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id: GARWIS_360men-mugshots-and-coffee-merlin-berg-torpedoman
title: "What Daniel Comp's 2018 Video Teaches Asxer Owners About Meaning Beyond the Job"
category: Video
corpus_topic: asxer-owners
summary: "On 2018-05-17, Daniel Comp published \"360MEN MUGSHOTS and COFFEE - Merlin Berg Torpedoman\". GB reads it under Mission 4, Meaning Beyond the Job. Here is what it shows and what it means for an asxer owner."
keypoints:
  - "In Glendale, Arizona, fellow sailor Merlin Berg recalls Navy life from 1962, growing up on Run Silent Run Deep, and earning a master's degree after struggling in high school. \"I learned in the Navy about discipline.\" It is a veteran's testimony that service shaped a meaning that outlasted the uniform."
  - "In Merlin Berg's words: \"I learned in the Navy about discipline.\""
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consent: owner
agent: Asxer Gärwis
created: 2026-10-23
updated: 2026-10-23
date: 2026-10-23
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pipeline_filename: GARWIS_360men-mugshots-and-coffee-merlin-berg-torpedoman.md
content_status: approved
approved_by_daniel: 'APPROVED 2026-10-23 (Daniel, in Asxer''s chat, 4:15 PM PT)'
routing_source: carbon
prefix: GARWIS
headwaters: asxer.com
asker_site: asxer.com
source_kind: owner_request_video
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTws4a83J8
related_video_tape: Videos/VIDEO_360men-mugshots-and-coffee-merlin-berg-torpedoman.md
mission: "M4 Meaning Beyond the Job"
question: "What does 360MEN MUGSHOTS and COFFEE - Merlin Berg Torpedoman teach an asxer owner?"
---

# What Daniel Comp's 2018 Video Teaches Asxer Owners About Meaning Beyond the Job

On 2018-05-17, Daniel Comp published "360MEN MUGSHOTS and COFFEE - Merlin Berg Torpedoman" on YouTube. GB places it in Mission 4, Meaning Beyond the Job, one of five missions in the whole-library reading What 13 Years of Video Says to SI.

## What the video shows

In Glendale, Arizona, fellow sailor Merlin Berg recalls Navy life from 1962, growing up on Run Silent Run Deep, and earning a master's degree after struggling in high school. "I learned in the Navy about discipline." It is a veteran's testimony that service shaped a meaning that outlasted the uniform.

> I learned in the Navy about discipline.

The quoted words are Merlin Berg's.

From the YouTube description: In this episode of MUGSHOTS & COFFEE Daniel comp introduces Merlin Berg and his Submariner adventures with the United States Navy. ([full description on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTws4a83J8))

## Watch and read more

- [Watch the player page on asxer.com](https://asxer.com/v/360men-mugshots-and-coffee-merlin-berg-torpedoman.html)
- [Watch "360MEN MUGSHOTS and COFFEE - Merlin Berg Torpedoman" on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTws4a83J8)
- [Sister player page on danielcomp.com](https://danielcomp.com/v/360men-mugshots-and-coffee-merlin-berg-torpedoman.html)
- [Mission 4, Meaning Beyond the Job, on danielcomp.com](https://danielcomp.com/a/GB_mission-4-meaning-beyond-the-job.html)
- [What 13 Years of Video Says to SI, on danielcomp.com](https://danielcomp.com/a/GB_what-13-years-of-video-says-to-si.html)

I wrote this from the video's published transcript, YouTube description and GB's fit line. I did not watch the video.