How does your garden grow…. MEDITERRANEAN SEA (November 7, 2020) – Boatswain’
How does your garden grow…. MEDITERRANEAN SEA (November 7, 2020) – Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Artyom Kotlyarov, USN, washes the deck of United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) during a fresh water wash down.Although nothing will grow on that steel deck (except rust), Navy Sailors work hard around the clock to keep American warships clean, rust-free, maintained, and, of course, battle-ready. That’s the norm in most navies around the world. * * * *I found during my Naval career at sea….most Sailors took a huge amount of pride in their ship. Even the traditional grousers almost always, deep down, felt an attachment to their ship. And as long as the ship’s leadership could foster and harness that pride…you had a great ship.A lot like growing a great garden.USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and her crew of nearly 300 men and women is currently on a routine patrol to the Mediterranean and Black Seas. _____________________>>Top photos: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Will Hardy, USN -- source link
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