Doing My Job – part 2b There are other aspects to the position of legal officer. I encountered one of them while serving as Operations Officer and Navigator in USS Nantahala, a fleet replenishment oiler. We were scheduled for a visit to the Italian port of Trieste. The city is located at the Northern end … More Doing My Job – part 2b

Doing my Job – part 2a This is a continuation of legal officer stories. During one of my stints as Officer of the Deck late at night I sent my junior officer to make an inspection round of all the lookouts. The ones stationed near the bridge were easy to check, but there was also … More Doing My Job – part 2a

Doing my job – part 2 There are many aspects of life on board ship. The Navy keeps track of a lot of them. Often an officer is assigned to handle some item which is not part of his primary job description. The service sometimes refers to these assignments as collateral duties. Informally, those assigned … More Doing my Job – part 2

Radiation scars I have my share of scars on my body. They were collected over many years. Some of them are hard to see. For example, there is the 1 and ½ inch line on my left palm from a broken bottle. A similar sized mark goes over my right eyebrow, caused by an encounter … More Radiation scars