah. I’ll admit I probably wouldn’t have survived your “trade school”. I visited when I was a senior and it just didn’t feel right for me.
Yep. Alcatraz on the Ashley can do that to people.
Besides, Annapolis doesn't have sand fleas on the parade ground.
There is a Middie who lives up the street from me and he and I get together and compare Kiwi black and Brasso stories.
He usually gets a disgusted look on his face when I tell him about El Cid and then says, "And you guys PAID to have that done to you?"