What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

ā€” Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering riflesā€™ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisonsā€¦

ā€“ Wilfred Owen

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    1 year ago

    In the article, his quote mentions reading them over the boat PA systems. Probably just jealous of their literacy.

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    Something something ship not a boat. Come at me, squid-bros.

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      Former squid and I still call everything a boat just to see what different people say.

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      Everyone says boat. Unless theyā€™re calling someone shipmate because itā€™s hilarious.

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        Kinda wish Iā€™d been on a ship just for the experience of it but the closest I got was a grudging admission about being under the ā€œDepartment of the Navyā€ umbrella and a dangling carrot of a MEU if Iā€™d been willing to reenlist. Sorta regret not doing it but Iā€™d had my fill of the routine daily bullshit and was ready to move on. All the Navy guys I knew with the first name ā€œDocā€ were cool as hell though, the rest were probably at least all right.

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          I got about a weekā€™s worth of boat time. Definitely not for me glad I just joined a department of the navy too.