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I would like to take a break from typing up Status Updates about me and my family on Sundays and instead share Spiritual Updates. Today, I learned that the Prophet of my church, Thomas S. Monson, enlisted in the United States Navy at a young age. I read a conference article where President Monson talked about the end of his boot camp experience at the Naval Training Station near San Diego, California. He shares, At last our first liberty came, and we were advised that all those who could swim could now take the navy bus to San Diego, while those sailors who could not were to remain for swimming training. How pleased I was that I could swim and had done so for many years. Then came an unexpected order. We who answered that we could swim were marched away—not to the waiting bus, but rather to the base swimming pool. We assembled at the pool’s deep end, were told to undress, and then were commanded to jump in one at a time and swim the length of the pool. Most accomplished the feat with little effort and anticipated eagerly the bus ride to San Diego. But there were men who had been untruthful, who answered they could swim when in reality they could not. For them, the petty officers waited until they were about to go under the water for the second or third time before proffering a bamboo pole to tow them to safety. The lesson learned? TELL THE TRUTH. It could ultimately save your life if you were in harm’s way.