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From the archives: Sailor draws comic strips about Navy life in Japan, 2006
Stars and Stripes
April 18, 2026
(Allison Batdorff/Stars and Stripes)
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan 2006: Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannan Arney has drawn since she was “old enough to know which end of a pencil to use,” but she just started comic strips a couple months ago while underway on the USS Blue Ridge. “Duty Blues” is a humorous look at aspects of Navy life, she said.
Read the full article on her Storyboard here.