Archive for February 8, 2019
FRIDAY FOTO (February 8, 2019)
Wet, wet, wet.
There are many way to get your feet (or other parts of your body) wet in the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) as this series of photos indicate. It can happen on dry land — even indoors, as the photo below shows.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Three Marine Corps recruits participate in swim qualification training in an indoor pool at the Marines’ Recruit Depot, on Parris Island, South Carolina on February 5, 2019.
You can be on the water but not in it and still get soaked as the next photo shows.

( U.S. Navy photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Parker)
Navy Ensign Bronson Chancellor (left) practices handling a charged fire hose (pressurized and ready for use) while receiving training from Petty Officer 3rd Class Aracely Morales aboard the amphibious warship USS Arlington in the Mediterranean Sea on February 2, 2019.
Of course you can be on dry land and still get soaked as these two Marines know.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Coporal Juan Bustos)
Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jasper Tapia (left) and 1st Lieutenant Joseph Kelly confer during a bridge-building operation at the Marines’ Camp Pendleton in California on February 4, 2019.
Finally it’s obvious you can get very wet — and cold — moving from boat to ship at sea.

(U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Turner)
A soaking wet Petty Officer 3rd Class Donald Felton climbs a ladder aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter during small boat operations in the Baltic Sea on January 28, 2019.