Great post.
You put 5000 plus together on a ship and run them six-seven months straight it's a balancing act keeping it together and requires a lot of sacrifice almost to the point of tour personal sanity for the good of the ship and service to complete the mission.
Personally it is my belief we should return to a mid 1980's military policy as far as to whom serves & where service members are allowed to serve. That is just my personal opinion.