Aaron,

Just to let you know that I didn’t start watching BSG until the 8th episode of the 4th season and have had to turn around and catch up with everything.

In all of this I wanted to drop you a line and say thank you. I’m a veteran, you know, of 22 years service on the enlisted side. I was in the Navy and the Coast Guard. In all the TV shows I’ve watched, especially about military people, it seems to me that the only ones producers and writers find worthy of producing is stories about officers. And if they did write about enlisted, boy, you had to be Seal or Special Forces.

How completely refreshing, your character! My goodness, finally!! A really believable, well thought out character about an enlisted person. I am so thrilled I can hardly contain myself.

I’ve served under some wonderful Chief Petty Officers in my time and I’ll tell ya, if Galen Tyrol was a real person, I’d be delighted to serve with him.

Thank you for bringing him to life.

Yours truly,

Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Thames, USCG (Ret)