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Sea Story: Blowing the Job Interview of the Decade

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I've finished blogging about the main text of the book. Of course I've left out a few things that you'll want to read in the book itself-- the chapter checklists, the personal stories, and other goodies. Impact Publications says that the book should show up at Amazon.com in May and in the exchange bookstores by August. Before I blog about … [Read more...] about Sea Story: Blowing the Job Interview of the Decade

Sea story: “Secure blowing sanitaries!!!”

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Let's take a break. The last couple weeks of posts have covered some pretty heavy topics, with some pretty intricate HTML formatting, and maybe it's time for a little levity around here. To many submariners, "levity" means "potty jokes". In fact, about the only unclassified sea stories we're allowed to tell are the ones involving toilet mishaps. … [Read more...] about Sea story: “Secure blowing sanitaries!!!”

Sea story: “Battle Stations Missile”

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No finances or other military-retirement topics today, folks.  By popular request from my shipmate Jerome Jolly, it's sea story time. I don't think he's heard this one before. Don't worry-- it's safe for work and it's even family-friendly. My first assignment was the ballistic missile submarine USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN-622 BLUE), and maybe it was … [Read more...] about Sea story: “Battle Stations Missile”

Blue Star Families: Finally A Nonprofit We Can Trust

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This post is sponsored by USAA, and I have been financially compensated to write it. Regardless, the opinions expressed are completely my own based on my observations. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” In recent … [Read more...] about Blue Star Families: Finally A Nonprofit We Can Trust