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I thought the Navy was going
to be like you see on TV, you know, walking
around in boots and yes, sir, no, sir. But it's
like a regular job. You come to work, you do
your job, you go home, and you're with your
family.
I've had a lot of friends
that were in the Navy and they would tell me
all of their stories and they've been here and
did this and did that, and you know, I wanted
to experience that, so I came in. The travel
- you're going to see a lot of places. I've
been to a lot of places in the world.
Being
away from your family sometimes is very hard.
You have to be able to adjust to anybody of
all races, religions, because you're going to
be living together. That's your family for that
six months that you're underway, that you're
in another country. So you have to be able to
adjust. You have to have a strong family to
support you while you're gone and it's - it
can be stressful at times, but then at other
times when you get the mail and you get your
care packages and you talk to them on the phone,
it can be rewarding sometimes as well.
My family likes the Navy sometimes.
Sometimes when I'm at home. Like I said, you
have to have a strong family that has a strong
backbone to support you when you're gone. The
family is supposed to be family and you're supposed
to take care of things together. Well, you can't
do that sometimes when you're gone. You can't
take care of, you know, going to the bank or
buying your son Christmas presents or stuff
like that. So you have to have a very strong,
strong family basically.
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