think about who's working at essential jobs on holidays....
Most people forget about that part. We just take it for granted that the safety net will always be there if you’re near a big city.
I’ve always heard that medical interns are expected to work insanely long hours per shift. Why? Their instructors will say, “Because I had to do it too, and that’s the way it’s always been!” Hopefully, that old way is changing. I don’t want a Nurse Practitioner diagnosing my problems if they have been up for 23 hours without real sleep.
think about who's working at essential jobs on holidays....
Every single day, 24/7/365, there are 45 Missile Combat Crews (90 officers) locked behind six-ton blast doors 65 feet underground in the Launch Control Centers (LCCs). Missileers have been doing that duty since the very early 1960s and those LCCs have been manned continuously since that time. During the height of the Cold War there were 154 crews on continuous Alert.
They are still to this day the very pointy end of our nuclear spear and their duty knows no holiday. There are also all the submariners on patrol in the SSBNs who perform the Navy's portion of nuclear deterrence.
Remember these people while giving thanks during the holiday season.