This was a rather unusual cruise for my wife and me. For one thing, this was our first cruise as four star members. We had just earned this rating with 202 points after our last cruise. Also, while we had spent many years in Central America and Europe this cruise offered us the opportunity to visit four additional countries that we had never been in. Lastly, I made a record number of faux pas during this cruise which might have ruined it for a normal person, but as my wife always claimed, no one has ever accused me of being normal. I would also like to explain the format I used for this report. When I was in the Army, I had to write an After Action report on almost everything I was told to do. The time to do this report sometimes took longer than the “action” I did. However with the passage of time this made my military career go very fast even though I spent most of my time typing on my Royal typewriter (no computers or word processors in those days). In order to do an accurate report, I had to make a daily log of my actions. On this trip I did just that. So sit down and read. This is an order!

After Action Report

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