Lost at Sea

I went to language school with Matt Bergman, and we were stationed together here in Georgia.  He was assigned to the USS Boxer in Aden Harbor, Yemen when he fell overboard.  After three days they had to give up the search and his parents were notified of his death.  He was only 21.

I didn't think this would be as painful as it is.  I knew Matt only in passing, but he was still a shipmate.  This is the third one we've lost in two years and regardless of the circumstances there's always going to be the thought eating at the back of your mind that you could have done something to protect him.  You should have done something to protect him.  He was one of ours.

Fair winds and following seas, shipmate.