(Did I mention the bingo? The in-line skating? The classes on everything from aromatherapy to napkin folding?) I especially enjoy the open-seating breakfasts and lunches, where I can chat with my fellow passengers, a happily heterogeneous lot and most (with the possible exceptions of the babes-in-arms) veteran cruisers.
Tensions spilled over into deadly violence when its strong-arm, veteran leader died in 2005 and a succession crisis followed.
As an executive producer of the documentary "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq," which has its premiere on Sept. 9, he interviewed American armed forces veterans.
Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, said: "Armed forces veterans have made a significant commitment to their country and it is right that the government should help support them when they hit tough times.
Alan Middleton, acting chief executive of Gardening Leave, a horticultural therapy charity that helps armed forces veterans with mental health issues, said: "Thanks to the funding from the Christmas appeal we are now in a position to offer further support to veterans, helping their transition to a full and positive life in the community".
Armed forces veterans could struggle to get on social housing waiting lists in Wales, a committee of MPs has warned.
We showcase armed forces veterans who find redemption in festivals and dig into the history and origins of disco.
I've heard much more of this from Silicon Valley tech colleagues than I have in Hollywood, and I don't think the potential is fully understood yet in the creative or media communities, though I'm encouraged by entities like StoryUp, which is connecting armed services veterans in touching ways through VR.
The concept was crystallized in 1972, in Brooklyn, when the former officer was a rookie and ran around a car when confronting a deranged veteran armed with a pipe.
One of them, on a small hill, belonged to Waitey Streets, a one-armed veteran of the First World War.
