A Sailor's Life Source: Wikiquote
Rank: 
2nd Class Advancement
There is an announcement that I’ve neglected to tell everyone about, but I’m pretty excited about it. Back in Denmark, the results came out for the advancement test that I took in March. I knew that the results would be coming out soon, but I wasn’t expecting to make rank.
Over 17% of the crew made rank to either 3rd class, 2nd class or 1st class. The captain read off the results in alphabetical order, and I patiently waited for him to get to S. There is one other guy on the ship named Spencer, who made 1st class this time, and then immediately after that I heard ET2 Spencer! I was pretty excited, and a lot of people in berthing were all whooping and hollering, because a lot of people made rank. We were all shaking each other’s hands and congratulating each other.
A couple of Chiefs even came down and congratulated a few of the guys that are in their division. It was pretty funny, because one of the Gunners Mates that made 2nd class was just getting into the shower, and about a minute later the Gunners Mate Chief came down and once he found out that his new GM2 was in the shower he just opened the shower door and walked in. It was pretty funny.
The next day we had the advancement ceremony, and the captain congratulated each of us personally. The photo turned out pretty well, so I attached it to this email. I pretty much have put my new rank on all of my uniforms now, and I’ve been working on additional qualifications that I need to complete for my new rank.
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