On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a quote:

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Also Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: A Sailor’s Perspective
By Command Master Chief (SW/FMF) Rusty Perry, originally posted in U.S. Navy Live, the official blog of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Supply.

“Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals…” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964

Shipmates,

One of the pioneering minds of this past century penned those words nearly five decades ago, and while appropriate for that time in United States history – a time replete with internal strife and the onset of an overseas conflict which claimed the lives of nearly 60,000 U.S. service members, the Vietnam War – still ring true today.  Read more here.