ANATOMY OF A NAVAL AVIATOR This novel explores and explains the Unwritten Rules of Naval Aviation. A novel such as this one has never been written before, because it violates one of those rules, “Never air your dirt laundry in public.” This novel is the true nitty gritty of squadron life. Ensign Jeff Anderson was rudely introduced to those rules in Flight School, when a favor was called in on the Good Old Boy network that crushed his dreams. Jeff’s perceived transgressions sentenced him to a tour of duty at Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Twenty Four (VR-24), at NAS Sigonella, Sicily. A misfit squadron, with a location that cannot be found on a map of Sicily. Ensign Anderson quickly learned how significant his punishment was as his education as a Naval Officer was being lead by a bunch of dysfunctional deadwood officers. VR-24 was a place where the “Best of the Best, didn’t go.” The setting of the novel is in the early 1980’s when the Mid East and the Mediterranean erupted into