• BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    The play God Bless the USA when you complete Battlestations at the end of Navy bootcamp. There’s a projector and slideshow while everyone is standing in formation, receiving their “Navy” ballcap, officially becoming a sailor.

    Looking back… Yeah, it was cringe af.

    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 hours ago

      Yeah, but most folks are too tired to actually give a shit. They’re just waiting to get it over with so they can go to bed.

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        18 hours ago

        This is definitely the only memory I have of it, yeah. Brightly lit room after running hither and yon across base all night… and being too tired to give a shit what was going on…