Brendan O'Reilly is working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier—the most dangerous 4.5 acres on the planet. Today, O'Reilly has to stop daydreaming about retiring and visiting National Parks with his lovely wife, Diane. Today, he and his shipmates will face a horrible disaster during which they must save their ship and keep themselves alive. This is one of the short stories in The Sea Adventure Collection, by Malcolm Torres. These stories are often free on Amazon, and they can be read in any order.

During long boring days at sea, Christopher Marlow spends his free hours in the ship's library flipping through a book entitled The Geography of the Philippines. The glossy color pictures of tropical beaches, rice paddies and erupting volcanoes has him daydreaming about taking a grand adventure when his ship reaches it's next scheduled port of call, Subic Bay, in the Republic of the Philippines. He decides he's had enough of seeing the world through the bottom of a beer bottle, and when the ship finally drops anchor, he heads for the bus station, determined to strike out on his own and discover the mysteries of the Orient. There's only one small problem . . . in order to get to the bus station, he has to walk past a mile-long stip of bars and cathouses right outside the Navy base.

Pat arrives in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, after ten weeks of work on the flight deck on the South China Sea. Rather than head to the bars with his shipmates, Pat has a plan, one that will earn him thousands of dollars. This is one of the short stories in The Sea Adventure Collection, by Malcolm Torres. These stories are often free on Amazon, and they can be read in any order.

This funny story follows three young sailors off the USS Enterprise as they come ashore in Sasebo, Japan and are greeted by thousands of anti-nuclear protesters. After weeks at sea, the sailors only want an exotic meal and a cold beer, but this port visit turns into a reckoning with history after they meet some friendly locals and find themselves Making Peace with Japan. This is one of the short stories in The Sea Adventure Collection, by Malcolm Torres. These stories are often free on Amazon, and they can be read in any order.