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Creative Writing: Navy Uniforms

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However, the uniforms were completely bare. A small bag filled with accoutrements was in the bottom of the box. Deciding that the khakis would be the most appropriate – that had been what Davies was wearing – he began to lay out the uniform. He was so busy pinning devices onto the jacket, that he didn't hear Commander Callahan enter the room. “Getting ready to go somewhere captain?” Callahan's question startled Smith, he looked up to see the man standing in his doorway. “Yeah,” Smith answered, “I got an offer from one Admiral Steven Davies to go work for him. He offered to show me around his shop and give me a rundown of my new billet.” “Well then, I'm sure you will be happy to hear that you have been hereby cleared for limited duty pending a further medical exam,” he announced. Smith looked at Callahan, startled, then asked, “When did this happen?” “Well, Admiral Davies came by earlier this morning and asked how hard it would get you cleared. I told …show more content…

Smith was able to find it in about thirty minutes after he left the hospital. Now Smith had seen quite a few office doors during his time in the Navy. Most of them had a sign announcing in some detail what was carried out in the room, and by whom. The door to room 28 didn't even have a room number. Smith had to find it by counting up from room 12, which did have a sign, Officer's Head. Even then he wasn't sure that he had the right room, room 28 had two strong deadbolts on it, making it look like a storage closet. With no other option, he knocked on the door. However, as soon as he knocked, he heard movement inside, then the sound of the deadbolts being opened, and a moment later the door opened just wide enough to reveal a man's face. The man said nothing, but his expression asked Smith to state his business. “I'm looking for room 28,” Smith said. The man nodded, waiting for Smith to continue. “I was told to come to room 28 by Admiral Davies,” Smith

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