That saying from my old squadron, way back, long ago, in a galaxy far away.
If you are not in hack at least once a cruise, you are not carrying your share of the load.
Our friends in the Royal Navy are proving that phrase true:
Six sailors assigned to the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth got a little too celebratory during the ship’s inaugural visit to the United States. The big vessel—displacing 65,000 tons—and her Type 23 frigate escort docked at Naval Station Mayport in Florida on Thursday. It’s visiting the United States to host F-35B strike-fighters for the very first time
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According to Jacksonville CBS affiliate Channel 47, the six sailors were charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and three were charged with resisting arrest. Channel 47 reports
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“One of the three pushed and pulled an officer; the second refused to put his hands behind his back and was stunned by a Taser; and the third was actively fighting and refused to stop, officers said.
These arrests reportedly took place late Wednesday into early Thursday.
A sergeant with the police department said the sailors were getting into drunken fights mostly with one another.
Officials said there have been no further issues since speaking with the ship’s leaders.”