And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
SSN-679 Plankowner here. Got a few days off, visited my parents and brought a crew mate with me. Mom talked with my friend a bit and one night at dinner exclaimed, "OMG, our Country is being run by children!"
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ReplyDeleteSix months underwater with, as Jim Croce sang, "a guy I knew well and sometimes hated." Pass.
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done that.
ReplyDeleteYa. 6 months away from home port, longest run was 72 days submerged. Hell of a thing for a 20-something to accomplish.
ReplyDeleteUSS Plunger, 1961-1990.
ReplyDeleteMost-decorated SSN in the fleet at the time it was decommissioned.
30 knots submerged.
ReplyDeleteImagine the (Nuclear) power.
and the Skipper shifted into overdrive!
DeleteSSN-679 Plankowner here. Got a few days off, visited my parents and brought a crew mate with me. Mom talked with my friend a bit and one night at dinner exclaimed, "OMG, our Country is being run by children!"
ReplyDeleteThe third of fourteen Thresher/Permit class fast attacks to be built.
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