SEAL candidates recite US poet Laureate Ada Limon’s “The Endlessness”.
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, BAHRAIN - A SEAL squad member embarked upon the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) won accolades and raised eyebrows with a poem that both tugs at human heartstrings and possibly discloses national security information.
As part of the Aegis cruiser’s first “Siegfried Sassoon Poetry Slam,” Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Zohar Perez of the ship’s SEAL anti-piracy squad took first place among several entries for his haiku:
“Darkest of deserts
