ABOARD A U.S. NAVY SHIP IN THE PERSIAN GULF — It's a time for ritual, renewing family bonds, reminiscing and eating too many sweet potatoes.
But if you're one of nearly 340,000 active duty U.S. Navy personnel deployed on 81 ships and submarines around the world this Thanksgiving, it's about this: sailors looking after sailors.
"We're a warship, 24-7, but every Thanksgiving I've had at sea is special," said Cmdr. Jason Lester, the commanding officer of USS Farragut, a 500-foot destroyer deployed here to help maintain maritime security for one of the world's busiest transit points for oil tankers.
