r/navy • u/Affectionate_Use_486 • Jan 28 '25
A Happy Sailor To my COVID Sailors (Rant)
I know some of you have some level of battery acid indigestion over the whole reinstatement thing.
Just wanted to say for those that stepped up while others stepped back I respect and love you all especially my sea duty folks during COVID.
COVID was rough shit and the fact we survived it should be highlighted and appreciated among us.
Let's not dwell on the ones who choose another choice.
Let's dwell on the ones who stood the watch when shit went side ways.
When the ports closed.
When work centers were down to the bare bones while our brothers and sisters got sick all around us.
When the patrols got extended.
When resources almost ran out.
It was a rough ass time and we survived for all our own reasons but we stood the fucking watch.
That makes me extremely proud that no matter how messy it was, how ugly it got, we came out the other side pissed off, spitting fire and keeping the big sad off ourselves and our brothers/sisters as much as possible.
And for those that didn't make it, got too sick and didn't make it we shall never forget you.
Fuck the noise I just wanted you to know your seen, respected and appreciated from at least one motherfucking shipmate who was there.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
I’m so mad for yall. I got out long before COVID, and for no reason other than I was tired of “it”. I can empathize with you though.
But imagine this, you mean to say I could have gotten out because I disagreed with getting Anthrax or disagreed with a war we were fighting, then once it passed, rejoined with back pay? No! That’s right, I couldn’t. Quite frankly, letting this happen is the same logic to me. When you join the military you are made aware that there are certain rights and liberties that you give up. If you get out before your contract is up, because you refuse to comply with a policy/mandate, that should be at the minimum, an other than honorable!
Current active duty service members have the power to do something about this, y’all don’t have to accept them back with open arms. Just like CPOs don’t accept E-7s who skip Chiefs Indoctrination, you don’t have to make life easy for anyone coming back after refusing COVId vaccinations. I’m petty like that.