Navy & Marines
Lincoln sailor returning from deployment already broke
Financial counselors unable to determine where approximately 10 months of pay went
SAN DIEGO — Seaman John Rattan was already broke less than 48 hours after returning from nearly 10 months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, despite spending almost no money during the deployment, sources confirmed.
“I saw him wearing white socks this morning and asked him why,” said Boatswain’s Mate Chief Amanda Marla. “He said he couldn’t afford black ones.”
Marla initially assumed Rattan had celebrated his return by purchasing
