and then mike says that its 1530 and you remember that you have petty officer of the watch at 1600 and that you got to go get dressed and you say that you will go by his office and get him for dinner after your watch and tell him to tell pinch one to save some steaks for us , and then you go down to the berthing and get your perfect white t-shirt out and your dress blues on with the heavy wool shirt and the pants with the flap and thirteen buttons and the white hat , the whole crackerjack outfit , and you run a brush over your shoes and straighten the scarf in the mirror and then head on up to the quarterdeck where you take the pistol and the white canvas web belt from the guy you are relieving , checking the chamber to make sure there isnt a round in there , and then sliding the magazine up into the pistol grip and strapping on the belt and feeling the gun heavy on your hip , black oily gun .