3 Jan
2002
3 Jan
'02
4:04 p.m.
A true navy story from my Navy days.
Another form of "hazing" is getting
the new guys to do the "mail buoy watch". The story is that
when a ship is underway to and has postal mail.. a mail buoy
is placed in it's path. Well that's baloney but these were
new guys anyway. They get posted way up on the bow of the
ship (lots of salt spray... etc.) Well the watch was set
and the guys "found" a mail buoy..(remember there is
no such thing). They actually turned the ship to get
close enough for the ships postal guy to declare that
that was not a mail buoy.