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Double Salute – Chapter 1: High Seas – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. Double Salute – Chapter 1: High Seas. May 26, 2015. May 25, 2015. Chapter 1: High Seas. Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles. As a gust of wind softened his wary brow and tortured heart. With a deep breath, he inhaled the fresh air and watched the darkness envelope the calm lifeless sea. The projected power of the United States’ as a blue-water Navy allows this country to maintain control over ...
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My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 3) – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 3). May 20, 2015. It took me all of those two weeks to soothe the rawness of losing my dream, of being home-ported in Mayport, Florida and stationed on the Stark. My best friend was gone and oh joy, I was set back two weeks. I was not a happy sailor. I shrieked. I hope it falls in the ocean before I get there. Resigned to the fact I was going to Calli, I set myself to deciphering the chicken scratch and where I was going to fit my sq...
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Memorial Day, A Day to Remember – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. Memorial Day, A Day to Remember. May 22, 2015. May 23, 2015. Memorial Day in the United States is the day we honor those men and women that have fallen in the line of duty serving our great country. General John Logan on May 5. 1868 unofficially proclaimed the 30. Founder of Memorial Day. The word ‘Memorial’ finds it roots in the Late Latin word. Which means: related to memory. The root. The Hebrew word for Memorial is. At the Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Flor...
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The Red White and Blue Message of Freedom – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. The Red White and Blue Message of Freedom. May 25, 2015. Francis Scott Key penned the famous words of our national anthem after a battle that lasted all night. As the ink black night gave way to the approaching dawn he saw old glory wafting in the smoke filled air. He wrote, whose broad stripes and bright stars. Was he thinking about the broad shoulders of those that have born the burden for our freedom? My wife, Rebecca’s family in the 17. America is not lost. She’...
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Double Salute – Chapter 2: Briefing – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. Double Salute – Chapter 2: Briefing. May 27, 2015. May 25, 2015. Is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. 8211; George S. Patton. A bird farm is the nick name fleet sailors attach to an air craft carrier and the. USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. The 24 story so...
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About – Mark Totilo Blog
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My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 2) – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 2). May 19, 2015. May 19, 2015. After a long pause, he looked back down at my paper and said dead pan, 30. I croaked back at the instructor, 30? That can’t be right. Check it again please. He looked at it again and said, Yep. 30. In shocked disbelief I turned to see Chris’ empathetic eyes staring at me. I sat back down deflated and lapsed into a state of depression. All I could think was. I just lost my dream, where do I go from here?
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The Appleseed of Command – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. The Appleseed of Command. May 31, 2015. Capt Harley F. Cope, USN. To a sailor in the United States Navy the Captain of a ship is looked upon with the highest respect. When the Captain enters a room or walks by in a passageway, everyone comes to attention to render honor to the man who bears the title of Commanding Officer. There is an awe surrounding him that made me want to stand a little straighter and stick my chest out a little farther. Well now that the ranks are d...
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My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 1) – Mark Totilo Blog
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Telling Stories That Change Lives. My USS Stark FFG-31 Connection (Part 1). May 19, 2015. May 19, 2015. My buddy Chris Deangelis, sitting next to me studied his list, like it was a final exam. His crystal blue eyes darted back and forth over the choices as if his whole life was wrapped up in that one sheet of paper and the seventh pick. I leaned over and said to him, I’m going to Mayport. In 24 hours, with the sixth pick I would lock up the orders I had been dreaming of since signing my contract to wear ...
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