Sea Stories by "Nick"

My name is Fred Nickols and nowadays most people call me Fred. But for 20 of the most important years of my life, people called me "Nick" and then, later on, they called me "Chief." Those 20 years were spent in the United States Navy and I learned many of my life's lessons there, especially lessons about work, working, workers and organizations. On this blog I intend sharing some of the tales from my time in the Navy (1955-1974). These tales are known as "sea stories" and I've devoted a special blog entry to explaining them.