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Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:18 PM - Edit history (1)
By the way, my Grandson is a jarhead, just reupped for his second hitch at LeJeune. He says that you guys do all the work, and us sailors just provide transportation, kind of like an Uber driver. I told him that's true, but we have bigger guns.
During my long career, we frequently worked with the Navy Seabees, a bunch of great and professional sailors, I have nothing but the deepest respect for Navy.
After the movie, Top Gun, came out and people started wearing those ball caps, a retired Navy Submariner friend of mine started wearing a ball cap with an embroidered picture of a Boomer with the words "Bottom Gun", so, yeah, you're right, the Navy does have the bigger guns.
Thank you for your service and tell your son, Semper Fi and Oohrah.
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