USS Dubuque (LPD 8)
You may have heard in the news that 12 US Navy sailors have the H1N1 "Swine Flu" virus. The ship affected is the USS Dubuque... name sound familiar? That's right!
THAT WAS MY SHIP!
Good thing I'm not in the Navy any more. I spent at least three years of my life on board that ship and was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. I got out on an "honorable Discharge" in early 2002.
It's been 7 years, but it's still crazy to know, of all the naval warships, it was my ship that made the news with this. Life must suck for those guys right now...