Thanks Kathy!!! Actually hubby was Navy, although he went to bc in SD, his C schools were all in Great Lakes. At the time it was their policy to send them furthest from home for bc. A whole gaggle of uncles were Navy, my father Army, his father was also Navy. A few uncles and cousins in the AF. My brother and a couple uncles were Marines. One uncle was in the CG, so we have all branches covered. Family gatherings with branch pride... are loud.