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Basic LA

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11. Sea story:
Wed Apr 10, 2024, 01:18 PM
Apr 2024

At a North Carolina Marine Corp Air Base, I was on a crashboat crew preparing for a hurricane. We were tying up and double securing our boats as the sky blackened and the 1st rain drops hit.

Then two open boats came up the channel, heading straight into the storm.
"You can't go out there," we yelled. (This was Cape Hatteras!)

"That's what we do, they called back. We're Coast Guard."

Baddest bravest thing I ever saw.

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You would be posting dweller Apr 2024 #1
Thanks! It didn't happen last time. Basic LA Apr 2024 #2
One way around that dweller Apr 2024 #3
I don't think canetoad Apr 2024 #4
Thanks so much. Basic LA Apr 2024 #5
I only get that when a post fails to go all the way and show up, usually a network hiccup. usonian Apr 2024 #6
I think that's it. Basic LA Apr 2024 #7
Of course, being a techie all my life, I can visualize what's going on usonian Apr 2024 #8
Wish I had those skills. Basic LA Apr 2024 #9
You're welcome usonian Apr 2024 #10
Sea story: Basic LA Apr 2024 #11
Bravest SOB's anywhere. usonian Apr 2024 #12
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