"Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruit (Salad)"

bothenook has found another sub-blogger, Submarine Sailor; Bradley is assigned to the USS Providence (SSN-719). Via his blog, I found a kewl web site that lets you generate a graphic of your Navy ribbons (less the repeat stars and such) and shows you the order of precedence if you're not sure. The ribbon rack someone in the military wears (also called a "fruit salad") is a pretty good way of seeing at a glance where someone's been and what they've done. For instance, if you see a guy with dolphins and a Navy Expeditionary Medal, you can be pretty sure he's been on a "mission vital to national security". If you see a shore-duty LT with only one NAM and no NCMs, you can bet he was on a boomer. Things like that...

Going deep...