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Shark Watch! |
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Once, on a swim call, we had a rather
jovial TM2 standing watch in the sail with an M-16 for sharks. The CO at the
time was, how do you say it properly, not a very "fun" man and had
no time for jokes.
This is how the conversation went:
CO : So Petty Officer, If you were to have to
shoot at a shark from here, do you think it would
even
penetrate the water and actually stop the shark?
TM2 : (In his most sincere voice and demeanor)
Shark? I'm supposed to shoot the shark? I thought I
was supposed to shoot the slowest crew member swimming back to the boat.
Sacrifice the
one for the many, sir. Sir?
CO : (Without so much as a flinch of any
of the muscles required to smile, the CO stared at the
TM2, finally broke the gaze and departed.)
Come to think of it, the CO never smiled.
Coincidentally though, the TM2 never stood watch in the sail with an M-16
during swim call again after that.
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