The Chief Petty Officer Retirement
Creed
You have on this day, experienced that which comes to all of us who serve
on active duty in "OUR NAVY." I say "OUR NAVY," because your departure
from active duty in no way terminates your relationship. By law and tradition,
U.S. Navy Retirees are always on the rolls ever ready to lend their service
when the need arises. The respect that you earned as "The Chief" was based
on the same attributes that you will now carry into retirement. You should
have no regrets. Do not view your retirement as an end of an era but rather
as orders to a new and challenging assignment, to a form of independent
duty. Remember well that you have been, and will always be, an accepted
member of the most exclusive of all fraternities - that of the U.S. Navy
Chief Petty Officers. The active duty Chiefs salute you, your retired Chiefs
welcome you. I wish you the traditional "Fair Winds and Following Seas."
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