The Captain of my son's ship....well it's not my son's ship, it's the ship he's on.....you know what I mean......anyway, this Captain sends emails of updates on what they are doing while on deployment and things that the Family Support Group is doing etc. I have noticed that the military is run speaking a foreign language. Everything is abreviated (sp?) they exist in a world of letters that to them mean something. I'm pretty sure they could run a whole conversation and you wouldn't have any idea what they are talking about. For example I got an email today and the title was "BZ's". Now I am assuming by the tone of this email that this "BZ" is a good thing. There was another one that called the "BZ", "Bravo Zulu"....maybe another hint this is something good is the "Bravo" part. So my son received "BZ's" today for something that he did. If this is indeed a good thing, "I'm really proud of you honey, you are such a good boy!!"....and if not...."what were you thinking...you weren't raised to act like that, and you have some explaining to do when you get home".
More on a serious side....what is wrong with the mail service for things that we send to our boys that are away in the military?! I sent a package at least a month ago, and he hasn't received it yet. Now you know that those cookies are going to be able to be used for a weapon by the time he gets the box, if he ever does. I would think that they would have a more expedited system for getting things to our kids. He requested popcorn, because the popcorn they had was expired....well it's not wonder, mine will be when it finally gets there. Pitiful!!
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Bravo Zulu is a good thing and you should respond by saying "Good on ya, sailor!"
And I'm not really sure about the local postal service either. Aparently throwing mail at homeowner's is acceptable also.
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