[Rhodes22-list] New Sailor

[Slim]

Brad,

Congrats to Alex, but hey, not everyone can be a mechanical genius.  Does he
have any musical skills?  The Navy has a lot of opportunity for musicians.
When I was 18, I tried to go there and do that but they wouldn't take me.
Something about being "4-P."  In case of war, I'm a prisoner!
(Really it was "4-F" because of my wrecked elbow.)

Seriously, in addition to THE Navy Band (very elite, lots of John Philip
Souza, etc.) they also have all these 4 and 5 piece dance bands that go
around to the officers clubs and entertain.  I've met a bunch of these guys
over the years and they all think it's pretty cool duty.  And incidentally,
that's what I would have named the band--Cool Duty.

Slim Chance and the Gamblers

On 7/21/05 9:56 PM, "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:

> For those of you who followed the thread about my
> youngest son considering joining the armed forces a
> few months ago, here's the update;  Alex Haslett was
> sworn into the US Navy yesterday in San Diego.  Alex
> scored very well on the entrance exams and would have
> been offered any school he wanted but for a minor
> incident with the local Nazi police force, but got an
> assignment to an "A" school in Avionics anyway.  The
> bad news is that they currently have no openings until
> March of next year, so, he gets to enjoy the bottom
> rung of the blue collar world a few months longer.
> They gave him an enhancement to the  Navy College Fund
> (he lost his "my dad's an airline pilot
> scholarship")and will get some college credit for the
> technical courses he takes.  I had to help him with
> the second flat tire in two weeks on the way to the
> airport.  It was about 95 degrees in Memphis and
> roughly 95 per cent humidity.  As a former aircraft
> mechanic, my patience is limited with mechanically
> challenged people, and that would definitely include
> Alex.  When the tire change was over and we were
> dripping wet with sweat I said, "Son, I pay a lot of
> taxes so the Navy can have some really nice equipment,
> do me and everyone else a favor, never, ever get near
> any of it with a wrench!".  The recruiter offered him
> an earlier class date for an aviation mechanic slot.
> Alex said "my dad doesn't thing that would be a good
> idea".  Everyone had a good laugh.  So there's the
> story.
> 
> Good sailing son!
> 
> Brad Haslett
> s/v CoraShen
> 
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