fuzzybuddy
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One of the things that kind of grated on me, was when I was discharged from the Navy, there was no "thank you" ceremony. On the day of my discharge, i got up, got into my civies, and went to this window. A guy gave me my DD 214, and closed the window. That was it, I was out of the Navy. Nobody even said I could go, and after 4 years in the Navy, you got accustomed to having someone tell you what to do. I remember my induction ceremony. They chained the doors, so we couldn't run away, but at least it WAS a ceremony. And when I think of all the petty nonsense with Navy rituals, I put up with through 4 years, they couldn't have some guy say, "thank you", when you were going out the door.,
That was in 1972, and it still bothers me.
That was in 1972, and it still bothers me.