He's not the only one... I never had a problem renting a sail boat at White Beach ... dials phone to Navy MWR .... "Hi, this is Capt. Milliman. Can I get one of the Catalina's for Saturday? ..... Great. Thanks!"
Of course, it didn't hurt, either, that I held a Navy Sailing Association "D" qual (Off Shore Skipper).
Not too many people on Okinawa at the time with that Qual so ... sailing we went. It didn't take them long anyway to figure out I was merely a no-account, plebeian Marine Corps Captain. Still got the big boats when I wanted one, they just weren't quite as nice to me on the phone ...
