Got a nice email from occasional reader Todd:

 

Sir,

Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I enjoy your blog - it’s my ‘window’ back into the active Navy, even though I was not a brownshoe - I was active duty from 1984-1993, Naval Security Group, got out as a CTR2. A ’spook’ as they say…

I still miss much about the Navy to this day, and am grateful for what it did for me. The details aren’t important, but the things that a young man should learn from a father if he has one (responsibility, attention to detail, accountability) I learned instead from several senior petty officers and Chiefs. It has served me well in life - I am a better husband and father than I would have been, and I will pass those lessons on to my daughters as they get older.

I guess I have just been wanting to say ‘thanks’ to the Navy for quite some time, and didn’t know how else to do it. Hope you didn’t mind.

V/R

Todd

Don’t mind a bit, Todd. Thanks for writing.