The Gulf Quotes

“Not that he cared. He’d given up ambition long ago. No, he was here because he wanted to be, and because the Navy, once in a long while, needed someone who cared more about being right than being an admiral.”
― David Poyer, The Gulf

“Too often, the peacetime Navy bred overcautious, unimaginative careerists, officers and chiefs more concerned with promotions and benefits than with their men or their profession.”
― David Poyer, The Gulf

“like a grinning tick, explaining”
― David Poyer, The Gulf