[Rhodes22-list] New Sailor

[brad haslett]

Slim,

One of my "associates" at the Memphis Center for Peace
and Prosperity (RP Tracks Bar and Grill) spent 20+
years as a musician in a Navy band. After he got out
he got into acting and got bit parts in several
Hollywood movies.  He now teaches theatre at the
University of Memphis and produces plays for one of
the local playhouses. John has nothing but positive
things to say about his Navy experience. Of all the
guys I fly with, the Navy guys seemed to have enjoyed
their time the best.  I like their attitude, "if the
rules don't say you can't do it, that means you can!"
Alex is starting to think further down the road beyond
the next girl, not that girls are a bad thing, they
just don't pay very well.  

Brad

--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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