Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Salty Dog

For those of you who don't know, senior sailors are refered to as "salty" or "old salts" because after you've been out to see so long they say that the salt works its way into your blood. Well, they've got nothing on us.
These are my rank insignia after last night's medevac. The LTjg bars are actually black. All the white on the bars and around them is from the salt that accumulated from sweating like a wh...well, sweating profusely during the flight.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ya, your real salty. Get some time on the pond! Glad to see that you are finally earning your big fat paycheck! I hope the guy you picked up was alright! BE CAREFUL AND SAFE!!!
Jason