Time and Tide
The Life of a Mariner
By MIDN 2/C EDWARD NICHOLS
Wearedifferent;wedon'tfollowthe"norm" country;weexploreeveryhorizon.Weresearch; yes,wearethere.
of everyday living. We have a home on
we drill; we deliver your cars; we power your cars;
We are not easy to find; you may not know us;
land; we have a home at sea; when you are
we deliver your fuel; we deliver your medicines; we
you wil probably never meet us; we are spread over
sleeping we are working; we have a
deliver your food;
millions of miles of the deep blue, but we are there;
"
family; we have sons and daughters;
we supply your
we have been there for centuries; we wil always be
We don't give up;
we have wives and husbands; we
stores; we take you
there.
"
have sisters and brothers. Yet, we
we will never give up.
on vacations; we
We are the Merchant Marines; we are mariners;
do the extraordinary; we overcome
carry your warriors.
we are sailors; we are a family; we are one, and no
adversity and Mother Nature's chal-
We sail under the
matter what, we shal sail; we wil continue to sail;
lenges; we don't give up; we wil never give up.
stars; we sail under the sun; when you point to a
my God, we wil sail.
We sail the oceans; we sail the seas; we sail the
random spot of ocean on a globe and realize the
rivers; we connect each continent; we connect each
nearest point of land is thousands of miles away,
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