No, not that Lt. Dan, not the one from the movie Forrest Gump. I knew a Lt. Dan in real life. When I was in the Navy, one of my room mates on the ship was the XO (executive officer) of the marine detachment on board the ship. He was a big tough guy with a rough exterior but with a good heart on the inside.
When we first met, we did not get along well at all. It looked like things were going to be miserable. A lot of things already weren't going well and it just seemed like things were going to go from bad to worse.
Then something happened, I'm not sure exactly what, but we somehow became friends.
Dan was a good guy. It was nice to be friends with the biggest and toughest guy on the ship.
It's really a gift when the right people come into your life when you need them.
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