Saturday, November 8, 2008

So I Got To Use My Sword Today

I just got back home from attending a buddy's wedding over at the Naval Academy. Beautiful place, the Academy Chapel. And the wedding was nice, too. We're not very close, the groom and I, but he was a shipmate in need, and that's what we do.

Having a sword arch with only 5 people? Well, that's just not done. I'm local and I own a sword. It was the very least I could do.

I was more than happy to don my Full Dress Whites for the first time, sword and all. The Wife couldn't make it, since someone had to watch The Kid. It's just as well, since she didn't know anyone there at all.

I have never been on The Yard in uniform, much less in one of the nicer ones we have. Did you know that tourists just love to get their picture taken with random Naval Officers? I didn't know that either. You may also be surprised to know that there are a lot of really hot young women among those tourists, and they all wanted to get their picture taken with me. Go figure.

In a country that seems to be infatuated with litigation and warning labels, it seems that the U.S. Navy is leaving itself wide open to some sort of lawsuit by not placing warning label in this uniform.


WARNING: IF YOU EARN THE RIGHT TO WEAR THIS UNIFORM, HOT WOMEN WILL LIKELY THROW THEMSELVES AT YOU.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

They just liked your sword. By the way, who taught you the manual of arms for sword?
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Anonymous said...

Jeopardy - it's a well known fact that all women are turned on by a man in uniform, any uniform.

However - Navy dress whites are the epoch of the sentiment.

There - now you know.

And thank you for your service to this great country.

Anonymous said...

There's a manual for that? I really need to start learning these regulationy thingies.

Anonymous said...

When I went to school at Washington College (many years ago) we used to go to Annapolis to visit and loved seeing the academy. Glad you were there to assist a buddy in need and not mention our country as well. Hot stuff in that uniform!