Anonymous ID: 870ac9 May 24, 2019, 7:51 a.m. No.6577960   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7970

Follow the watch: Not related but interesting.

 

The Watch

 

For twenty years

This sailor has stood the watch

While some of us were in our bunks at night

This sailor stood the watch

 

While some of us were in school learning our trade

This shipmate stood the watch

 

Yes.. even before some of us were born into this world

This shipmate stood the watch

 

In those years when the storm clouds of war were seen brewing on the horizon of history

This shipmate stood the watch

 

Many times he would cast an eye ashore and see his family standing there

Needing his guidance and help

Needing that hand to hold during those hard times

But he still stood the watch

 

He stood the watch for twenty years

He stood the watch so that we, our families and

Our fellow countrymen could sleep soundly in safety, Each and every night

Knowing that a sailor stood the watch

 

Today we are here to say

'Shipmate… the watch stands relieved

Relieved by those You have trained ,Guided, and Led

Shipmate you stand relieved.. we have the watch…"

 

"Boatswain..Standby to pipe the side…Shipmate's going Ashore.."

 

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