"Not a whole lot of sailors in the mercenary business, you know? I mean, most sailors know enough technical skills to get by in civilian life.

 "But then the navy downsized. What's a Bosun's Mate to do? For sixteen years, all I did was sail things, from lifeboats to Destroyers.

 "But I found there's a market for people like me out there. Think about it - you got a Patrol Boat that you need to take a bunch of groundpounders up a river somewhere. Who's gonna sail it? Some Green Beret? Only if your boat's got wheels, buddy.

 "That's where a real sailorman comes in."

 Most nations with coastlines will have some sort of navy, ranging from a few converted commercial pleasure craft to huge forces with aircraft carriers, submarines, and large fleets of surface combat and support ships. These are the characters that serve in these navies.

Naval Information

See Haze Gray and Underway for excellent and up-to-date information on all the world’s navies, including the ships currently in service in practically every navy in the world.