Wishing You a Happy Voyage Home

“It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings — one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. Today, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.” [Virginian-Pilot, via @sarah_sprague]
Hello, Sailor!
From the Department of Make Love Not War.
This does my heart good.
Where’s the video?
@FlyingChainSaw: those two are pretty hot. you know all the sailors were leering and cheering. i’ll bet this starts a tradition.
@jwmcsame: Maybe. Let’s see a male couple smackaroo…
@jwmcsame: This wasn’t left to chance. The guys in charge of the lottery probably dug through hundreds of tickets to find hers.
@FlyingChainSaw: nothing is left to chance in the military except the completion of civilian contractor projects on time or within budget. a friend of mine in the marines had among other duties the mission of assuring the randomness of drug tests. that was some power.
@jwmcsame: We did it by last number of SSN. Pulled out of a hat by the CO, supposedly. I was a piss watcher. Good duty, that.
@FlyingChainSaw: Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tmig8PxAw Mebbe not what you were hoping for…
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