{"article":{"id":142276,"heading":"small WORLD interview with Charlie, out of the Navy","author":"small WORLD Podcast","created":"2005-12-23 04:42:41","modified":"2013-11-11 00:37:13","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:37:13","article":"

Interview with Charlie. We discuss his fascination with military history and guns; receiving the Navy expert medal for 9mm pistols on the Beretta; M14s; purchasing a Sig P226; shooting out in the desert; how being in the Navy made him more punctual; veterans who told him not to join the military; why he joined the Navy; Billyjoel's \"Allentown\"; primary school; getting A's and drinking non-stop; raising hell in Illinios; serving on the USS Arthur W. Radford in Northfolk, Virginia; general quarters; being deployed in a NATO Destroyer pack before the public knew about the Gulf War; George Washington Battle Group; why the Radford was decommissioned; going to school to be the ship's cable; popular movies to watch; USS Antietam; what he did on his down time; eating whale whale and reindeer pizza in Norway; why it is good to kill whales; going to the Imperial War Museum in England; eating lamb burgers; eating Navy chow; Spam and pinapples; why the Radford was like the Millenium Falcon; \"Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all.\"; why the Iraq conflic is like Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; sophoning the wealth of America; British Petroleum; KAAOT and ABOT oil terminals; the tree of life; sun bathing; disco; why some of the Iraqi security guards were bisexual at best; when the going gets tough the tough get funny; reading the bible; why he's moving to Austin, Texas; where he would like to English abroad; why he was charged with sedition; USS Carl Vinson; the chaplain laying hands; Navy-Marine Relief Society; pester Charlie to start blogging.

Featured song is “Suicide Hotline” by Stereocell.

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