<p>fiterace87…yup indeed there are those who are in your words ‘die-hard USMC’ there at USNA. My kiddo is one. One disappointment of her first summer cruise was that it was a destroyer and had NO Marines on it! Now home on break, she says she learned alot about ship life especially that she DOESN’T want to be on one! Hoo-rah! Semper fi! and yes…
GO NAVY!</p>