Copyright 2026 by Manuel A. Gentile All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author. Lie, Cheat, and Steal: one boy’s Navy adventure Mannie Gentile (2026) For March and Susan, the women in my life the author, Naval Communications Station Guam, 1971. Foreword This book has been percolating for a long time. More than once, after I’d entertained someone with a sea story, they’d say, “You should write a book.” Somehow, I just wasn’t interested. There is already an abundance of service-memoirs out there, many of them aren’t that good…I didn’t want to be just another old man shaking his fist at the sky, sort of like grandpa Simpson. I did feel that I had something to say, somethin...