Contributed by Ralph
There are indeed many Navy experiences, and in a sense, the old adage about "Once a Marine, always a Marine" holds true for sailors, too.
In 1967 I worked at the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, Va. If you've been there you know the corner of the building virtually hangs over the Chesapeake. My rotation there put me on a urology ward for a month. One of the patients was an old man with prostate problems. He was from Kitty Hawk, and had known the Wright brothers as a child. He proudly showed us his Naval records daily, regaling us with stories of shovelling coal into the ship's boilers.
At night he was easily confused. One night about two, I walked by his bed only to find him standing on it, looking out the window.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Right good gale out there tonight."
He was listening to the air conditioning.
"Hope the fleet's OK."
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