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Doberman Afloat.

By Wolfie Steel.

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0500 hours Monday 20 January 2014, a time and date that will stay etched in my memory for years to come as it is the day that I start my new job, Executive Officer or ExO of the destroyer USS Alabama, sweet job I hear you all cry, well yes it is, and no it isn't.

The yes part is because I will be second in command of one of the US Navy's state of the art destroyers, the no part comes in two parts, first I am a gay UK officer aboard an otherwise all American ship, the second part is down to the Captain, a hardnosed ball breaker by the name of Captain Daniel Sears, an extremely well built Bull Terrier with thirty years service under his belt.

I check myself in the mirror one final time to make sure that everything is in place and that I look presentable, satisfied that I look okay I make my way to the docking bay where the ship is being readied for another departure.

I check my watch as I board the ship only to realize that I am a full two minutes late, God dammit, what a way to start a new job. A deep and angry voice hits my ears.

"Commander Tasker, this ship is now two minutes late for casting off and departure because of you, I do not accept tardiness from any member of my crew, new or old, do it again and I will personally toss your limey gay ass over the side do I make myself clear?"

I stand before the Captain and salute him.

"My apologies for my tardiness Captain Sears, it won't happen again, now I will properly ask to join your crew sir. Commander Michael Tasker reporting for duty Sir"

The Captain gives me a look of distain and then calls for the mooring ropes to be cast off; he then looks back at me again.

"Okay Commander, let's see what you got, get us under way and please try not to dent or scrape my ship"

Oh great not only have I pissed off the Captain but now as punishment I have to get us out of dock and into open water without so much as a single scrape.

I salute the Captain again and hurriedly make my way to the bridge. As I step onto the bridge of the Alabama for the first time the chief of the watch salutes me and then announces my arrival.

"ExO on the bridge"

It is now my turn to take control, and so I clear my throat and try to calm my nerves for one last time.

"Helm you have the coordinates for our next mission correct?"

The helmsman, a dashingly beautiful young Rottweiler, looks back at me and replies.

"Aye Commander coordinates set and we are ready to get under way"

I look out of the window of the bridge and I can see the Captain standing at the bow of the ship, no doubt watching closely as we pull out of dock.

"Helm, take us out nice and steady please, I don't want to give the Captain another reason to rip me a new one"

The Rottweiler gives a gentle chuckle as he replies.

"Aye Sir, steady as she goes"

We begin to slowly pull away from the dock and make our way towards the mouth of the harbour; I walk over and stand behind the helmsman, always watching forward to make sure that nothing untoward happens.

We eventually make it out into open water and so I give my next order.

"Helm, all ahead full"

The helmsman again acknowledges my order and our speed increases to full, I see the Captain as he makes his way back to the bridge, no sign of any emotion, and so I guess I am about to find out his initial verdict of me. The Captain enters the bridge and I show him the proper greeting by saluting him and then announcing his arrival.

"Captain on the bridge"

We have been at sea for five hours before the Captain speaks again.

"ExO, can I see you in my quarters please?"

Time for me to get my new tailhole I guess.

"Aye Sir, Chief of the Watch you have the con"

By the time I leave the bridge the Captain is half way down the steps that lead below decks and to the area where the crew quarters are situated, I eventually arrive at his cabin door and gently knock upon it, the Captain allows me to enter.

"Ah, Commander Tasker, please take a seat, hopefully I won't keep you from your duties for long, and I just wanted to have a chat with you about your first few hours as the Commander of the Alabama"

I take a seat directly opposite the Captain and give him my full attention.

"Commander Tasker, I will admit that you being two minutes late for your first duty did not impress me in the slightest, and unfortunately you caught me on a bad day, however, that does not excuse my tirade towards you and so for that I apologize, you have though earned some respect from me after the way you got us under way"

My tail begins to wag a little as I feel the warmth of the praise; however that wag slows as the Captain continues.

"I am not going to lie to you son, the fact that you are gay and British does give me cause for concern, and I would be a fool to not notice you looking at Helmsman Cates, this is the military in the new millennium and so I have to respect your sexuality, that being said if I find out at any time that you have made any unwanted advances towards any of my crew I will personally feed you to the Sharks, but what you do when your off duty and as long as it is fully consensual, I have no problem with that"

I take my chance to fire a shot across the Captains bows.

"Permission to speak freely Sir"

The Bull Terrier nods his head, and so I continue.

"I have worked hard for my position, and contrary to any beliefs I have not fucked my way to the top, what I do in my own time is the business of no one, while I am on duty I will remain professional and I know to keep it in my trousers, a tailraiser I might be but a slut I certainly am not"

A beaming smile appears on the Captain's muzzle.

"Bravo Commander, there are not many folks out there that will stand up to me the way you have just done, and so I can tell that you will be a strong member of my crew. Now you have been on duty for five hours and so if you wish I will give you the tour of the Alabama and I will then spot you a bit of lunch"

The Captain and I make the rounds; the final area that we visit is the engine room. As we enter the room I find out that there are some on board the Bama that are less than happy to be on the same ship as a gay Commander, the Chief Engineer, a large muscled Tiger by the name of Magnus Trent gives me proof of that.

"Aye up lads, backs against the wall and cover your wedding tackle, Tailraiser Tasker is amongst us"

As soon as those words leave his mouth he realizes that I am not alone, unfortunately, for the Tiger, it is too late for him to take anything back, the Captain goes into full flow.

"Mister Trent, please remember that I am the Captain of this vessel and that Commander Tasker here IS my second in Command. The point that I am trying to make is that Commander Tasker might be gay, but he still outranks your sorry ass and so you will show him the respect that he deserves, and that goes for everyone on board this ship. If I am made aware that there have been any further homophobic comments I personally will toss the author of the comments into the brig, do I make myself clear?"

A very sheepish looking Tiger nods his head, for which he gets a further mauling.

"I'm sorry Mister Trent I didn't HEAR your answer, must be the noise of the engines, please speak up boy"

The Tiger swallows a huge lump in his throat and responds.

"Aye aye sir"

The beaten Tiger than faces me.

"My apologies Commander Tasker I assure you that it won't happen again"

I offer my paw to show no hard feelings, but the Tiger does not take it, oh well I guess it was too much to hope for.

With the Alabama tour over the Captain leads me to the mess hall for lunch, the Captain continues looking forward as he speaks.

"I meant what I said to Trent, if you get any more of that shit then please let me know, we might be on assignment for a little while so the last thing I need on board is bad blood between members of my crew"

Half an hour later and with my lunch finished I head back to the bridge with the Captain at my side, we both enter the bridge and the Chief of the watch announces us accordingly.

"Captain and ExO on the bridge"

I continue the rest of my duty surreptitiously splitting my view between the sexy Helmsman's ass and the view through the windows. At 1700 hours with my duty over I head back to my quarters where I find my personal belongings still waiting to be unpacked, I decide to lay on my bunk and write into my diary.

"Day 1, Well first day on board the Alabama and I made a brilliant first impression, two fucking minutes late for duty, note to self, on my next leave get a decent watch. The crew seem to be friendly and hard working and have no problem taking orders from a gay Doberman, though I will need to watch myself when I am around the Chief Engineer. I have found a nice piece of ass in the form of Helmsman Alex Cates, I just hope that at some point during my tour aboard the Alabama I will get the chance to pursue things a little more with him. I know that duty comes first though, speaking of that I need to get some dinner and then turn in for the night, I do not want to be late for duty again, what will day 2 bring?"

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