July 23, 2018
It’s zero five hundred. I’m waiting for a prearranged taxi to chauffeur me to Command Naval Surface Forces Headquarters on Coronado Island, near San Diego. No, I’m not in trouble; just part of the U.S. Navy’s Leaders to Sea program, where business influencers get to experience Navy operations and training in real time on board the USS Harpers Ferry, the fastest amphibious surface combat vessel in the Pacific fleet. If I don’t get to the base by 6am—in time to meet the helicopter transport—I will literally miss the boat. No problem, I tell myself. The base is just 15 minutes from my hotel. Tick tock. No taxi. It’s 5:10. I start to get antsy. Have patience, I tell myself. 5:20. The clerk on morning duty confirms that yes, it’s a 15-minute trip … if there’s no traffic. And there’s lots of traffic around this hour because Coronado is a Navy town. Oy. Now he tells me. I call the taxi company. Driver is on his way, but got stuck in traffic on the causeway. 5:25.…
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