About the book: year / "Maritime service as a form of male life" is another book in a series of maritime stories and novellas of recent times, published by Viktor Yuryevich Belko, better known to naval readers under the pseudonyms “F. Ilin" and "Old Owl". Among his books, which sometimes went through several editions, are “Legends about the glorious midshipman Yegorkin”, “The sea of ​​the glorious midshipman Yegorkin”, “Clio in a vest or historical leisure in the wardroom”, the two-volume “New Legends of the glorious midshipman Yegorkin”, a book for children: “About the city of Kolya, about the Arctic and the sea” and some others. This book has a deliberately “quasi-scientific” title, almost like a monograph – “Naval Service as a Form of Men’s Life.” In fact, this is a collection of short works written based on the memoirs of naval officers, for whom ship life and naval service meant the main and only form of existence... It was recently, it was a long time ago! At that very time when we were all young, and our friends and family were alive and well, and all this was true! For some it was yesterday, but for others it was a lifetime ago! From the story - “ Excellent rating or "Buy a mine"!»)