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Around the world on a Submarine
Having enlisted in the US Navy in 1980, I found my desired field of training, Submarine Sonar, quite facinating.
After an 8 week basic submarine school, and training in the operation of basic sonar and navagational equiptment, I was assigned to a fleet sub homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
While aboard the boat,(Submarines are called boats, not ships. Ships are not designed to sink on purpose.) I learned about the various systems. In fact, for safety, a set of qualifications must be studyied and learned about the various systems, for damage control purposes. You never know where you might be in an emergency, and knowing what to do makes you an asset. In fact, when I first reported aboard the boat, the captain told "right now, you're green yo don't know what to do. And that makeyou a liability. I need you to get qualified as soon as you can. That way you are an asset." Needless to say, I crammed a six month job into almost a year.
I made 3 deployments. I made a western Pacific deployment,(West-Pac) for 6 months, and 2 Trips to the North Pole. Once in winter and once in summer. Santa was not there eiher time, but, the Northern Lights were absolutely beautiful in the winter. On the summer trip the sun never set. |
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