With a career of outstanding performance as a naval captain behind you, you have the 
choice of almost any assignment in the Navy.  You have proven yourself a valuable asset 
to the U.S. Navy and the American people.  The President holds a banquet in your honor 
for a lifetime of achievement.  Not every officer can maintain such a strategic and tactical 
advantage under fire.  You have done so again and again.  Congratulations on a stellar 
naval career.  You stand a good chance of rising to a position as one of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff in the years to come.  In the meantime, you've been offered a publishing contract for 
your memoirs. 
