Turns out not all their weapons are so impressive. My oldest is in the Navy and on a ship I won't identify to protect the innocent. He called last night to say he wouldn't be making it home for Christmas because all leaves had been cancelled. Seems the old rust bucket is supposed to be deployed earliy next year to the middle east and failed a readiness inspection. Not too surprising, as my boy tells stories about men falling through rusted gratings and being able to warp deck plates and see the water. There's lots of old iron out there. Hope we don't hear stories about major naval vessles having to be towed home.
