I avoid listening to the news since I to tend to rant. I'm tired of hearing the rates of everything related to the pandemic. In Washington, the state, they have banned eat in dining at restaurants or working out in gyms but you can go to the casinos to gamble and  eat or go to bingo halls to play that silly game.

Wow.  That seems even more inept decision making than we're experiencing.

 

The first SSBN we flew from Pearl Harbor, HI to Guam went to sea came back turned over the boat left three or four days later to fly from Guam back to Pearl. Once back at Pearl everyone took off as quickly as possible for home, except of course those sods that lived in the barracks and those detailed to get all the stuff we had to haul back to Pearl.  The married guys would head off to be with wives and kids. After a couple of days we would go to the office crew for 8 hrs a day, be sent off to schools, and stand more watches. Some of the crew, mainly the single sailors would head off to various watering holes.

 

The two other SSBNs were forward deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland. This time we flew from Connecticut to one of the airports to the east of Holy Loch and take buses and the ferry. Basically the same routine as in Pearl.

 

The SSN there was no flying to and from unless you where lucky to be left behind for a period of time or left the boat early. Returning to home port you usually saw shoe soles and ass holes leaving the boat, except for the watch section that had duty.

Thanks for that.  It's the kind of detail I might have asked my Dad in passing but we've not seen each other for quite a while now save for virtual meetings where time seems to short for such diversions!

tc

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