No Stick.. and I'm 5'8". As for rate, well, I retired as CWO4, ELC (Electronics). I turned down E8 for Warrant. I was also in the Navy for four years, Nuclear Polaris Submarines. I got smart and went in the Coast Guard.

I've lived in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Scotland, Japan, Guam, and Illinois. I've traveled in every state except Idaho and North Dakota (yes, including every one of the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska). I've been as far north as a person can go and not get wet (Barrow Alaska). And I"ve been as far south as a person can go without hitting ice.

Impressed yet? No?

Well, i've crossed the equator and the international date line, at the same time three different times: in the air, on the surface, and under water. I've straddled the Prime Meridian, spent time in Norway, Sweeden, Austria, Canada, Nova Scotia, Pureto Rico, St Martin, St John, Aruba, St Croix, Bonaire, Grenada, St Kitts, Mexico, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, England, Iwo Jima, France, Portugal, Ireland, Panama Canal Zone, Equador, Chile, Galapagos Islands, and Easter Island.

I also own a condo in Florida as well as a townhouse in New Jersey.

Now are you impressed?

We may be a small service, but I don't think the Navy has law enforcement powers (Title 14) on the high seas as well as in all of the 50 states. We do, by law.

The Coast Guard gets around as well.

And, to keep this on topic, I have not as yet flown on snow, but I will this year.

CG Retired.