I did not think non-boomer submarines had two crews. I blanched when I read that tour duration.
I would whine about a 6-8 month deployment during peacetime with port calls. Now I feel like a wuss.
But if true, Gen. Blather’s point is a good one. I hope to hell that isn’t true. If we were in a hot war, of course that would be a completely different thing.
See #26