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[Michael Feltham]

Navy Humor.......

After an eleven-month deployment to the western pacific, the aircraft carrier U.S.S Abraham Lincoln was finally inching up to the pier at San Diego Island Navy base.

Looking down from the bridge the ship's Captain noticed a sailor on the flight deck waving intently with semaphore flags. He also spotted an attractive young womanl

Always concerned about security, and never having seen something like this before, the Captain barked at his duty signalman, "What message are those two people sending?"

The signalman concentrated intently and quickly reported, "Sir, he is sending FOXTROT-FOXTROT (FF), and she is sending ECHO-FOXTROT (EF)."

Not having any clue as to what these messages could mean, the Captain dispatched an armed Marine to escort the flag-waving sailor up to the bridge.

The young sailor arrived, out of breath from climbing up the many ladders leading to the bridge, saluted smartly, and said, "Seaman Endicott reporting as ordered, sir!"

"Seaman", the said Captain gruffly, "who is that woman on the pier and why are you exchanging signals FF and EF with her?"

"Sir, that's my wife, sir, and she wants to eat first!" 
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