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Actual_Tom39 karma

I thought I said I wasn't discussing classified information.

Actual_Tom23 karma

Wow, what a great question -

To be honest, i'm not sure! I was in Boot Camp for 9/11/2001, and didn't understand what had really happened until after. I didn't see the footage until after I was out, about a month later.
My dad passed away while I was on one deployment. My uncle another. My son was born during one. The biggest things to adjust to are the things that affect you directly - the loss of a loved one, the road construction project that finishes while you're gone, the business that closes.
The new stories always happen. The conflicts in Syria from 2012-2013 were probably the biggest new stories that happened while I was deployed.

Actual_Tom19 karma

Well, that really depends on your meaning. I spent over 90 days completely submerged before, without surfacing. In 2018, I spent 323 days away from my homeport. Some of those days were in foreign countries, some were under the polar ice, and some were doing missions vital to our national security.

Actual_Tom18 karma

Accurate in what way? For the attitudes of the people on board, definitely Down Periscope.

Actual_Tom16 karma

It's always a huge adjustment coming home. Families that have learned how to do everything without you, things in your home being in different places, kids being older, stuff that has happened in the news.. yeah. It's a big adjustment every time, especially after the longer deployments.

This lockdown is a little different, as now, in addition to doing as much of my job from home as I can, I'm also home-schooling my three kids. So it's different, but the social aspects do, in a lot of ways, feel like I'm back on a submarine.