THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, October 8, 1996 TAG: 9610080002
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A16 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 19 lines
Once again, U.S. Navy equal opportunity suffers a setback!
I'm referring to your Sept. 28 article about the USS Enterprise's ``steel beach'' picnic. Capt. Mike Malone made a comment about how his crew would be ``longing to be back home, to see mom or their wives or children.''
Oops! Seems he forgot (as most senior officers try to do) that there are female sailors on board that also just might be missing their husbands or boyfriends.
THOMAS N. TEWS
Master chief, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Virginia Beach, Sept. 28, 1996 by CNB