At the beginning of 2020, we were living in sunny San Diego, California as I finished up my 4th assignment during my Coast Guard career. My team had recently gotten back from a week of exercises up north in Port Hueneme, California amidst the backdrop of the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic going into full-swing. I walked into the Jersey Mike’s near the office for lunch that following week, into a crowded-shopping center, just to run in and grab a sandwich to-go to get back to work. As I came into the store, all the tables and chairs were moved into a corner and stacked on top of one another, inaccessible, and airport dividers were set up delineating the line for the sandwich line. As I asked for a #13, Italian sub, on rosemary bread done up ‘Mike’s way,’ I was berated with, “No mask, no sandwich!” by the…
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