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Usage examples of ricks.

It was incredible, but true, that Ricks had little feeling for seamanship and none at all for sailors.

And they will be done that way/ Ricks observed in a dangerously quiet voice.

Captain Ricks stood atop the sail, actually aft of the cockpit, leaning against rails set in the very top of the structure.

Rosselli had, therefore, really given Ricks half of the command of the massive submarine, and full command of the "Gold" crew, which was now vacating the ship for the "Blue" crew, which would conduct the next patrol.

It was something the Squadron Commander, Mancuso, was overly casual about, Ricks judged.

It wasn't exactly fair that Ricks was a boomer type stuck working for a fast-attack puke, but there it was.

Mancuso would expect it, and Ricks knew that he was in direct competition with thirteen other SSBN COs.

It changed acoustical conditions drastically and, Ricks judged, should eliminate any chance that the Akula had him.

From a technical point of view, Ricks might have been the most thoroughly prepared officer in the United States Navy.

And they will be done that way,” Ricks observed in a dangerously quiet voice.

OP-o2 in the Pentagon would get excited about this, but they'd see that it was Harry Ricks who'd made the suggestion, and they knew his reputation as a smart, careful operator.

Harry Ricks: the best submarine engineer in the Navy, and a man willing to back up his expertise with deeds.

He had the weapons on line, he had his people well-trained, but Captain Ricks didn't like the way he did it, and came down on him.

Okay, maybe Cap'n Ricks isn't perfect, but unless our boat breaks, Popeye could do the mission.

Instead he kept his face impassive and coldly decided on the spot that Ricks would never get beyond captain's rank.