Morale Amongst Sailors Was Good!

Heroes Remember - Gulf War

Morale Amongst Sailors Was Good!

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The media sometimes reported the morale is not good out here, you know, and the sailors said what ship is he sailing in, you know, and that’s not the case. But there’s one thing about sailors, unless they’re complaining about something, they’re not happy. So, well the sticky buns this morning didn’t have as much “oomph” to them as they had yesterday, it’s a bit of a morale thing. I would say, by and large, because we were so focused and every sailor was focused, every man and woman out there was focused on what the job was, what we had to do. Most were so doggone busy they didn’t have a chance to think about morale. The fact that we tried to get them ashore for a few days to take a break, most of them didn’t want to take a break because you know until this is over we are still in a war zone and it’s dangerous stuff out here. So from my perspective, morale was unquestionably terrific through the whole time even though there were some complaints but not many, not many. We asked every sailor to participate in what we should be doing, what we could be doing and why we were doing it and how we were doing it and they did and I think that kept their morale up… that we weren’t just out there ignoring the sailor on the plates in the engine room, we were talking to the sailor in the engine room. We were talking to each and every sailor out there.

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Contrary to some media reports, everyone worked as a team and was focused on the duties at hand.

Duncan “Dusty” Miller

Born in the United Kingdom, Duncan “Dusty” Miller immigrated to Canada in 1954. At the age of 15 and having a strong desire to join the military, Mr. Miller went to the recruiting centre but could not be accepted until 16 years of age. He then attended Bishop’s University in Lennoxville. During his career, Mr. Miller rose to the rank of Vice Admiral where he became the Naval Task Commander aboard HMCS Athabaskan during the Persian Gulf War. Vice Admiral Miller later retired from the military and now resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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