This year my best friend leaves the Pusser,having completed his 22 years, and a bit more. He'll hand in his ID card in a couple of months and it is strange to think that he is moving on to do something else with his life. We have shared a lot of good times over the years, and a few bad ones too, unfortunately. It will be my time soon enough, but we'll never be civvies, we'll be ex-matelots.
Thoughts on a life at sea (and in a stone frigate) in the Royal Navy.
I still reminder our first train ride to guzz like it was yesterday. I can't believe it was over years ago.
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You know it makes sence love shitehawk
ReplyDeleteI joined Ganges 53 years ago and it still seems like yesterday. It's now 41 years since I left and I can remember walking out of Pompey Barracks and bumping into a former Ganges messmate who had just signed on for the full 22. We had a pint together and went our separate ways; I wonder what he's up to now!
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