Daily Archives: January 10, 2026
Just Off the Ship
It was 1958. I was fresh off the destroyer Samuel N. Moore and looking forward to my new assignment—Basic Underwater Demolition-SEAL (BUD/S) training. I was on my way to becoming a frogman. That is, if I could get through the training, which had been described as the toughest physical test in all the military. So, …