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Junior Bonner

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  1. 10 minutes ago, MisterP said:

    My roommate at Texas was in the engineering school, navy approached him to join the Nuke program after school. Bunch of benefits in the meantime like having his school paid for, stipend, etc etc in return for 6 or 7 year commitment. Can remember all the details super specifically. He decided to join, wasn't from a wealthy family so it was kind of a no brainer. Continued school as normal and had to maintain certain grades. He was brilliant, able to join a frat, party, and maintain above a 3.8 GPA.

    Went to schooling in Charleston, Upstate New York wherever that horse race is, then went out to Bangor and lived on Bainbridge. Visited him in all locations. He would do 6 months on 6 months off on what I believe was a FAST attack sub. He did a ton of school, only went out 2 times I believe, then they moved him to Naples for some sort of MED command center. Bought a 2nd house in the central mountains that he still has. 

    I forgot to mention, he became fluent in Russian while he was in school. Thought it would help him get into some state department shit. Of course, the Navy decides....hmmm we don't need more Russian speakers let's send him to Middle East. So now he is in Monterrey, CA getting paid and a housing allowance to learn Arabic. He is becoming the Navy Attache to the embassy in Abu Dhabi. 

    Dude is fucking brilliant and awesome, married to another fellow Longhorn, and has 2 daughters under 3 years old. This is there last Christmas in the US for the foreseeable future and I look forward to once again seeing him over there.

    And his name is Jack Ryan, amirite? 

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  2. I never served in the military, much less on a nuclear submarine, but I have watched several documentaries, including Crimson Tide and The Hunt for Red October. Based on that considerable expertise, I think I can say with some authority that Marko Ramius was perhaps the greatest nuclear sub captain ever.

    That’ll be $9.95. 
     

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