With a career of outstanding performance as a naval captain behind you, you have to 
choice of almost any assignment in the Navy.  You have proven your invaluable worth to 
the U.S. Navy and the American people.  The President holds a banquet on your behalf for 
a life-time of achievement, and the world is reminded of your accomplishments.  Not every 
officer can maintain a strategic and tactical advantage under fire.  You have done so again 
and again.  Congratulations on a stellar naval career.  You stand a good chance of 
climbing all the way to a position as one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the years to come. 
In the meantime, you may want to work on your memoirs. 
