Near the end of our Plebe Summer indoctrination at the Naval Academy we got the body bags talk. They brought out an old Master Chief Photographers Mate who talked about the pictures of the dead service members she had to take in Vietnam. She told us, in intentionally gory detail, the difference between helicopter pilot remains and jet jockey remains. And what frag grenades and high velocity projectiles actually did to the human body. And then she told us about the mothers and fathers and children who lost their family members that would throw themselves onto the flag draped coffins on the tarmac of whatever airfield they landed. The point was to let us know exactly what it was we were about to get ourselves into.
Promises Made
Promises Made
Promises Made
Near the end of our Plebe Summer indoctrination at the Naval Academy we got the body bags talk. They brought out an old Master Chief Photographers Mate who talked about the pictures of the dead service members she had to take in Vietnam. She told us, in intentionally gory detail, the difference between helicopter pilot remains and jet jockey remains. And what frag grenades and high velocity projectiles actually did to the human body. And then she told us about the mothers and fathers and children who lost their family members that would throw themselves onto the flag draped coffins on the tarmac of whatever airfield they landed. The point was to let us know exactly what it was we were about to get ourselves into.