Helpful Master Chief: The “Ball”

A gay story: Helpful Master Chief: The “Ball” “Joe, man, you ain’t never been to any khaki balls since you been retired, mane,” Wade asked me, in his Memphis drawl. The Chief Petty Officer Khaki Ball, a Navy tradition is observed annually and takes place after the newly advanced chief petty officers don their uniform, … Read more

“Helpful” Master Chief

A gay story: “Helpful” Master Chief Chunky Bottom Joe, still the “Sailors’ advocate” even after he’d retired. I always love my Sailors. I mean, I gave the Navy 28 years of my life, starting off an E1, and finishing as a master chief (an E9, the senior most rank of an enlisted member of the … Read more