The Cruise (Snug Harbor Series Book II) - Softcover

Hudkins, Mr F. L. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692261974 ISBN 13: 9780692261972

Publisher: Hudkins, 2014

Synopsis

Master Chief Petty Officer, Clay Berkeley, USN, reports to Naval Communications Station Santa Cruz Spain. His arrival is less than auspi¬cious; he faints aboard the aircraft when his bride of three months tells him that she is pregnant. He is confronted at his new command with a host of personnel problems. The executive officer belongs to a religious sect that disapproves of most things enjoyed by humans. He particularly dislikes female sailors in responsible billets and considers Clay=s boss a slut because he believes she is an unwed mother. Clay acts to end the XO’s harassment of his boss. Her degree of trust in Clay becomes such that she informs him she is secretly married to an enlisted man, which makes her guilty of fraternization. Clay, with the assistance of his wife, Patty, devises a means whereby his boss is able to make her marriage legal in the eyes of the Navy. His interactions with his sailors cause him to take several 'crippled kitties' beneath his wing. Disaster strikes when his Patty suffers a miscarriage.

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About the Author:

Author was raised on a hillside farm in West Virginia. He had his first paid job at the age of seven, riding ancient horses engaged in pulling hay shocks from meadow to stacking point He worked on his parents’ farm and on neighbors’ farms until he enlisted in the Navy at seventeen. He was double-hatted in his last Navy billet as Command Master Chief of the United States Sixth Fleet and Communications Readiness Officer. He shipped as Radio Electronics Officer in the United States Merchant Marine after retiring from the Navy. He is married to the former Agueda Caceres Perez of Madrid, Spain. They have five children

About this edition

• Publisher: Hudkins
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0692261974
• ISBN 13: 9780692261972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242